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Samsung plans to raise Nand Flash price |
8/12/2005 |
ongoing downward trend in NAND flash contract pricing may reverse this month, as market leader Samsung Electronics plans to raise 8Gbit NAND flash prices by US$1.5 to US$46
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DDR2 memory to move to main stream |
8/12/2005 |
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chip maker, said this week that the global shift to a speedier computer memory chip
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Intel to announce processor architecture at IDF |
8/12/2005 |
Paul Ottelini, Intel’s chief executive officer, is expected to announce an architecture for microprocessors during a keynote speech on Aug. 23 at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco
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Chipset vendor sales up for July |
8/9/2005 |
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), VIA Technologies and ULi Electronics – reported slight sequential growth in their July revenues
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IBM launches 130-nanometer SiGe processes |
8/8/2005 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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