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| Kingsmax ready for DDR2 adoption |
7/29/2005 |
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Kingsmax expects mass adoption of DDR2 memory to happen in the second half of the year and consolidation in the DRAM-module industry will speed up.
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| NAND flash keep growing |
7/29/2005 |
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The sales for NAND flash memories is set to reach $36.1 billion in 2008 prior to a price collapse in 2009 according to market research company Semico Research Corp.
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| Ingram Micro delivers improved earnings |
7/29/2005 |
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Ingram Micro, the world largest distributor, reported revenue of $6.84 billion for the quarter, a year-over-year increase of nearly 20 percent. Net income rose 61 percent to $41.7 million, or 26 cents a share, compared to $25.9 million, or 16 cents a share, for the same period one year ago.
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| Handheld game consoles boost sales |
7/28/2005 |
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Sales of U.S. video games hardware, software and accessories rose 21 percent in the first six months of the year, thank to the rising popularity of handheld devices, a study said.
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| Mitsubishi reports mixed earnings |
7/28/2005 |
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Mitsubishi Electric reported net income of $98.8 million on sales of $6.6 billion in the first quarter ended June 30. Sales rose 2 percent over the year-ago quarter, but net earnings fell 10 percent.
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| CA profits jump |
7/28/2005 |
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Computer Associates said its quarterly profits more than doubled, helped by acquisitions and tax credits, but the pace of new deals slowed and the software company said it would cut 800 more jobs to reduce costs.
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| A-Data sees light in third quarter |
7/27/2005 |
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A-Data Technology said its first quarter gross margin decline to 4.22% from 7.33% amid falling DRAM price. However, the company expects overall memory prices to stabilize or even increase this quarter
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| Corning reports upbeat results amid strong LCD demand |
7/27/2005 |
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Corning posted earnings of $165 million, or 11 cents per share on sales of $1.1 billion in the second quarter, up from $108 million, or 8 cents per share on sales of $971 million in the year-ago quarter.
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| Atmel to restructure to cut cost |
7/27/2005 |
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Atmel said that it is looking to cut costs through layoffs, R&D cuts and a shift towards chip outsourcing with outside silicon foundries.
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| Earthlink profit drops amid competition |
7/27/2005 |
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EarthLink posted a lower quarterly profit amid competition. The company said its second quarter net profit fell to $43.8 million, or 31 cents a share, from a net profit of $49.7 million, also 31 cents a share, a year earlier.
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| Samsung tried to stop 8Gbit NAND freefall |
7/26/2005 |
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Although NAND flash contract prices continued dropping in July, it appears Samsung Electronics has tried to slow down the price falling on its high-density 8Gbit parts.
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| TSMC sales up in second quarter |
7/26/2005 |
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TSMC reported sales of NT$58.52 billion ($1.84 billion) for the second quarter, up 5.1 percent from the previous period but down 9.8 percent from the like period a year ago.
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| Strong semi growth in second half |
7/25/2005 |
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The markets for memory and semiconductor chips are set to be strongly over the next six months, according to a survey conducted by ChangeWave Reseach LLC.
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| Microsoft promotes Xbox 360 in Japan |
7/25/2005 |
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Microsfot revealed that 45 game titles available for Japanese users of the new console are scheduled to go on sale in time for the year-end holiday shopping season.
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| New firefox might delay |
7/25/2005 |
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Mozilla has delayed the release of the next major version of Firefox until September due to bugs. Firefox 1.1, code-named Deer Park, had been scheduled for release this month, but the product's road map has been changed, according to the Mozilla Web site.
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| Intel to build another fab in Israel |
7/25/2005 |
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told cabinet ministers Sunday that he had been informed by Intel's head that the U.S. electronic chip giant plans to build another plant in Israel.
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| EMC quarterly income rise by 53% |
7/25/2005 |
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EMC Corp. Thursday posted a 53 percent rise in quarterly net income, fueled by demand for storage systems and services.
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| Micron samples 2Gb DDR2 parts |
7/22/2005 |
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Micron Technology Inc. announced that it is the first supplier to sample 2Gb double data rate 2 (DDR2) components to a select server customer
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