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| Hynix to open 300mm Fab |
3/3/2003 |
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Hynix Semiconductor plans to open a 300mm-wafer pilot line in the fourth quarter of this year
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| Analyst see light in Semi Market |
2/28/2003 |
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"While DRAM prices and geopolitical and macro risk cloud near-term visibility, we come away from the conference feeling incrementally more positive that the industry is headed in the right direction in 2003 and that investors with a six to nine month investment horizon will be rewarded for being early in the stocks," Goldman Sachs
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| Nintendo to use Matrix 3D RAM |
2/28/2003 |
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As an alternative memory for mask ROM on the Game Boy platform, 3D memory will have to compete less expensive memories such as P2ROM supplied by Oki Electric Co., Ltd.
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| Hynix's executive team to resign |
2/28/2003 |
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Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (Seoul, South Korea) said Thursday (Feb. 27) that all its senior executives, some 50 in number, had offered to resign, following shareholder approval of a bailout plan for the financially strapped DRAM maker.
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| Infineon denies rumor on reconciliation |
2/28/2003 |
Infineon spokesman today told the press in Munich that "nothing has changed" in the firm's intention to sell all of its ProMOS stock and to quit the joint venture. He reiterated that the German firm is continuing to dispose of its entire 28% stake in ProMOS.
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| Hi-tech looks to Asia for funding |
2/27/2003 |
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Silicon Valley transpacific investment experts will discuss "how U.S. entrepreneurs can fight the domestic funding crunch by accessing investment from Asia,"
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| Infineon chief sees China as strategic |
2/27/2003 |
Schumacher said China would be at the center of driving chip demand in Asia over the next several years and a factor in the company's Asia Pacific revenue growing from about 30 percent of total revenues to nearly 45 percent in the next few years.
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| Infineon hot and cold with ProMos |
2/27/2003 |
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In a surprise move, Infineon Chairman Ulrich Schumacher met ProMos Chairman Hu Hung-chiu in Taipei today, exchanging views on "the future relationship between Infineon and ProMos," according to a statement from ProMos. "The atmosphere was pleasant," the statement added.
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| Hynix co-president resigned |
2/27/2003 |
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Park, who headed operations for the Korean chipmaker, shared the chief executive duties with Eui-je Woo, who is responsible for financial affairs.
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| Microsoft to work on final settlement with FTC |
2/26/2003 |
"During negotiations with Microsoft, both sides had showed a sincere desire to resolve the dispute," Chen said. "But, whether the case will be settled depends on the results of Thursday's meeting."
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| PDA market focused to increase |
2/26/2003 |
The PDA market is poised for growth as the devices sport lower prices, increased functionality, and wireless and multimedia capability, according to a report from InStat/MDR.
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| Sun sets new multithread processor strategy |
2/26/2003 |
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The H series processors, designed for use in Infiniband-based server blade systems will provide as much as 15 times the performance of today's Sparc processors at much lower cost and power consumption.
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| Sanmina-SCI to enter InfiniBand ODM services |
2/26/2003 |
Many EMS providers like Sanmina-SCI have been pursuing ways to enhance design services to bring products to market faster. Sanmina-SCI's InfiniBand-based solutions will be targeted at data center and high- performance technical computing applications.
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| Semico follows Dataquest to reduce semi outlook |
2/26/2003 |
"With the specter of war in Iraq looming on the horizon, corporate leaders continue to delay spending decisions and investments, adversely affecting a recovery in the semiconductor sector," Semico said.
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| US appeals court rule in favor of VIA over Intel |
2/25/2003 |
The spokesman pointed out that the court ruling indicated that fair competition remained the rule of the market despite attempts by some companies to obstruct fair trade via litigation.
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| Xilinx to provide super fast FPGA |
2/25/2003 |
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The ability to implement 10G on CMOS is a difficult one. According to Per Holmberg, Xilinx’s director of programmable systems marketing, it requires dealing with complex analog and mixed-signal design techniques, plus an understanding of and ability to manage noise and jitter problems.
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| 90nm destinated for 2004 |
2/25/2003 |
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“There are a great deal of concern (on 90nm) over variables,” said Tim Burks, vice president of product development at Magma Design. “People are definitely concerned about low yields.”
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| Economists predict job recovery in 2004 |
2/25/2003 |
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Economists believe the overall job market is going to remain flat until the end of this year. As hiring picks up, there will be an up tick in high-tech hiring.
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| Dataquest revised chip market estimate |
2/25/2003 |
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Worldwide chip market to hit $167 billion in value in 2003, up from $153.4 billion in 2002, according to the latest quarterly forecast estimates from Dataquest, the market research firm.
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| Counterfeit memory surface in Asia |
2/25/2003 |
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The counterfeit parts, specifically nonvolatile SRAM (NVSRAM) modules, have package dimensions, markings, and trademarked Maxim/Dallas logos copied from the Maxim/Dallas products.
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