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| Polymer display rolls up inside your pen |
1/27/2004 |
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Polymer Vision, a new technology incubator established by Philips Research, unveiled Monday (Jan. 26) what it claims is the thinnest, most flexible, active-matrix display so far.
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| Memory maker found shortfall in revenue |
1/26/2004 |
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The memory maker attributed the shortfall to delays in the recognition of revenue from new customer projects that commenced later in the quarter than the company previously had anticipated based upon such customers' earlier projections.
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| Distributors found profit in China |
1/26/2004 |
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“The margins are tighter, but in the last two quarters we have expanded and improved our margins,” said Andy Bryant, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing, a division of Phoenix-based Avnet Inc.
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| SIA said semiconductor cycle is still 3 years |
1/26/2004 |
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“The conclusion was to leave it in 2004 — a return [for the second edition in a row] to a rounded three-year-per-node pace. Of course, this does not indicate any abrupt transition in the rate of technology development,” Doering added. “The rate of progress continues to evolve somewhere between two and three years.”
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| Nortel to sell manufacturing plants to Flextronics |
1/26/2004 |
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The deal, if consummated would result in the transfer of Nortel's optical, wireless and enterprise manufacturing operations to Flextronics although Nortel said it would retain control over the strategic management of its supply chain.
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| Southeast Asia will be memory focal |
1/26/2004 |
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Micron Technology Inc. said it anticipates more than 50 percent of its revenue would be generated in southeast Asia within a few years with China, Hong Kong and Japan accounting for a significant portion of the increase.
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| Atmel return to profitability |
1/23/2004 |
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Atmel returned to profitability in Q4 of last year, one quarter after it declared that the recovery was at hand.
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| Kodak to cut 15,000 Jobs |
1/22/2004 |
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Eastman Kodak, the world's leading photography company, said today it would cut 12,000 to 15,000 jobs
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| Red Hat to launch Linux in China |
1/22/2004 |
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Red Hat, the leading seller of the Linux operating system, plans an expansion into China, potentially including a partnership with China's Red Flag Linux
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| chipmakers settle patent infringement suit |
1/21/2004 |
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International Rectifier Corp., Hitachi Ltd. and Renesas Technology Corp. said they have settled all outstanding lawsuits involving patent infringement allegations among the three companies.
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| Too early to conclude on SARS outbreak |
1/20/2004 |
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Despite the measures taken by the Guangdong provincial government, it's still too early to conclude whether SARS would break out this year,said SAR Experts.
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| Motorola adds more stake in SMIC |
1/20/2004 |
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Motorola took a significant stake in SMIC this week, selling the foundry its MOS-17 wafer facility in Tianjin, China, in exchange for SMIC shares
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| IBM to add 15,000 new jobs |
1/20/2004 |
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IBM will hire 15,000 new employees--50 percent more than originally planned--in areas such as software and services because of a rebound in the economy.
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