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AMD setup Fab Automation Center in Dresden |
4/19/2004 |
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said it has opened two new automated precision manufacturing (APM) innovation centers, one in its nearly completed 300mm Fab 36 in Dresden, Germany and the other in Austin Fab 30.
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Lexmark reports upbeat results |
4/19/2004 |
Lexmark International Inc., the nation's second-largest printer maker, said its first-quarter profit rose 28 percent to 121 million on revenue of $1.26 billion, powered by strength in sales of replacement ink and toner.
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Intel profit up 89% |
4/15/2004 |
Intel 's first-quarter profits jumped 89 percent and revenues grew 20 percent as worldwide business spending on the silicon chips that power computers improved.
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AMD sales surge 73% |
4/15/2004 |
AMD said it had reached record revenues for its Q1 buoyed by flash memory sales.
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Intel to cut Itanium price |
4/14/2004 |
Intel has begun shipping a new 1.4GHz version of the processor that will significantly cut down the cost of dual-processor systems.
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Toshiba offers 4GB Nand Flash |
4/12/2004 |
Toshiba introduced what it claims is the semiconductor industry's first 4Gb single-die, multi-level cell (MLC), NAND flash memory
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Gartner reports semi equipment up 10% |
4/9/2004 |
Broken down, wafer fab equipment sales, the largest sector, grew 3.6 percent in 2003. In the back-end, packaging and assembly equipment increased 30.5 percent and automated test equipment grew 39.4 percent, the firm reported.
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Manufacturing index up |
4/9/2004 |
The survey of semiconductor purchasing managers showed that expectations for Q1 sales have ticked up slightly since last month, and expectations for Q2 sales growth ticked up more meaningfully.
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Cypress posted data sheets for MRAM product |
4/9/2004 |
Cypress claims that MRAM technology is superior to other types of nonvolatile memories. "An MRAM is nonvolatile memory that operates as a fast read and write RAM,"
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Ramtron and National settles |
4/8/2004 |
As consideration for the assigned patent applications and cross license provisions, Ramtron will pay National 10 annual payments of $250,000. Ramtron and National have agreed to cross license any and all future patents that may mature from the four FRAM applications
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UMC revenue reported up |
4/8/2004 |
United Microelectronic Corp. saw March sales cap off a 41.5 percent year-over-year revenue jump for the first three months of 2004.
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