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| State of the DRAM market |
12/9/2008 |
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Last week (Dec 2nd to Dec 8th), the DDR2 1Gb eTT chip price dropped from US$ 0.67 to US$ 0.61, with the drop range of 9%. The DDR2 667 MHz 1Gb also dropped from US$ 0.64 to US$ 0.61, with the drop range of 5%. The DDR2 512 Mb eTT slightly dropped 3%, but the price was already closed to the packaging and testing price.
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| Is Patent Pool an easy way out for standardization? |
12/8/2008 |
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Patent pools have become increasingly popular in recent years to handle licensing in cases of relatively large numbers of patent holders and licensors. The pools can help lower transaction costs and reduce uncertainty and time spent negotiating deals, sometimes with competitors across barriers of language and geography.
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| China semi company ranking exposed |
12/8/2008 |
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According to the PwC report, the top indigenous Chinese chip company for 2007 was HiSilicon Technologies Co. Ltd., with revenue of about $170 million. HiSilicon Technology is the former chip R&D center of the Huawei Co. that was spun out in 2005.
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| Intel advances into "Clear Picture" photo CMOS |
12/8/2008 |
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"We started with goal of getting [in silicon] 90 percent of the performance of [more] exotic materials with an order of magnitude less cost, but we now have a silicon devoice that is better performance than anything measured in indium phosphide,"
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| Qimonda may face Bankruptcy |
12/5/2008 |
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Qimonda AG said it may face bankruptcy if it fails to find new investors or the cash needed to operate in the coming weeks.
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| ITC investigating Nvidia |
12/5/2008 |
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Rambus said that the U.S. International Trade Commision (ITC) has opened an investigation into possible infringement of the company's patents by graphics chip vendor Nvidia Corp.
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| AT & T to cut 12000 jobs |
12/5/2008 |
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AT&T said it would axe 12,000 jobs a fresh wave of cuts to cope with an economic downturn that has exacerbated a decline in traditional phone sales.
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| AMD slashed 4th-Quarter Forecast. |
12/4/2008 |
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AMD expects revenue from continuing operations for the fourth-quarter to be approximately 25 percent lower than third quarter of 2008 revenue of $1.585 billion.
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| TSMC to report poor 4th Quarter Sales |
12/4/2008 |
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TSMC has announced that its fourth-quarter sales will come in well below the company's previous guidance given at the end of October due to a reduction of wafer shipments.
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| AMD to introduce new Chipsets |
12/3/2008 |
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AMD plans to launch a new entry-level IGP chipset, the 760G based on RS780 architecture, in January 2009.
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| AMD to introduce 45nm AM3 CPU |
12/2/2008 |
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AMD is expected to introduce six 45nm AM3 CPUs in February: the quad-core Phenom II X4 925 and 910 with 6MB L3 Cache, the quad-core Phenom II X4 810 and 805 with 4MB L3 Cache, and the triple-core Phenom II X3 720 and 710 with 6MB L3 Cache, according to sources at motherboard makers.
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| Panasonic Profit Nose-Dive by 90% |
12/1/2008 |
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Panasonic has slashed its net profit forecast by 90 percent. The company is facing tougher times as sales drop due to slower consumer spending
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| Spansion cut Q4 sales estimate |
11/26/2008 |
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NOR flash memory specialist Spansion Inc. became the latest semiconductor supplier to issue a warning about revenue in the current quarter, saying it expects fourth quarter net sales to be down about 20 percent sequentially.
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| Cell phone market to shrink next year |
11/26/2008 |
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Cellphone sales are set to fall up to 4 percent in 2009 from this year as the economic slowdown hurts consumer demand across the world, research company Gartner Inc. said.
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