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| Teradyne to buy Eagle Test System |
9/4/2008 |
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Teradyne has signed a agreement to acquire semiconductor automated test equipment vendor Eagle Test Systems for approximately $250 million.
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| Foxconn adds new machinery from Sony |
9/4/2008 |
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Foxconn Electronics has announced the purchase of Half a billion NT$ Dollars of machinery and equipment from Sony Manufacturing Systems to ramp up its production
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| Intel unveils new Celeron CPU |
9/2/2008 |
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Intel has launched three new desktop Celeron CPUs the Core 2 Quad Q8200, Core 2 Duo E5200 and Celeron D 450.
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| Robot performed surgery increased |
8/29/2008 |
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Using a robot enables physicians to execute more complex procedures because robots are very precise. For instance, robot respond to algorithms that filter out "noise," hand tremors, that have a multiplying effect on the surgeon's movements.
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| Elpida denial rumor to acquire Qimonda |
8/29/2008 |
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"Given the current market conditions, we have no plan at all to invest in Qimonda," Reuters quoted Elpida as saying in a statement distributed on Friday (Aug. 29).
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| Dell performance signals poor market |
8/29/2008 |
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Excluding amortization and business realignment costs, Dell earned 33 cents per share, behind Wall Street's 36 cents per share target, according to Reuters Estimates.
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| Taiwan government raided UMC |
8/28/2008 |
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Taiwan prosecutors have visited the headquarters of foundry United Microelectronics Corp. in Hsinchu, Taiwan, as well as the company's office in Taipei as part of probe into the company's investments.
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| IP granted on multi-personality FPGA |
8/28/2008 |
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In essence it is a system engineered to allow multiple "personalities" to be retained and loaded on to a FPGA presumably as part of a security system.
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| Micron to outsource more packaging to Taiwan |
8/27/2008 |
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Micron Technology is expected to outsources more NAND flash packaging orders. Currently, Micron still uses its own capacity for packaging, but it will gradually outsource orders.
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| Elpida to invest US$5B to build DRAM in Suzhou |
8/27/2008 |
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This does not show that the company predicted DRAM market will recover. The new fab will adopt the most advanced technology to produce 50nm chips which will double DRAM output, helping to increase profit.
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| Qimonda ships XDR for PS3 |
8/27/2008 |
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“We are very proud to have started the volume production of our XDR product for PS3. This is a further milestone reflecting our product diversification strategy and demonstrating our leading position in the specialty memory market,”
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| SiRF file appeal on ITC judge's decision |
8/27/2008 |
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"There is no ban on shipment of SiRF's or our customers' products. In fact, the ITC will not even make any final determination until December after they have finished their investigation including reviewing the ITC Staff's appeal and our appeal,"
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| Apple business booming this quarter |
8/26/2008 |
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IPhone 3G has become available in 20 more countries today and market watchers now believe that Apple will ship more than 5 million iPhone 3Gs this quarter. A record 3 million Macintosh are projected to be sold this quarter, fueled by the user experience of the iPhone 3G and back-to-school rebate programs.
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