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| JEDEC concerns latest Rambus ruling |
4/7/2003 |
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"The full circuit court reviewed the case and in a short time upheld the earlier decision of a three-judge panel. The fraud theory implicating Rambus is thrown out and the issue of Infineon infringement of our patents will be retried."
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| SARS might cause interruption in Asian Electronics Industry |
4/7/2003 |
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The first signs that manufacturing output might be hurt by SARS began to emerge this week. Motorola Inc. was forced to temporarily shut down the night shift at a Singapore factory when one of its employees was hospitalized with SARS. The decision briefly kept 532 workers off the assembly line, where communications equipment is built
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| More price cut from Dell |
4/4/2003 |
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Dell Computer said it can still find ways to slash billions in costs and pass the savings on to customers, officials told analysts at a meeting here Thursday.
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| JEDEC to certify chip and module |
4/4/2003 |
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JEDEC is working on setting up a chip and module validation program with its own seal to ensure memory devices meet the full industry standard specifications, according to EBN.
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| Samsung 1st quarter chips revenue increase |
4/4/2003 |
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.''s Q1 semiconductor sales were slightly higher than the year-ago results of $2.36 billion (2.97 trillion won), according to Reuters.
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| HP to include DVD-burning in PCs |
4/4/2003 |
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Hewlett-Packard is planning to equip DVD-recording drives in the consumer PCs. Back in 1999, HP had the success by first introduced the CD-RW ahead of competitors, quickly making the technology standard equipment on all consumer PCs. On Thursday, HP launched its first DVD-burning notebook, the Pavilion ze5300, and a low-cost DVD-recording desktop.
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| McDonald's put WiFi to test |
4/4/2003 |
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Ten McDonald's restaurants in Manhattan are offering customers WiFi internet connection in a three-month experiment. If the plan works, hundreds more restaurants will be upgraded with the wireless connection by the end of the year, according to the company.
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| Dell now sells projectors |
4/3/2003 |
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Multimedia projectors are expected to become the next big thing, as Dell Computer along with many competitors recognizes the opportunity. Dell is now selling the new 2100MP multimedia projector at $1,299.
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| Dell backs sales outlook |
4/3/2003 |
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Dell Computer Corp. backed its outlook for an 18 percent jump in first-quarter revenue, citing demand for its computer products has remained strong.
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| Lexmark to introduce new products |
4/3/2003 |
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Lexmark International plans a major product unveiling next week targeting corporate market that want all printing, scanning and coping functions to be integrated in one machine, reported by news.com
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| UMC to produce more wafers in 300mm |
4/2/2003 |
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United Microelectronics Corp. is reportedly running its 8-inch 0.13-micron lines at full capacity, prompting it to activate lines at its 300mm plant in Tainan, Taiwan, according to a report.
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| NEC to sell its fab in Europe |
4/2/2003 |
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NEC is looking to sell its 200mm wafer fab located in Livingston, Scotland. NEC is currently talking to potential buyers at the SEMICON Europa conference in Munich, Germany, this week.
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| Hynix to pay import tax |
4/2/2003 |
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In the premilinary hearings, the Commerce Department imposed a 57% import tariff on chips from Hynix Semiconductor Inc. due to unfairly subsidized by its government.
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| A better year for Flash and DRAM market |
4/2/2003 |
iSuppli said global memory sales would see a 15% increase in 2003 compared to 6.2% growth in 2002.
The growth in 2002 was mainly in the DRAM sector, which increased by 32.2% in 2002.
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| Dell to sell its line of printers |
4/1/2003 |
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Dell plans to unveil its new line of printers, manufactured by Lexmark International Inc. Dell hopes to drive down prices in the printer market, just as it did with personal computers.
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| Nortel to return to Wi-Fi market |
4/1/2003 |
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Nortel existed the wireless market in 2001. On Monday, it decided to return to the high-end wireless networking equipment market mainly for the telephone carriers and midsize to large businesses.
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| NEC to stop PDA sales in Japan |
4/1/2003 |
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NEC has decided to temporarily exit the PDA market in Japan due to weak sales and increase competition, sources from Japan said.
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| Gateway delays annual report release |
4/1/2003 |
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Gateway said it will seek an 15-day extension from the Securities and Exchange Commission for filing its 2002 annual report. Gateway said that it needed more time to review its accounting because of an SEC investigation of its 2000 financials and changes in software-bundling fees received from America Online.
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| Broadcom wins HP WiFi deal |
3/31/2003 |
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Broadcom Corp. announced that it has won a deal from HP/Compaq to sell its 54g 802.11g wireless LAN chipset as an upgrade option for the Presario 2100 and 2500 model notebook PCs.
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| AMD and Fujitsu on new venture plan |
3/31/2003 |
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AMD is expected to announce a new company with Fujitsu to better coordicate in operations, sales and marketing under one combined sales force.
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| Hynix may face stiff import duties |
3/31/2003 |
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The U.S. Department of Commerce may impose the punitive import duties on Hynix Semiconductor, a possible ruling over the allegations by Micron Technology that it was materially injured by imports from South Korean chipmakers that received illegal state aid.
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