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| Powerchip optimistic on DDR2 |
4/22/2005 |
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A recovery to occur in the third quarter as the market demand will shift from the current DDRI memory chips to higher density DDRII chips. Hence, the company's operation will remain profitable.
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| PC OEM's to spend more on Taiwan designs |
4/22/2005 |
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Dell confirmed that it will procure Taiwan-made PCs valuing more than US$10 billion this year. According to the source, HP is going to spend up to US$20 billion to purchase PCs from Taiwan, whereas Lenovo plans to allocate US$5 billion.
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| Semi CapEx outlook improves |
4/22/2005 |
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Market researcher IC Insights has raised its 2005 worldwide semiconductor industry capital spending forecast, projecting that capex will be down 5 percent this year.
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| Rambus acquired digital core IP from GDA |
4/22/2005 |
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Specifically, Rambus is acquiring digital core IP compatible with PCI Express, Ethernet, SPI-4, USB and SATA protocols, as well as products in development that will be made available based on customer demand, the company said.
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| SIA points out that US is losing semi industry on tax burden |
4/22/2005 |
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"A dramatic shift in semiconductor manufacturing is now under way," Scalise said during testimony before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission in Palo Alto, Calif. "Approximately two-thirds of the 300-mm wafer fabrication facilities now under construction worldwide are in Asia.
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| Hynix start to redeem itself |
4/22/2005 |
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The creditors plan to sell a 30 percent stake at home or overseas and subsequently sell the remaining 51 percent stake after 2007, the bank was quoted as saying in the report. Creditors had earlier agreed not to sell Hynix shares until the end of 2006, the report said.
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| Chartered gets deeper into the hole |
4/22/2005 |
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Capacity utilization in first quarter was 59 percent, compared to 81 percent in the year-ago quarter, and 61 percent in fourth quarter 2004.
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| Elpida produce high speed DDR2 on 90nm |
4/21/2005 |
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“Our ability to begin DDR2 SDRAM production at 90nm will help Elpida meet growing industry demand for high-density, high-speed DRAM such as DDR2-533 and DDR2-667,”
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| Samsung's Kang predicts the "Perfect Digital Storm" |
4/21/2005 |
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As the semiconductor industry continues its transition toward the consumer electronics and mobile markets, Samsung's Jon Kang warns that the memory segment is facing its own "perfect digital storm" where only the prepared will survive.
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| AMD release dual core MPU after Intel |
4/21/2005 |
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In contrast to Intel’s strategy, AMD plans to keep single core products as part of its product line up for “quite a while". “High frequency single core is better for some applications”.
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| UMC chairman fined for China investment |
4/21/2005 |
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The government took action February launching a series of raids on UMC offices to gather evidence of alleged investments and other assistance UMC may have given to He Jian. The government then charged UMC with breach of trust.
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| Memory startup completes funding |
4/21/2005 |
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T-RAM (San Jose) is a five-year-old company that has developed a memory cell expected to surpass today's 6T-SRAM (six transistor-SRAM) devices, claimed Kenneth Young, CEO of the company.
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| JDS Uniphase to outsource manufacturing to China |
4/21/2005 |
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The optics technology company (San Jose, Calif.) said it will consolidate manufacturing operations in New Jersey and Florida to its facility in Shenzhen, China. The move are expected to result in the loss of 700 manufacturing jobs and 150 support positions by the end of 2005.
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| Intel meets high end expectation |
4/20/2005 |
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First-quarter net income was $2.2 billion, up 25 percent year-over-year and up 1 percent sequentially. Earnings per share were 34 cents, up 31 percent from 26 cents in the first quarter of 2004 and up 3 percent from 33 cents in the fourth quarter of 2004. I
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| Broadcom teams with Nintendo on wireless game machine |
4/20/2005 |
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"The depth and breadth of Broadcom's wireless expertise will enable Nintendo to deliver the industry's most innovative gaming solutions," said Genyo Takeda, general manager of the Integrated Research & Development Division for Nintendo.
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| David vs the Giants |
4/20/2005 |
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IP licensing company Acacia Research Corp. said Tuesday (April 19) that its Microprocessor Enhancement Corp. subsidiary has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in California against Intel Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc.
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| TSMC, UMC to lower earning forecast |
4/19/2005 |
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TSMC and UMC may lower their second-quarter earning forecast due to a weaker-than-expected PC market and a decrease in orders from US wireless communication makers, according to the sources familiar with both companies.
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| Short supply on Intel's Dothan processor |
4/19/2005 |
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Tsinghua Unisplendour of China has moved to develop notebook PCs based on microprocessors from AMD due to continuous shortage of competitive chips from Intel, according to a report from SinoCast, a Chinese Web site.
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| TI posted strong quarter |
4/19/2005 |
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TI reported a slightly larger profit for its fiscal first quarter, as lower manufacturing and operating expenses offset a sequential decline in revenue.
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| DRAM in plentiful supply |
4/19/2005 |
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However, one large producer believes that prices have bottomed out and that they will recover in the coming weeks. It expects that DRAM production capacities will be switched to the booming flash memory sector.
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| TI's report indicate mobile market is stablizing |
4/19/2005 |
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Templeton added that the environment for cell phones would likely support a lower growth rate than last year. Nonetheless, “we continue to have high expectations for our wireless operations in 2005,” he said. Year-over-year wireless revenue grew by 15 percent in Q1, but declined 14 percent sequentially after a strong Q4.
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| AMD's Ruiz addresses to Boardcasters |
4/19/2005 |
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AMD Chief Executive Hector Ruiz used his keynote presentation Monday (April 18) at National Association of Broadcasters' conference to announce a technology and marketing alliance with DreamWorks Animation SKG.
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