July 16, 2008 - Industry News
Chip equipment market slumps
Asian companies will remain the top buyers of chip-making equipment for the foreseeable future despite a slowdown in purchasing, new research ...
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May 30, 2008 - Technology News
Boffins toy with carbon nano-ribbons
Chemists at Stanford University have developed a new way to make transistors out of carbon nano-ribbons, which could be used to make ...
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May 21, 2008 - Industry News
HP posts strong second quarter
HP has released its latest quarterly financials, reporting an 11 per cent boost in revenues. The company logged $2.6bn in profits on total ...
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February 19, 2008 - Industry News
Samsung to mass produce 64GB SSDs
Samsung has begun mass producing 64GB solid state drives (SSDs) with a Sata II interface, making them available as an option in selected ...
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January 14, 2008 - Industry News
Demand for PCs drives semiconductor sales
Strong PC demand helped fuel healthy growth in the sector and the semiconductor market during November 2007, but DRam memory prices ...
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October 15, 2007 - Industry News
PC growth sends chip sales soaring
Global chip sales jumped a healthy 4.9 per cent in August as PC sales gathered pace for the back-to-school season and Nand prices steadied ...
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October 5, 2007 - Technology News
AMD throttles back with first triple-core processor
AMD plans to buck the trend for dual-core and quad-core processors by launching the world’s first triple-core processor early next year. ...
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August 27, 2007 - Industry News
Samsung dominates Nand Flash market
Samsung has extended its sales lead in the Nand Flash market over Toshiba as market prices picked up in the second quarter. ...
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July 16, 2007 - Technology News
Philips dumps flat screen and chip business
Philips is to sell stakes in its flat screen television and semiconductor businesses to concentrate on more profitable lines. ...
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March 8, 2007 - Technology News
Case study: Tube Lines embeds RFID tags into railway sleepers
Imagine relying on a paper-based system to manage the maintenance of 207 miles of rail track, 251 trains, 100 stations, 227 escalators, 71 lifts and 2,395 buildings. That was the task of ...
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March 8, 2007 - Industry News
What the experts say about RFID
RFID is the beginning of a new digital revolution, where the whole physical environment will be one big internet. Many physical objects will be one big internet. Many physical objects will be ...
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December 22, 2006 - Industry News
Memory dominates 2006 semiconductor sales
Growth in the memory sector in 2006 was twice as fast as that of the overall semiconductor industry. Fuelled ...
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December 13, 2006 - Industry News
RFID boom fails to materialise
This year's expected rise in take-up of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology within the retail industry has failed to materialise, ...
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November 28, 2006 - Technology News
Tighter green laws will lead to IT component shortages
Electronic equipment and computer manufacturers were warned to brace themselves for component shortages as governments worldwide prepare ...
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October 27, 2006 - Industry News
RFID needs a clear business goal, firms warned
Organisations must be aware of the impact RFID will have on business processes, and should avoid implementing such projects for technology's ...
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October 9, 2006 - Industry News
Wi-Fi semiconductor demand remains strong
Global demand for wireless local area network (Lan) semiconductors remains strong, driven by technology advancements in 802.11 such as single-chip ...
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September 14, 2006 - Industry News
The hard drive turns 50
The hard drive on Wednesday turned 50. IBM introduced the first magnetic hard drive in 1956 with the introduction of the IBM 305 Random Access ...
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September 13, 2006 - Industry News
China chip growth outpacing the US
China's chip makers will spend $9.8bn expanding production capacity between 2006 and 2008, according to research published yesterday. The total ...
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September 8, 2006 - Technology News
RFID plane tickets to track travellers
Scientists at University College London (UCL) are developing a system that combines radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and high-definition ...
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July 20, 2006 - Industry News
Chip delivery calms China Taiwan tensions
A delivery of semiconductor chip production equipment is being seen as an opportunity to ease tensions between Taiwan and ...
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July 18, 2006 - Industry News
Major memory makers accused of price fixing
A group of 34 US states has filed a lawsuit against seven makers of DRam memory chips for alleged price fixing. Infineon Technologies, Hynix ...
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June 27, 2006 - Technology News
Hot prospects for cooler chips
The difficulty of keeping computer chips cool is one of the most immediate challenges for the IT industry. Researchers at IBM's Zurich lab are ...
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