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| Marvell reduces 7% of workforce |
11/28/2007 |
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Marvell Technology Group, the maker of chips for Apple's iPod, will cut 400 jobs to trim operating expenses after the company reported a net loss for the fiscal third quarter.
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| Hynix diversifies into image sensors |
11/28/2007 |
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In a major move into the non-memory chip business, South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. has signed a partnership agreement with SiliconFile Technologies Inc., a developer of CMOS image sensors.
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| AMD seeks foundary deal withTSMC, report said |
11/27/2007 |
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Moving towards a fab-lite strategy, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is working on a long-awaited foundry deal with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC), according to a report from Barron's.
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| Alcatel-Lucent seals deal with China mobile carriers |
11/26/2007 |
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The solutions Alcatel-Lucent is to provide will enable China Mobile and China Unicom to expand the capacity and coverage of their mobile networks so that they can continue to meet the robust demand for mobile services in China.
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| Dubai firm buys stake in Sony |
11/26/2007 |
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Dubai International Capital, an investment company owned by the ruler of this booming Persian Gulf city-state, has acquired a stake of undisclosed size in the Japanese electronics and media company Sony Corp.
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| Nvidia unveil nForce Chip in December |
11/21/2007 |
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Nvidia is planning to launch its Intel-based nForce 780i chipset in December this year, however mass shipments will be slated for January 2008 delivery, according to sources at motherboard makers.
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| AMD rolls out Phenom processor |
11/21/2007 |
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AMD rolls out its first native quad-core desktop processor a 65-nanometer Phenom processor running at up to 2.3 GHz
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| 1Gb DDR2 Chip to drive mainstream standard |
11/21/2007 |
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Price of 1Gb DDR2 chips has dropped below US$2 and could become the mainstream market specification by the second quarter of 2008, according to DRAM makers.
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| HP quarterly profit rises |
11/20/2007 |
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HP issued a better-than-expected quarterly profit and outlook driven by strong sales of notebook computers.
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| NEC launch new EDRAM Chip |
11/20/2007 |
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NEC Electronics introduced two new technologies for the manufacturing 40nm system-on-chip (SoC) devices with embedded dynamic random access memory (eDRAM).
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| Smart adds new 8GB DDR2 DIMM |
11/19/2007 |
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SMART Modular Technologies has added to its lineup of Socket F, DDR2 registered DIMMs with an 8-Gbyte module.
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| Samsung cut 1000 jobs |
11/19/2007 |
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Samsung Electronics has cut more than 1,600 jobs since March amid a major restructuring effort.
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| Analyst warns about semi equipment downturn |
11/16/2007 |
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“We believe the semiconductor industry would fall into a demand-driven downturn in 2008. The ramifications of this event would be milder compared with 2001, but much dependent on the segment in the supply chain, with the downside risk lower for semiconductor companies"
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| IBM to try at distributed computing again |
11/16/2007 |
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For instance, a brokerage in New York that needs to use local servers to close trades could dispatch back-office number crunching to under-utilized machines in a branch office -- saving time and money.
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| Vodafone plans to expand through acquisitions |
11/16/2007 |
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Vodafone continued to pursue investments that would allow it, over time, to gain control -- although he noted that a "very strong" dividend stream might also focus Vodafone's attention in "some circumstances".
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