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| Applied Material named new CTO |
10/26/2007 |
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Stork is a recognized leader in the semiconductor industry and will lead the roadmap for Applied’s silicon technology equipment, oversee integrated technology development across the silicon products,
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| SanDisk named 25 companies on infringement suit |
10/26/2007 |
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The Milpitas, Calif.-based company on Wednesday announced the filing of three patent infringement actions against 25 companies that manufacture, sell and import USB flash drives, compact flash cards, multimedia cards, MP3/media players and/or other removable flash storage products.
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| Balloon at 22miles high telescopes the Sun |
10/26/2007 |
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Placing a telescope at that attitude places it above turbulence, dust, clouds—all the things that satellites are launched above, but at a cost of thousands of dollars compared to millions for a satellite launch.
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| Apple to encourage 3rd party iPhone applications |
10/26/2007 |
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Videos guide developers through basic design and interface issues, then progress to content management, compatibility issues and optimization strategies. Code libraries and example applications are also provided.
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| Spansion expands into partnership with SMIC |
10/25/2007 |
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Spansion has been investing in China for over 10 years, since Spansion's former parent company established the Suzhou final manufacturing facility. Spansion has also added local design centers in Suzhou and Beijing, and sales and marketing offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Through the new foundry agreement with SMIC, Spansion will have wafer manufacturing capabilities in China.
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| 45nm production ramps up at Intel Fab 32 |
10/25/2007 |
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''The opening of Fab 32 in Arizona today is a testament to Intel's continued investment in our most strategic asset -- the most advanced, environmentally friendly manufacturing network in the world,'' said Paul Otellini.
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| Taiwan to build next generation LCD plant |
10/25/2007 |
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AU, which supplies panels to Dell Inc and Hewlett-Packard Co , plans to build a next-generation LCD plant to meet new demand for growing flat TVs, and will decide what technology it will use to make panels by the end of the year.
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| Transmeta to be paid $250M from Intel |
10/25/2007 |
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The agreement will grant Intel a perpetual non-exclusive license to all Transmeta patents and patent applications, including any patent rights later acquired by Transmeta, now existing or as may be filed during the next ten years.
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| Industry leaders predict bottoming in DRAM prices |
10/24/2007 |
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Transcend company chairman Peter Su indicated that DRAM prices should be edging to a bottom with a critical drop unlikely to be seen. Citing an historical pattern, demand is expected to be strong in October and November at retail markets.
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| ChipPAC opens new plant in Shanghai |
10/24/2007 |
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STATS ChipPAC Ltd. today announced the grand opening of a second 371,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China. The company, which claims to be the largest full turnkey assembly and test service provider in China
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| California fire close electronic plants |
10/24/2007 |
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Facilities were set to remain closed at least until Wednesday, and the timing for their reopening will be decided based on progress in containing the fires.
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| IBM works with MediaTek on fast home wireless |
10/23/2007 |
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The new technology will allow consumers to get rid of the wires needed to connect HD-TVs to set top boxes. IBM and MediaTek said they integrate IBM's millimeter wave (mmWave) radio chips, antenna and package technology with MediaTek's digital baseband and video processing chip designs.
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| Elpida exchange DRAM technology with UMC |
10/23/2007 |
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Elpida and UMC said the collaboration joins Elpida's technology with UMC's advanced copper low-k processes and technology development. UMC will license to Elpida its copper low-k technology for Elpida's production and Elpida will permit UMC to offer DRAM as part of its advanced SoC solutions.
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| TI profit up 10% |
10/23/2007 |
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TI said analog sales increased strongly during the just ended quarter and manufacturing process improvements helped to lift gross profit margin to 54.2 percent compared with 51.4 percent in the 2006 third quarter.
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| PQI to expand GPS investment in China |
10/22/2007 |
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PQI said the China subsidiary will invest in the development of in-car entertainment system devices. The China-based subsidiary sells its GPS devices under the brand PQ2.
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| 700MHz band to be opened with handset choices |
10/22/2007 |
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"This would allow consumers to use the handset of their choice and download and use the applications of their choice in this spectrum block, subject to certain reasonable network-management conditions that allow the licensee to protect the network from harm,"
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| Qualcomm requests judge to drop infringement case |
10/22/2007 |
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Qualcomm said that Administrative Law Judge Paul Luckern recommended terminating the latest investigation because the companies are already in arbitration proceedings related to their 2001 technology license agreement.
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| US loosen control on Semi-equipments export to China |
10/22/2007 |
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Being designated by the U.S. government as a validated end-user means individual export licensing requirements will be removed on shipments of controlled items to the five companies. In return, the companies agreed to on-site audits by U.S. officials.
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| AMD reports 3Q revenue |
10/19/2007 |
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AMD has reported its third quarter 2007 revenues were US$1.63 billion, an 18% increase compared to the second quarter and a 23% improvement compared to the third quarter of 2006.
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| Rexchip opens first 300mm Fab |
10/18/2007 |
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Rexchip Electronics has recently opened its first 300mm fab at the Central Taiwan Science Park Houli Site.
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