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| Sony net profit surges |
7/28/2004 |
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Sony Corp reported a more than 20-fold jump in net profit for the April-June quarter thanks to gains from subsidiaries including much improved Sony Ericsson.
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| AMD to introduce chip for low-end PCs |
7/28/2004 |
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AMD sets to introduce a new brand for chips used in inexpensive personal computers, in a move to gain market share from arch-rival Intel Corp.
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| Samsung to cut 4mx16 SDRAM to $2 |
7/27/2004 |
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Samsung Electronics plans to cut 64Mbit (4Mbitx16) SDRAM prices to US$2 per unit in August as it tries to reduce its inventories, according to a new source familiar with the matter.
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| Jacket with MP3 player |
7/27/2004 |
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A new jacket from Rosner GmbH & Co., a German clothing firm, incorporates a 128-megabyte MP3 player that is controlled through cloth buttons on the left sleeve. Headphones are built into the collar.
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| New virus hit search engines |
7/27/2004 |
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A new computer virus hit Google, Yahoo and other leading search engines as it tried to spread itself by repeatedly performing automated queries for additional e-mail addresses.
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| IBM to build supercomputer for government |
7/27/2004 |
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IBM has been selected to build a supercomputer for the U.S. Department of Defense that would be used by the military for war simulation, weather forecasting and other applications, the company said.
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| Google set price for IPO |
7/26/2004 |
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Google said Monday it hoped to raise as much as $2 billion in its long-anticipated initial public offering by selling about 14.1 million shares at an estimated price of between $108 and $135 per share.
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| Hynix delivers record profit in Q2 |
7/26/2004 |
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Hynix Semiconductor Inc. reported a net income of 620 billion won (about US$530 million) on 1,698 billion won (about US$1.46 billion) in its second quarter, the company said.
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| T-Mobile to sell HP handheld phone |
7/26/2004 |
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T-Mobile USA will use HP first-ever handheld computer that also works as a cell phone and can tap into the Internet using high-speed wireless hotspots, the companies said.
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| Sun released new servers |
7/26/2004 |
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The new Sun Fire V40z server uses four Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Opteron microprocessors per box, twice the number of its previous Sun Fire servers.
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| DDR3 development gains momemtum |
7/23/2004 |
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Intel has sought DRAM makers Elpida, Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology to co-develop DDRIII format and related products. Intel is promoting 800MHz and 1.2GHz as the two major two formats of DDRIII.
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| Chip equipment sales jumped |
7/23/2004 |
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Billings, or shipments, totaled $4.4 billion last month, while orders reached $4.9 billion for suppliers around the globe. That would give the entire industry a book-to-bill ratio of 1.11 for June.
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| Qualcomm see gains in sales |
7/23/2004 |
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The company reported revenues of $1.3 billion, a 50 percent increase over the same quarter a year ago and a 10 percent increase over the previous quarter, according to the company.
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| Transmeta missed revenue on Efficeon |
7/23/2004 |
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"We expect some additional Efficeon systems to ship in 2004; however, due to market dynamics and customer resource constraints, the majority of the Efficeon designs are expected to ship in 2005."
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| DRAM market conditions weak |
7/22/2004 |
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Tier-1 DDR2 533 MHZ have been traded at USD 73/module for 256MB and USD 147-148/module for 512MB. Players anticipate increased business for DDR2 from September.
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| Tower Semiconductor seeing turn-around |
7/22/2004 |
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Tower said the Q2 and first half losses reflect the high investment made in its Fab 2 and its resulting depreciation, and that it is on course toward a more positive position by the end of the year.
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| Over produced motherboards will erode ASP |
7/22/2004 |
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The reality is that most, if not all, top-tier motherboard makers simply won’t achieve their growth targets for this year, and those that do will grow mainly at the expense of other tier-one players.
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