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| Nortel posts a loss on the quarter |
12/15/2004 |
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Nortel Networks reported a loss of 6 cents per share on sales of $2.3 billion in the third quarter and predicted lower sales for 2004 than in 2003 on Tuesday.
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| Sprint closed deal with Nextel |
12/15/2004 |
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Sprint agreed to buy Nextel Communications Inc. in a deal worth $36.3 billion to gain more business customers and more airwaves.
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| Motherboard shipments better than expected |
12/14/2004 |
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Motherboard shipments in November by first tier suppliers are better than expected. Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) sees shipments rise 11% sequentially to 1.60 million units. While Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) fell less than 4% each sequentially, according to Digitimes citing sources in Taiwan.
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12/14/2004 |
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| Infineon presents DRAM trench technology to 70nm |
12/14/2004 |
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Infineon Technologies has presented its 70-nanometer device architecture and manufacturing process for future 300mm DRAM based on deep trench cells at a conference held in San Francisco.
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| New PCs users to double by 2010 |
12/14/2004 |
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The number of PCs worldwide is expected to double to about 1.3 billion by 2010, driven by explosive growth in emerging markets leading by China with 178 million new PC users by 2010, 80 million in India etc according to a report by Forrester Research Inc.
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| ProMOS to run DDR2 in volume |
12/13/2004 |
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ProMOS Technologies is now conducting pilot runs of its own-brand DDR2 chips, with volume production scheduled for the third quarter of 2005, according to company.
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| Great Wall Computer to build servers for IBM |
12/13/2004 |
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China Great Wall Computer Shenzhen Co Ltd has signed an agreement to establish a new joint venture with IBM to produce computer servers for the Asian region, the company said.
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| Agilent guidance meets expectation |
12/13/2004 |
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Agilent Technologies Inc. said that it expects to earn between $1.01 and $1.35 per share in 2005 with revenues ranging from $7.1 billion to $7.5 billion.
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| DDR2 chip prices are falling |
12/10/2004 |
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Prices for DDR2 chips have recently fallen to US$5.50 per chip from US$6.50-7.00 a month ago due to excess inventory, according to sources.
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| Sony and Nvidia co-develop PS3 station |
12/10/2004 |
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Sony Computer and Nvidia revealed that they have been collaborating for about two years to develop the so-called PlayStation 3, which is scheduled to debut at E3 exhibition in Los Angeles in May 2005
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| Samsung samples GDDR3 DRAM |
12/9/2004 |
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Samsung said it has begun shipping the world's first 512-Mbit GDDR3 synchronous DRAM for graphics card makers.
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| Toshiba offers Dual Layer Disc format |
12/9/2004 |
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Toshiba has announced a dual layered disc that will playback both HD-DVD and DVD formats strengthing its offering in the battle of the next generation DVD formats.
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| Lenovo buys IBM's PC business |
12/8/2004 |
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Lenovo Group , said it has acquired a majority stake in IBM personal computer business for US$1.25 billion, one of the biggest Chinese overseas acquisitions ever
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