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| Semi sales receipt grows |
4/5/2004 |
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SIA President George Scalise said the 31 percent growth reflects the "steady improvement" in business conditions, a trend the association expects to continue throughout the year.
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| Microsoft settles with Sun on Java |
4/5/2004 |
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Microsoft has agreed to pay Sun $700 million to resolve pending antitrust issues and $900 million to resolve patent issues. In addition, Sun and Microsoft have agreed to pay royalties for use of each other's technology.
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| DOD being asked to fund Sematach initiative |
4/5/2004 |
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If approved, the funding would support a proposed affiliate of Sematech called the Advanced Processing and Prototyping Center (AP2C), which would be part of the National Technology Initiative.
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| Complaint filed against Mosys for infringement |
4/5/2004 |
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UniRAM provided trade secret information to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) sometime between 1996 and 1997 and that Mosys improperly obtained unspecified trade secrets of UniRAM from TSMC in an unknown manner.
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| February Chips sales up slightly |
4/2/2004 |
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Chips sales in February rose about 31 percent compared to the same month last year, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported Friday.
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| Gateway to close stores and cut payrolls |
4/2/2004 |
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Gateway announced that it will close 188 of its retail stores next week and lay off about 2,500 employees associated with the shops, or nearly 40 percent of its work force.
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| Surprised number of new jobs lift market |
4/2/2004 |
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308,000 new jobs were added in March, the Labor Department reported Friday, surpassing the average forecasts of 123,000 new jobs by economists, according to Briefing.com. 46,000 jobs were created in February.
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| DDR prices to go up |
4/1/2004 |
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A DRAM manufacturer cited that contract prices for 256MB DDR modules are expected to increase by up to 14% in April, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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| Samsung expands flash production |
4/1/2004 |
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Samsung Electronics plans to double its flash capacity by producing its NAND memory line with a new 90-nm process technology.
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| Gateway considers moving office to OC |
4/1/2004 |
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Gateway announced plans to relocate its headquarters to southern Orange County, as part of efforts to combine workers from its San Diego headquarters with employees from the main offices of eMachines.
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| Best Buy earnings soar |
3/31/2004 |
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Best Buy forth quarter earnings jumped 51 percent as the company benefited from new stores, sales gains and the absence of its former Musicland division.
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| ATI earnings up |
3/31/2004 |
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ATI Technologies Inc. made a net income of US$47.6 million on revenue of $463.3 million in the second quarter of the fiscal 2004 year, the company said.
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| Factory reports below forecast |
3/31/2004 |
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Althouth the U.S. manufacturing sector continued to grow in the month of February and March, both came in below forecasts by economists on Wall Street, according to an industry report.
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| Samsung ramps DDR2 with 100-nm process |
3/30/2004 |
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Samsung said that it has resolved the issues related with the new advanced 100-nm process and is ramping up products DDR2 chip based on the technology.
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| 2 more Infineon executives resigned |
3/30/2004 |
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Following the resignation of former Infineon Technologies President and CEO Ulrich Schumacher's, two more executive have resigned, the company announced today.
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| Electronics Economy outlook is good |
3/29/2004 |
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The trend over the last few months remains in the 12 percent to 15 percent growth range forecast for the whole year. Orders and unfilled orders rose strongly so the random sales dip in February should be quickly reversed.
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| Union unrest costs Schumacker's job |
3/29/2004 |
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The union especially blamed the controversy on Schumacher's tough labor policy and the "image-damaging discussion about the dislocation of the company's headquarters" to Asia. "We see Mr. Schumacher's resignation with little regret", the union concluded.
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