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| AMD to raise much needed cash in bond market |
11/20/2002 |
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. announced that it is filing planned public offering of $300 million of convertible senior notes, which will be convertible into the company's common stock.
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| Taiwan among most competitive nations |
11/19/2002 |
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"Competitive countries can be expected to return to a sustained growth path faster and earlier than those that are less competitive," the report said.
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| Infineon or Hynix, who holds #3 on DRAM? |
11/19/2002 |
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Since it has placed more emphasis on DRAMs over the last several years, Infineon has come from a lowly nine percent market share position to 14 percent today, making it the third largest DRAM producer. However, Hynix vice president of worldwide marketing Farhad Tabrizi disputed suggestions that his company has been bumped from the number three spot.
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| AMD to delay new generation at Dresden fab |
11/19/2002 |
AMD has delayed the start of 90nm chip production at its Dresden, Germany, fab from the second half of this year to the first half of 2003, according to its newly released processor roadmap.
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| Capellas takes WorldCom Challenge |
11/18/2002 |
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The former chairman and CEO of Compaq Computer Corp. left his seat as president of the now merged Hewlett-Packard Co. on Monday and has wasted no time in finding a new position as chairman and CEO of courtroom-headliner WorldCom Inc.
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| Christmas projection isn't bright for PC market |
11/18/2002 |
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"The gloomy economic situation is likely to affect U.S. and Japan holiday season purchases," said George Shiffler, principal analyst for Dataquest's computing platforms and economics research, in a statement. "Given that home PC penetration is relatively high in the world's developed economies, limited funds may induce users to extend the life of their PCs."
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| Elpida eyeing China for DRAM production |
11/18/2002 |
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Sakamoto mentioned Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. and Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. as likely possibilities, though no final decision has been made. One incentive for moving some production to China is to take advantage of tax breaks on products made on Chinese soil, he said.
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| Hynix's loss increase while debt mounts |
11/18/2002 |
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Hynix Semiconductor Inc. Thursday reported a net loss of $513 million (617 billion won) for the third quarter, a 58% sequential increase over the net loss of 418 billion won for the previous quarter.
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| Kingston anounce 433MHz DDR DIMM for overclockers |
11/18/2002 |
The family includes 512Mbyte and 256Mbyte PC3500 modules at 434Mbits/s, priced at $254 and $129, respectively. PC3000 modules at 370Mbits/s are also available in 512Mbyte and 256Mbyte configurations, priced at $213 and $109, respectively.
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| Cray chooses Rambus for system memory |
11/18/2002 |
Cray is using customized four-channel RIMM modules comprised of 800MHz RDRAM chips with an aggregate memory bandwidth of 6.4Gbytes per second.
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| DDR price retreating |
11/18/2002 |
But DDR pricing may have reached its peak for now. Jonathan Joseph, a semiconductor analyst at Salomon Smith Barney Inc. in San Francisco, said he expects current pricing to hold through November and begin to fall in December as increased production meets slower seasonal demand.
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| Dell takes No-1 Spot from HP |
11/15/2002 |
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Dell Computer said that quarterly profits rose 31 percent as it gained market share, taking back the No. 1 personal computer spot from HP
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| AMD to cut 15% of workforce |
11/15/2002 |
AMD announced it will cut its global workforce about 2,000 , or 15%, by the end of next June as the company struggles to lower expenses.
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| Sprint to cut 1600 jobs |
11/14/2002 |
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Sprint said it will cut 1,600 jobs and 500 contractors from the payroll of its wireless unit to trim costs.
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| Yahoo launched new email service |
11/14/2002 |
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Yahoo unveiled a new e-mail service that offers users expanded storage and new account management features, its latest move to expand its subscription revenue.
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| IBM predicts company growth in 2003 |
11/14/2002 |
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IBM said it expected to return to financial growth in 2003 as the computer services, hardware and software company cuts costs and takes market share
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| Intel eyeing possible Fab in Vietnam |
11/13/2002 |
Intel has been undergoing a feasibility study project into building a chip plant in Vietnam, according to a report from the Foreign Investment Promotion at Ho-Chi-Minh City's Department of Planning and Investment.
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