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| Flash memory up by 38 percent |
9/11/2003 |
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Worldwide flash card market in 2003 is expected to hit a 38 percent increase year over year reaching $2.75 billion, according to Gartner Inc.
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| Electronic components orders up |
9/11/2003 |
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Electronic component orders rose slightly in August after a few month of flat orders, according to Assemblies & Materials Association (ECA). The 12-month moving average, however, remains flat.
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| TI narrowed 3rd sales outlook range |
9/10/2003 |
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TI has narrowed its expected revenue range for the third quarter to between $2.39 billion and $2.49 billion, compared to the prior range of $2.29 billion to $2.49 billion.
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| Samsung deliver 576Mbit RDRAM |
9/10/2003 |
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Samsung said it has begun mass production of 576Mbit RDRAM, which used in supercomputers, advanced servers and higher network equipment developers, said an analyst.
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| Samsung adds $430 million to DRAM lines |
9/9/2003 |
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Samsung Electronics Co.'s board has approved a plan to invest 505.5 billion won (about US$430 million) on its memory production line in Hwasung, south of Seoul, according to a Dow Jones report.
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| Nokia cites strong demand, price pressures |
9/9/2003 |
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Nokia said Tuesday brisk handset demand should produce a higher-than-expected third-quarter profit, but tough price pressures and a weak dollar would offset any revenue growth.
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| Dell, HP to sell Flat-Panel TVs |
9/9/2003 |
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Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. are preparing to sell flat-panel televisions. The move will surely intensify competition in the market, analysts said.
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| Top foundries August sales increase |
9/9/2003 |
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TSMC's August sales hit a record of NT$18.3 billion, up by 3.8% month-on-month and 35.2% year-on-year while UMC announced an increased by 9.3% year-on-year for the same.
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| AMD releases 2GHz processors |
9/9/2003 |
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AMD released a 2GHz chips Tuesday. The Opteron 846 and 146 models are manufactured in a 0.13-micron CMOS process technology, according to a news report.
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| Broadcom, Atheros to release one chip Wi-Fi |
9/8/2003 |
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Broadcom Corp. is planning to release this week its AirForce OneChip, the first single-chip Wi-Fi product, according to a news report. It integrates a 2.4GHz 802.11b radio, power amplifier, base-band processor and media access controller on the same chip.
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| DRAM output up by 5% month over month |
9/8/2003 |
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DRAMeXchange reported that global DRAM output was up by 5% in August (compared the previous month) hitting a total of 266 million die (256Mbit-equivalent).
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| Intel to release 2 new Itanium chips |
9/8/2003 |
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Intel will unveil two new processors in its Itanium chip family for high-end servers, including a low-power chip previously known as Deerfield.
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| Taiwan government computers under attack |
9/5/2003 |
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"National intelligence has indicated that an army of hackers based in China's Hubei and Fujian provinces has successfully spread 23 different Trojan horse programs to the networks 10 private high-tech companies here to use them as a springboard to break into at least 30 different government agencies and 50 private companies."
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| Unions resist ST reorganization |
9/5/2003 |
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A company spokesman confirmed that talks between unions and STMicroelectronics' French unit, STMicroelectronics SA, broke off Wednesday (Sept. 3). No new talks are scheduled, he added.
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| National see profit and turn around |
9/5/2003 |
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"In one year, we've improved National's summer quarter profits from $1 million to nearly $30 million and we're continuing to gain share in our key analog markets."
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| IDC see handset growth with 2.5G and 3G |
9/5/2003 |
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IDC is predicting handset sales worldwide to achieve an 8 percent growth over 2004. One reason for the growth is increased shipments of 2.5G and 3G products.
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| Rebounce led by DRAM seen |
9/4/2003 |
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As for DRAM, after 10 successive quarters of losses, the DRAM industry is now making a profit on a collective basis after price hikes this spring.
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| Homeland rules might hamper import/export flow |
9/4/2003 |
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The agency unveiled in late July proposed regulations that would require advance notice of cargo container manifests prior to the cargo's arrival here in the United States or their export. That advance notice would also have to be in electronic format.
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| STATS China receives backend contract |
9/4/2003 |
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The SMIC deal represents the first for STATS' Pudong, Shanghai facility. STATS announced its expansion to China in July, and the new plant is scheduled to be ready for operation by the end of October. STATS will provide SMIC with test engineering support as well as wafer probe services.
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