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| China confirms SARs case |
12/30/2003 |
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A suspected case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) in southern Guangdong province was upgraded on Tuesday to a confirmed case, a senior provincial health official said
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| Micron under investigation for price fixing |
12/30/2003 |
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Justice Department is investigating whether the four DRAM chip makers, which account for two thirds of industry sales, tried to manipulate prices in the spot market for chips
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| PlayStation 2 Debut in China Postponed |
12/29/2003 |
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Sony Computer Entertainment has postponed the release of the PlayStation 2 in China, which was slated for Saturday, the company said on Dec 22
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| Weakness seen in Novemeber shipment |
12/26/2003 |
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The month-to-month declines were 2.4 percent for computer, peripherals and storage, 1.4 percent for telecom equipment and 0.4 percent for semiconductors.
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| Microprocessor spot light will be on Intel rivals |
12/24/2003 |
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The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD launched its Opteron 64-bit server processor in April and brought the same technology down to the desktop in September with its Athlon 64-bit processor.
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| Online Christmas Shopping not as expected |
12/24/2003 |
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Many sites on the index delivered average to below average performance overall for consumers attempting to purchase gifts online, Keynote said. The average response time for completing a transaction during this time period has ranged between 14 seconds and 17 seconds.
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| Smaller die returns Micron to profit |
12/24/2003 |
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The megabit production gains were principally due to improved manufacturing yields and transitions to 110-nanometer devices, according to Micron.
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| SIS licensed to sell PCTel WiFi software |
12/24/2003 |
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Chipset vendor Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) and PCTel Inc. have formed a partnership to offer wireless communications based on the SiS162 wireless LAN chipset and PCTel's Segue software
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| Technology outsourcing getting popular |
12/24/2003 |
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"It's a business strategy, period. You cut costs. You revamp. You look at what your mission statement says and try to turn a profit," said Sylvia Thomas, who was laid off by chipmaker Agere Systems Inc. after declining offers to relocate to Singapore.
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| Sony outsources DVD burners to Taiwan |
12/23/2003 |
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NEC, Pioneer, Sony and Toshiba were the world¡¯s top four suppliers of DVD burners during the first three quarters of this year, recording respective global market shares of 25%, 19%, 13% and 10%. Other top Japanese DVD burner makers may also soon follow the footsteps of Sony.
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| Universities in China licensed ARM core for research |
12/23/2003 |
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"By licensing the ARM922T core, the postgraduates and local IC engineers registered at the School of Microelectronics have access to a core with high-performance, memory management unit which is ideal for HDTV, DTV and consumer electronics SOC research and development,"
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| Cray receives order for X1 Supercomputer |
12/23/2003 |
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"The Cray X1 product is gaining strong momentum internationally as our initial customers continue to report the unprecedented results and new scientific breakthroughs they have been able to achieve cost-effectively on this powerful system."
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| PCTEL strikes agreement with Intel |
12/23/2003 |
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Under terms of the agreement, Intel will receive a license to all of PCTEL's patents. PCTEL will in turn receive a cross-license to Intel-owned patents that relate to PCTEL's business and a one time $14.5 million payment.
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