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| ATI restates projection |
6/23/2005 |
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Graphics chipmaker ATI Technologies Inc. today knocked $50 million off its Q4 revenue projection, as it reported results for what it termed a challenging fiscal Q3.
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| AMD rolls out Turion 64 for mobile systems |
6/23/2005 |
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“We have chosen to incorporate the latest AMD Turion 64 mobile technology in our new business notebook PC in order to offer our customers a true choice in high-performance mobile computing that delivers an outstanding business value without sacrificing security, reliability and ease of use.”
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| UMC chairman to step down in 2007 |
6/23/2005 |
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The move comes as Tsao faces increasing pressure from a criminal investigation into allegedly illegal investment by UMC in Chinese foundry He Jian Technology Corp. Tsao was questioned earlier this month, but no charges were filed against him.
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| China delays 3G licensing to wait for TD-SCDMA |
6/23/2005 |
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The blame is being put on TD-SCDMA, the domestic standard that China wants to deploy alongside wideband-CDMA and CDMA2000 1X. Yet while the latter two are ready to go, the former is still teething.
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| Elpida made 2Gb DRAM |
6/23/2005 |
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Elpida intends to create 4-Gbyte and 8-Gbyte capacity DDR2 modules intended for high-end computers, using the devices.
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| chi Mei Opto settles with Hitachi |
6/22/2005 |
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Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) and Hitachi have ended the lawsuit and signed a cross-licensing agreement that grants both parties use of each other’s patents for selected technologies until 2010.
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| Samsung: GDDR3 is for multimedia |
6/22/2005 |
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The memory runs at up to 8GBytes/sec., which Samsung said is 70 percent faster than conventional 1.2Gbits/sec. devices, making it an option for high-quality images and fast animation in PCs, workstations and high-end game consoles.
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| Semico changes forcast to positive for 2005 |
6/22/2005 |
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Nonetheless Semico (Phoenix, Ariz.) has swung from predicting market contraction to market growth. Back in January 2005 Semico was predicting the 2005 market would fall by 4.7 percent compared with 2004.
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| IBM to invest in India Fab |
6/22/2005 |
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IBM Corp. has entered into an agreement to take a 24 percent stake for $150 million in one of India's fledging wafer fab companies — India Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (ISMC).
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| Freescale commits to PowerPC while Apple defects |
6/22/2005 |
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Freescale Semiconductor Chairman and CEO Michel Mayer reassure developers of the chip maker's commitment to the PowerPC — and drive home his belief in the power of standards, the consumer, horizontal innovation and ubiquitous embedded connectivity.
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| Original IC inventor die at 81 |
6/22/2005 |
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"Jack Kilby was always an engineer's engineer," said Gordon Moore, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Intel, in a statement. "He remained true to his technical roots, loyal to the principles of science and was always a gentleman to those who had the pleasure to meet him. He will be missed."
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| RFID companies push for EPC standard |
6/21/2005 |
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The new class of RFID devices is widely seen as important for developing wider deployment of the access control, logistics and ticketing technology.
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| Broadcom sued Qualcomm |
6/21/2005 |
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Broadcom sued Qualcomm last month in a California federal court, filing two separate suits, seeking damages and a permanent injunction barring the manufacture and sale of Qualcomm's core suite of baseband and RF ICs, including its multimedia, enhanced and convergence platform chips and its QChat VoIP technology for cellular phones.
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| China catching up on wafer meterial manufacturing |
6/21/2005 |
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Indeed, China is putting down roots for a domestic semiconductor and materials industry that could eventually go global, posing a potential threat to competitors and intellectual-property protections.
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| Counterfeit DRAM runs wild in India |
6/21/2005 |
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"In the process, there is no warranty on the counterfeits and the PCs may be damaged in the long run. This is damaging the brand name of Hynix in the market," the report quoted Suh as saying.
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| Jabil to add 500jobs in Memphis |
6/21/2005 |
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Jabil Circuit Inc. has announced it would expand its Memphis operation to support expanded manufacturing, assembly, and material handling of electronic cash registers and self-serve kiosks.
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| Market turns to fanless x86 processors |
6/20/2005 |
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With the order, VIA's microprocessors for the first time go into HP's computers. VIA Technologies stresses that with its fanless operation, the VIA Eden processor targets a myriad of embedded computing and personal electronics devices that require ultra low power consumption, rock solid reliability and compatibility with standard x86 operating systems and software applications.
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| Register module logic suppliers to merge |
6/20/2005 |
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The combined company will retain the IDT name and its stock will continue to trade on the Nasdaq national market under the ticker symbol IDTI. The merged company will be headquartered in San Jose, Calif.
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| Hynix may get out of debt soon |
6/20/2005 |
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Seoul, South Korea's Chosun Iibo reported this morning that Korea Exchange Bank, of the chipmaker's biggest creditors, had reported that Hynix had recently raised $1.3 billion in fresh funds in Korean and abroad. This heightens the company's chances of completing a $750 million overseas bond issue.
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| Intel built WLAN transceiver on all CMOS |
6/20/2005 |
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Intel said the transceiver features on-board power and low-noise amplifiers and 1.4-V operation. The SiP is the next step toward the company's vision of ubiquitous connectivity and an indication that Intel is rapidly developing the RF capability to achieve that goal.
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| CMP lunched Online vedio tech news |
6/20/2005 |
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Launched by CMP Media LLC's TechWeb network, The News Show will run segments ranging from up-to-the-minute tech news, interviews with top IT industry execs like Sun CEO Scott McNealy and General Motors CIO Ralph Szygenda, product reviews, opinionated analyses and an occasional rant or two.
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| Samsung to push for MMC Micro flash card |
6/17/2005 |
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In a move to push its MMC Micro flash card, Samsung has informed several of its clients that its NAND flash chips are not to be used on SD cards but should only be used in MMC micro cards, according to sources in Taiwan familiar with the matter.
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| Adobe reports profit up 37% |
6/17/2005 |
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Adobe Systems reported strong second-quarter earnings from strong sales on Acrobat and Photoshop software.
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| Google adds service on mobile search |
6/17/2005 |
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Google has rolled out a new search service that only links to pages that have been formatted for display in mobile devices' small screens.
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| Study shows PC demand stay strong |
6/17/2005 |
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Growth in PC sales should remain strong over the next year due to many factors, including low prices, the influence of emerging markets worldwide, and continuously growing demand for portable computers, according to research released this week by IDC.
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