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| DDR2 price cross-over seen |
5/30/2005 |
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Intel Corp. will introduce more PC core logic chipsets that support the 1066-MHz Front-Side Bus (FSB) and DDR2 677. When this occurs, suppliers will quickly ramp up DDR2 677 production in order to take advantage of the present price premium.
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| NEC looking forward to additional 300mm capacity |
5/30/2005 |
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The company said that the fab could be flexibly expanded depending on the demand. The 300-mm line, which started operation last December at the existing A fab with a monthly capacity of 4,000 wafers, is equipped with facilities for 130- and 90-nanometer manufacturing processes. With the official launch, the company said it plans to expand into the new B fab to reach 6,000 wafers a month by September.
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| Hynix and Micron to ramp up NAND flash capacity |
5/27/2005 |
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Hynix is expected to more than double its NAND flash wafer starts by year-end while Micron Technology will begin volume producing NAND flash on 12-inch wafers, according to sources.
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| SMIC takes loan from Chinese Banks |
5/27/2005 |
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A consortium of Chinese banks has agreed to loan $600 million to Shanghai-based foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. to allow the company to expand its 300-mm wafer operations in Beijing.
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| VIA launches C7 x86 microprocessor |
5/27/2005 |
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VIA Technologies is rolling out a next-generation processor, the C7, that it hopes will give it a better shot at building market share in notebooks and small form factor desktop PCs.
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| Apple explores use of Intel chips |
5/25/2005 |
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In what would be a major shift in the computer world, Apple reportedly is talking with Intel about using its chips in its Macintosh line.
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| Macronix in R&D pact with IBM, Infineon |
5/24/2005 |
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Macronix, IBM and Infineon announced a joint research initiative to explore a new form of computer memory technology called phase-change memory (PCM).
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| Micron launches family of mobile DDR devices |
5/23/2005 |
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Micron launched a family of mobile DDR devices that it claims offer an enhanced feature set that delivers aggressive power specifications, superior bandwidth performance, and increased reliability over standard DRAM.
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| Infineon launch 8Gb DDR2 DIMM |
5/23/2005 |
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Infineon Technologies has announced new high-speed DDR2 modules for high-end desktops and servers: the DDR2-800 unbuffered DIMMs and the customized 8-Gbyte DDR2-400 tall registered DIMMs based on dual-die technology.
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| Micron sells CMOS image sensor |
5/20/2005 |
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Micron Technology has developed a CMOS image sensor which the company claims has the smallest pixel size for imagers.
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| Powerchip to increase NAND supply to Renesas |
5/19/2005 |
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Powerchip Semiconductor said it will allocate more than 10% of its capacity at its first 12-inch wafer fab by this June to produce NAND flash for Renesas Technology.
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| NAND Flash overtaking NOR flash in revenue |
5/19/2005 |
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The total sales of NAND flash memory was roughly equivalent to that of NOR-type flash in the first quarter of 2005, according to market research company iSuppli Corp.
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