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| UMC to liquidate singapore fab |
10/27/2004 |
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UMC is apparently planning to "liquidate" its fab venture in Singapore and will fold the organization into the parent compa
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| Seagate launched new 3 inch Drive |
10/26/2004 |
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Seagate unveiled two new portable hard drives--one of which is just 3 inches in diameter, yet capable of storing 5GB of data
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| Aftershocks from Japan earthquake keep fabs shut down |
10/26/2004 |
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The strong earthquake that hit central Japan over the weekend has been followed by several strong aftershocks that have prevented several Japanese electronics manufacturers from resuming operations at plants located
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| More AMD-based notebooks to be released in 4Q |
10/26/2004 |
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The number of AMD-based notebook models launched by Taiwan OEMs in the fourth quarter of this year will be 50% greater than the number of AMD-based machines released in the first quarter of this year
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| Freescale move to be independent from Motorola |
10/22/2004 |
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The cost-cutting moves come at a time when Freescale prepares to become totally independent from Motorola "by the end of the year," Mayer said. Freescale operated as a unit of Motorola until officially being spun off in July.
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| Inventory buildup seen in semi industry |
10/22/2004 |
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"This quarter was challenging because of weak end market demand for consumer products, resulting in excess inventory at our customers and pressure on OEMs to significantly reduce their inventory positions,"
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| LcoS runs into problem as Intel pulls out |
10/22/2004 |
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A company spokesman was quoted in several reports saying Intel had decided against continuing the project after looking at the investment required and timetable needed to realize a return.
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| Burner prices on the way south |
10/21/2004 |
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At the introduction of 16x speed DVD DL at the local market a month ago, have saw the price dropped to 10~15 percent. Now, it is also mounting pressure on 12x speed and 8x speed DVD burner.
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| Taiwan IC designers expect recovery |
10/21/2004 |
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Majority of the Taiwan's integrated chip (IC) designers are expecting their gross profit to pick up in the fourth quarter, after struggled in the second and third quarters.
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| Transmeta re-states financial |
10/21/2004 |
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The company also announced that it expects to amend its financial statements for the second fiscal quarter of 2004 to reflect a $1.3 million adjustment relating to excess package substrate materials on hand and on order within that period and a related inventory adjustment.
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