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| Semi Fab boom in China |
3/16/2005 |
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By 2008, China would only be able to meet about 35 percent of its needs. "By that time, If we assume $300 billion for the entire world in semiconductor revenue, then China alone will consume over 20 percent of the world's production. So therefore, China needs more fabs,"
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| Cell industry looking into 4G |
3/16/2005 |
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Currently, 3G service such as Verizon Wireless' 1xEV-DO provide typical speeds of between 300 Kbps and 400 Kbps. Nokia demonstrated High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), which it said provides speeds of as high as 5.8 Mbit/s.
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| Philips announce breakthrough in phase-change memory |
3/16/2005 |
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This is 100 to 200 times faster than the time required to program a Flash memory cell. This makes the line-cell phase-change memory attractive as a DRAM replacement for certain applications, Philips said.
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| Asustek diverse into auto electronics |
3/15/2005 |
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Auto-electronic sales channels have long been controlled by big European and American companies. To overcome the obstacle, Asustek has commissioned the company's chief technology officer to steer related business development.
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| In-Stat: Field Configurable to grow |
3/15/2005 |
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The report forecasts future market growth and examines consumption of six functional categories by geographic region, along with comparisons of end-use consumption of this technology by geographic region.
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| HP looks at molecular switch in place of transistor |
3/15/2005 |
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"We have a three-pronged approach: fundamental scientific research into the quantum effects that dominate the nanometer scale, a new architecture that can tolerate defects in molecular-sized circuit components and cost-effective methods of fabrication."
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| Infineon rises in semiconductor rank |
3/15/2005 |
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In terms of the top-10 chip makers for 2004, Intel was first in terms of worldwide sales, followed by Samsung, Texas Instruments, Infineon, Renesas, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba, TSMC, NEC, and Philips, according to market research firm IC Insights (Scottsdale, Ariz.). The list also includes silicon foundries, according to the firm.
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| Infineon rises in semiconductor rank |
3/15/2005 |
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In terms of the top-10 chip makers for 2004, Intel was first in terms of worldwide sales, followed by Samsung, Texas Instruments, Infineon, Renesas, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba, TSMC, NEC, and Philips, according to market research firm IC Insights (Scottsdale, Ariz.). The list also includes silicon foundries, according to the firm.
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| SMIC solved DRAM process snag at Beijing fab |
3/15/2005 |
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By February SMIC had hit a snag, and was having more difficulties than expected trying to find a common toolset to do both the 110-nm trench capacitor technology used by Infineon and the 100-nm stacked capacitor preferred by Elpida.
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| Credence brings out new memory test system |
3/14/2005 |
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“The Kalos 2 Hex system provides customers the flexibility to test a variety of memory devices and logic devices with embedded memory,” said Dave Ranhoff, president and CEO of Credence, in a statement.
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| RoHS deadline draws near |
3/14/2005 |
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RoHS goes into effect on July 1, 2006, but in order to make that deadline, the electronics industry is moving now to products that doesn’t contain hazardous materials. RoHS regulations apply to all electronic products except those produced by the military and portions of the telecommunications industry.
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| Intel expected to meet expectations |
3/14/2005 |
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"In general we believe that after a strong start to the quarter in January, linearity in the quarter resulted in a slightly weaker February with a solid March expected, largely in line with expectations."
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| Semi difficult year predicted at Embedded Conference |
3/14/2005 |
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Indeed, after a somewhat strong year in 2004, semiconductor vendors are now seeing historically weak sales patterns in the early part of 2005, especially for DSPs, flash memories, logic, among other products.
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| Judgement and fine put on CEO of SMIC |
3/14/2005 |
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The ministry would seek to detain chairman Richard Zhang (sic) of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. and impose punishment for his illegal investments in chip-making business in mainland China.
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| Motherboard shipments down in February |
3/11/2005 |
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The top four Taiwanese motherboard makers shipped a total of 6.69 million motherboards in February, according to a source familiar with the companies. Comparing to the 7.70 shipments in January, the number is down by 13.1%.
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| National Semi. Q3 sales down |
3/11/2005 |
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National Semiconductor reported Q3 revenues of $449.2 million, 12.5 percent lower than the same quarter last year and less than 1 percent above $448.9 million in Q2.
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| Applied Material to add workforce in India |
3/11/2005 |
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Applied Materials Inc. said it plans to expand its software development activities in India and take up engineering services research and development in the country.
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| Blue-ray wins Apple's support |
3/10/2005 |
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Apple Computer said on Thursday it had joined the Blu-ray forum, which is battling with rival HD-DVD forum to set the next standard for DVD.
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| AMD ships Turion 64 for notebook |
3/10/2005 |
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AMD today ships notebook chip called Turion 64, designed to compete with Intel Corp.'s Centrino brand targeting light notebook market. The company said the Turion brand will be used in PCs built by Acer Inc., Fujitsu Siemens, and Packard Bell.
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| Microsoft bought Groove Networks |
3/10/2005 |
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Microsoft said that it would acquire software maker Groove Networks Inc. in order to expand its Office-related group programs.
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