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| Semi book-to-bill sinks |
2/18/2005 |
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"The three-month average bookings figure for new semiconductor equipment is now at the lowest level since November 2003. Total bookings declined sharply in January and are now about 37 percent below the cyclic peak observed in June 2004."
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| UMC chairman admitted helping Chinese foundry |
2/18/2005 |
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The government is charging UMC with breach of trust, accusing it of flouting the law by playing a major role in setting up Hejian. The company could face fines of up to $800,000 and its executives could be jailed for up to five years if they are found guilty
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| Dare to invest during downturn |
2/18/2005 |
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With widespread predictions of flat to middling semiconductor growth in 2005, some industry observers questioned why Infineon is investing another $1 billion now to add a 300-mm line at its DRAM fab.
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| TI said: realtime video phone is here |
2/17/2005 |
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Choppy video quality will be overcome, according to the company and its partner, with the recent introduction of new video codecs that require half the bandwidth for video transfers, the continuing penetration of IP broadband connectivity and the availability of single-chip encode and decode implementation.
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| HP Q1 revenue grew 10% |
2/17/2005 |
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"HP had a solid first quarter, highlighted by strong growth and profit in our personal systems group, strong revenue growth in our services business and cash flow from operations of $1.6 billion," said Robert Wayman, CFO and now acting CEO.
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| Infineon Virginia Fab to go 300mm |
2/17/2005 |
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The chip maker expects to ramp up the factory for limited DRAM production sometime later this year, company managers said during a tour of the new 120,000-square-foot facility on Wednesday (Feb. 16).
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| Samsung finished first DDR3 memory |
2/17/2005 |
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The 512-Mbit device, which is due to enter volume production in 2006, operates from a 1.5 volts supply and can transfer data at up to 1,066-Mbits per second.
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| Taiwan cracks down on prirate DVD |
2/16/2005 |
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As part of its public education efforts, MPA began rolling out its anti-piracy theatrical trailer across the region as part of a 40 county anti piracy awareness campaign.
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| Semico more optimistic on market recovery |
2/16/2005 |
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Inflection Point Indicator (IPI) from Phoenix, Ariz.-based market research firm Semico Research Corp. rose sharply this month, indicating market recovery could occur late in Q3. Last month, the firm said it expected market recovery to begin in Q4.
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| China made headway on own brand name OEM |
2/16/2005 |
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Chinese computer maker Lenovo has gained worldwide attention because of its planned acquisition of IBM's PC business. The move to take majority control over Thomson's television business near the end of 2003 drew attention to consumer-electronics manufacturer TCL.
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| Gartner: PC shipment to grow 9% |
2/16/2005 |
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"Market growth could prove stronger if PC manufacturers are somehow able to position the PC as a digital media hub," said Gartner analyst Kiyomi Yamada, in the same statement.
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| Chinese university has broken most used security certificates |
2/16/2005 |
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The SHA-1 hash is broadly used to create digital certificates. It is a key technical underpinning of Secure Sockets Layer, a private-key technology used broadly to send secure information such as credit card numbers over the Internet.
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| UMC Taiwan office raided |
2/16/2005 |
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Taiwan law allows semiconductor manufacturers to invest in Chinese fabs using 200-mm wafer technology only after a lengthy review process. One of the criteria applicants must meet is having a fully operational 300-mm wafer fab in Taiwan.
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| Taipei City wire-in (by cutting the wire) |
2/15/2005 |
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Early this week, the Taipei City Government has announced the completion of the first stage of the "M-City" (mobile city) project, which allows residents to access the Internet in and around 30 mass rapid transit (MRT) stations through wireless connections.
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| Sony Ericsson put iTunes into hand phone |
2/15/2005 |
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Sony Ericsson President Miles Flintsaid said the new music phone will have sufficient storage for six to ten CDs, a USB port to transfer music from a PC, music browsing and support for open standards.
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| Carly to get $45M |
2/15/2005 |
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The $45 million is based on the current value of roughly $23.5 million in previously awarded stock options and a $21.4 million severance package awarded to Fiorina after she resigned last week.
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| China government regulates Internet usage |
2/15/2005 |
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China is moving aggressively to shut down "illegal" Internet cafes that it says are corrupting youth through exposure to pornography, gambling and too much computer gaming.
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| India government opens way for Wi-Fi |
2/15/2005 |
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The new measures will help Internet service providers adopt Wi-Fi technology and speed Internet penetration, whereas until now they could only use dial-up access.
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| NEC to use Rambus backplane strategy |
2/15/2005 |
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The Rambus RaSer X is designed to tackle difficult interconnect issues associated with backplane environments in high-speed enterprise switches and routers.
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| ST exits 2G GSM development |
2/15/2005 |
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With the mobile phone market shifting to 3G, "It did not make sense to offer a 2G chip now," Philippe Geyres, ST's executive vice president, said here at the 3GSM World Congress. The cancellation is one of Geyres' first significant decisions.
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| Infineon to replace wirebond flip-chip with FCOS |
2/14/2005 |
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Getting rid of the wiring saves space, allowing a bigger chip to be used (maximum 5mm by 6mm as opposed to a maximum 1.9mm by 1.9mm for wirebonding), which means the IC can have more functionality, the company said.
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| AMD announced HyperTransport PCIX2.0 |
2/14/2005 |
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"PCI Express is really a technology that our workstation customers want because it enables very fast graphics. In the server world, we are seeing some of our high-performance computing customers wanting to use processor servers that are going to PCI Express,"
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