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| IBM launches 130-nanometer SiGe processes |
8/8/2005 |
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IBM has announced the availability a fourth generation of its silicon germanium foundry manufacturing process, which the company claimed provides twice the performance of the previous generation.
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| ChipMOS to test flash memory |
8/8/2005 |
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ChipMOS Technologies is looking to expand its flash memory testing capacity as it negotiates orders with a leading flash memory maker.
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| TSMC to produce chipset for Xbox360 |
8/5/2005 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), received Microsoft's chipsets order to make north-bridge chips for its Xbox360 game consoles with 90-nm process, which some industry's experts said that Microsoft is largest customer of TSMC using the 90-nm process
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| Diversity, way for memory makers |
8/5/2005 |
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Suppliers are continuing to shift production to other types of memory, such as NAND flash, a move that would lessen their investment risk but complicate procurement for OEMs.
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| IBM offers SiGe foundry service for hi speed customers |
8/5/2005 |
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IBM Corp. has announced the availability a fourth generation of its silicon germanium foundry manufacturing process, named 8HP, which the company claimed provides twice the performance of the previous generation.
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| Infineon abandon Central Research idea |
8/5/2005 |
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Infineon said the move is needed to achieve closer connections between development and production. "This means that the R&D results will transfer quicker into marketable products,"
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| China to create giant companies by merger |
8/4/2005 |
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The merger comes as China’s policy makers struggle to reconcile free-wheeling capitalism with the legacy of state control. In many cases over the years, the central and provincial governments created and subsidized redundant companies that are surviving, in part, on continued government backing. Hoping to change that, Beijing is pushing for mergers in various industrial sectors.
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| Docomo looking into overseas handset to diversify 3G service |
8/4/2005 |
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Docomo is seeking other overseas suppliers to expand the price range of its handsets. It agreed in June to jointly develop FOMA handsets with LG Electronics. They will support dual mode of W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS and also Docomo's i-mode service.
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| Samsung and Denali to provide support for OneNAND memory |
8/4/2005 |
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Samsung’s OneNAND is a single-chip that includes a NOR Flash interface, NAND Flash controller logic, a NAND Flash Array and up to 5KBytes of internal Buffer-RAM, able to achieve up to 108MByytes/sec. of read performance.
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| Hynix overtook Micron in DRAM sales |
8/4/2005 |
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Hynix's rise up the ranks was all the more remarkable, given that in the company converted a significant portion of its DRAM manufacturing capacity to NAND flash memory production in Q2. However, the company benefited from a faster-than-expected ramp up of production at its new M-10 300mm wafer production line.
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| MoSys embedded memory technology improved performance |
8/4/2005 |
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Licensing revenue of $1.9 million climbed both sequentially and year-over-year, up 60 percent and 48 percent, respectively. MoSys attributed the gains to he consummation of several licensing contracts that were in negotiation during the past several quarters.
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| China will beat US to IPTV |
8/3/2005 |
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Delivery of television over IP (internet protocol) networks has the potential to create revolutionary growth in China’s broadband customer base, as TV viewers, as well as PC owners, find a reason to subscribe.
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| Electronics market seen up |
8/3/2005 |
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Electronic orders soared 8.6 percent in June from May with outsize gains for computers, telecom and instruments. While most of this huge change is probably randomness or measurement error, enough of it is real to confirm that market trends have clearly improved.
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| NEC beaks through in low leakage transistor |
8/3/2005 |
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The NEC researchers targeted ultra low-power technology to reduce power consumption of system-on-chip devices to 1/30 of conventional chips, enabling the design of a battery lasting 10 times longer than present systems.
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| Semico predicts NOR flash to bounce |
8/2/2005 |
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“Semico expects to see a correction in the second half of 2005 that will reverse 2004’s sharp NOR price decline, a decline that started with a mid-2004 supply/demand imbalance,” said Jim Handy. “Unit and megabyte demand are still solid, so 2005’s revenue decline will largely be offset by growth in 2006.”
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| DPAC noticed of Nasdaq delisting |
8/2/2005 |
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DPAC (Garden Grove, Calif.) said it was notified by Nasdaq's Listing Qualifications Hearing Panel of the decision Monday, following an unsuccessful appeal to the panel on June 16.
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| China denies MIPS technology infringement |
8/2/2005 |
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The People’s Daily article referred to an earlier report by market research company In-Stat, which said Godson-2 follows an unlicensed variation of the MIPS architecture belonging to MIPS Technologies Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.). In-Stat concluded that this could lead to intellectual property issues, particularly if the processor was marketed outside China.
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