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| Hynix slapped with 45% tariff |
6/18/2003 |
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The U.S slapped a final import duty of almost 45 percent on South Korean memory-chip maker Hynix Semiconductor to offset alleged subsidies by Seoul.
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| Korean goverment to sue US |
6/18/2003 |
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The Korean government will file an application with the WTO to rule whether the U.S. imposition of heavy tariffs on Korean memory chips is fair as early as this month.
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| IBM & Infineon develop MRAM chip |
6/16/2003 |
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IBM and Infineon co-developing an advanced MRAM technology by integrating magnetic memory components into a high-performance logic base.
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| Toshiba succeeded in DRAM on SOI |
6/13/2003 |
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The company said that it has experimentally fabricated a 96Kbit cell array and verified the operability with "sufficient characteristics" required for embedded DRAM system LSIs on SOI.
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| FormFactor rises on first day of trading |
6/13/2003 |
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FormFactor IPO at $14 during after hour . In midday trading today on the Nasdaq, FormFactor was selling for $18.29 per share, having opened at $18 per share and rising as high as $21 per share at one point.
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| OEM/ODM to expand in coming years |
6/13/2003 |
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Many OEMs across all segments of the electronics industry plan to continue outsourcing manufacturing operations and anticipate increasing their use of EMS providers over the next 12 months, according to a recent Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. survey.
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| Taiwan to build new exhibition center |
6/13/2003 |
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TWTC is getting smaller each year. Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) started drafting a plan way back in 1994 and selected Nankang in eastern Taipei as the proposed site.
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| Nanya gets license to use ASML phase shift masking |
6/12/2003 |
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"Nanya will benefit from the enhanced imaging performance offered by our complete solutions package which includes full-chip implementation software, manufacturing IP and applications support,"
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| FormFactor IPO heats up |
6/12/2003 |
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FormFactor Inc. increased the number of shares it plans to offer to 6 million, while raising the initial asking price to $11 to $13 per share.
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| SIA: DRAM will lead growth in 2004 |
6/12/2003 |
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DRAMs, nonvolatile memories, and digital signal processors (DSPs) are hot and expected to grow by more than 20 percent in 2004 over 2003
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| Toshiba and Sandisk developed new 4Gbits NAND flash |
6/12/2003 |
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Toshiba and SanDisk will produce the new NAND memory chips using 90nm processing at the joint venture FlashVision fab in Yokkaichi, Japan. Initial production is slated in the first half of 2004.
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| Intel brings out new Celeron and M series mobile MPU |
6/12/2003 |
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Intel Corp. Wednesday introduced a Mobile Pentium 4 family of processors with frequencies up to 3.06GHz and a new value-end Celeron series, both targeted for large transportable notebooks that are capable of replacing desktop PCs.
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| Transmeta push into European market |
6/11/2003 |
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IO Technologies, Marek Micro and Technology Rescue are European-based design companies providing a support infrastructure for designers using Transmeta’s processors. The three European companies are designing embedded platforms using Transmeta chips.
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| TSMC signed agreement to start fab in Shanghai |
6/11/2003 |
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The announcement was slipped into a June 8 SEC filing saying that the TSMC fab, using 0.25-micron and 0.35-micron process technologies, will be located in the Songjiang Science Park in Shanghai to provide foundry services in Mainland China.
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