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| Horizons: Semi market changed but not doomed |
10/27/2008 |
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"2009, could slip negative, depending on what happens to IC unit growth. At the moment we think this highly unlikely, given (a) the 6.1 percent advanced and developing market GDP growth forecast and (b) the fact there have only been two years of negative IC unit growth in the last 23 years, namely 1985 and 2001, both triggered by a massive inventory build."
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| Kingston braced for down turn |
10/27/2008 |
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Tu, who is visiting Gitex this week, said the company is positioned to weather the current global economic crisis. "Financially we are very strong." Tu also said the company has solid cash reserves, but did not specify.
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| Division between phone and computer gets blur |
10/27/2008 |
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But in five years, the market will see many "shades of gray" in mobile computing devices, predicted the Nokia executive. Smart phones and mobile computers are "converging and colliding,"
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| HDTV growth to explode |
10/27/2008 |
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Costs to providers to generate and deliver HD content are declining and the savings is being passed along to consumers.
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| Samsung report 40% drop in Profits |
10/24/2008 |
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Samsung posted a profit of US$856 million in the quarter, down 43 percent from the previous period and down 44 percent from a year ago.
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| HP introduce TouchSmart PC |
10/24/2008 |
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Hewlett-Packard has introduced the TouchSmart IQ518 all-in-one PC emphasizing its 22-inch multi-touch ready panel.
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| Nanya reports poor 3-Quarter revenue |
10/23/2008 |
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Nanya Technologies has reported revenues of NT$11.5 billion (US$348 million) for the third quarter of this year, up 21% from the previous quarter but down 14% on year
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| SanDisk reports 3-Quarter Loss |
10/23/2008 |
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SanDisk posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss and said it would slash costs and sell some equipment to Toshiba in a bid to boosts its finances.
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| Yahoo to cut 1500 jobs |
10/22/2008 |
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Yahoo said it plans to cut at least 10% of its workforce, or more than 1,500 employees, in the fourth quarter in an effort reduce costs.
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| PSC to scale back Dram Fab expansion |
10/22/2008 |
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Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has no plans for any capacity expansion next year, according to company chairman Frank Huang.
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| Ericsson makes healthy 3-Q profits |
10/21/2008 |
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Ericsson surprised investors with strong third-quarter earnings and made an operating profit of 5.7 billion Swedish crowns ($772.5 million) excluding restructuring charges. .
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| PowerChip makes 3-Q Loss |
10/21/2008 |
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Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation has announced third quarter revenues of NT$14.97 billion (US$457 Million),
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| Samsung unveils new Laptop for US Market |
10/20/2008 |
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Samsung has announced its entrance in the US notebook market with a product lineup including notebooks in four categories – premium thin and light, all purpose, business, and desktop replacement, and the netbook segment.
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| Nokia Q3 profit, market share drop |
10/17/2008 |
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Nokia Corp., the world's largest cell phone maker, lost market share in the third quarter as profits dropped 30 percent because of falling sales and lower prices on the handsets.
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| Spansion, ASE form IC packaging joint venture |
10/17/2008 |
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Spansion and Taiwan's Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE) have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a venture to jointly own Spansion's IC-assembly operations in Suzhou, China.
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