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| Philips launch fasters DVD writer |
12/4/2002 |
Philips Electronics has announced a highly integrated chipset, optical pickup unit (OPU), firmware and reference design for what are claimed to be the industry's highest-speed DVD recorders.
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| Sun hits revenue target, may miss profit margins |
11/27/2002 |
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Sun Microsystems said Tuesday that its revenue for the current quarter, ending Dec. 31, are on target with analysts' estimates of $2.92 billion, an increase of 6.2 percent. But warned that profit margins are pressured by the competitive pricing environment.
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| Camera cell phone getting popular in Japan |
11/27/2002 |
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Japan's largest mobile phone service provider, NTT Docomo, said subscribers using its camera phones for the i-shot service have reached three million, about 7% of its total 42 million subscribers.
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| Novellus sees higher profit, lower revenue |
11/27/2002 |
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Novellus Systems said bookings had improved with rising earnings due to cost cutting but reiterated the possibility of lower revenue in the current quarter.
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| Macronix and Mitsubishi co-develop flash memory |
11/27/2002 |
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Macronix International has signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Co. to co-operate on the development of so-called DINOR style flash memory on 0.15-micron process technology, the company said in a statement.
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| IBM, Chartered teams up on technology |
11/27/2002 |
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Attempting to cut the manufacturing cost, IBM and Chartered Semiconductor have signed a deal to jointly develop chipmaking technology and share factory capacity.
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| Cell phone collects data from vending machine |
11/26/2002 |
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Xecom Inc. introduced a wireless transceiver and access point for remote data acquisition last week. The system uses the 900-MHz ISM band to accumulate data on vending machines and transfer that data through phone lines.
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| Tech Data warns on coming quarter sales |
11/26/2002 |
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Tech Data posted a third-quarter net profit on declining revenue and said fourth-quarter sales will miss targets. The second largest computer distributor reported net income of $32.8 million, or 57 cents a share, for its fourth quarter that ended Oct. 31.
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| Sony Ericsson cell phone sales plummeting |
11/26/2002 |
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Sony Ericsson, a joint venture between Swedish mobile equipment maker Ericsson and Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony sold only 5 million cell phones worldwide in the third quarter compare to the more than 8.5 million sold by Ericsson and Sony before the merger, in the same quarter a year ago, reported by a market researcher.
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| PCs prices down for this holiday seasons |
11/25/2002 |
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Prices on major brand name desktop systems with adequate specifications with a 1.8- or 2-gigahertz processor, at least 128 megabytes of RAM, Windows XP, and a 40-gigabyte hard drive, are priced around or under the $500 mark.
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| Dell ships its blade server line |
11/25/2002 |
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Dell on Monday unveiled its first "blade" server in a move to capture more market share in the already crowded market.
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| TSMC raised shipments projection |
11/25/2002 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) raised its fourth quarter forecast last week following higher than expected demand for PCs and communication products. The company said that wafer shipments and its utilization rate will be higher than earlier predictions.
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