August 1, 2008 - Industry News
Taiwan chipmaker TSMC posts 12.9% profit gain
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker, said Thursday it recorded a 12.9 percent increase in ...
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July 22, 2008 - Top Story News
Texas Instruments disappoints and predicts weak 3rd quarter
Texas Instruments posted disappointing second-quarter results and gave a weak third-quarter outlook on Monday, blaming a broad-based slowdown ...
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June 9, 2008 - Industry News
Supercomputer sets record
An American military supercomputer, assembled from components originally designed for video game machines, has reached a long-sought-after ...
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April 1, 2008 - Industry News
STMicro and Intel clinch memory deal
STMicroelectronics and Intel completed the Numonyx joint venture that combines their unprofitable flash-memory units, creating ...
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February 18, 2008 - Technology News
Silicon Valley gets interested in solar power
Can Silicon Valley become a world leader in cheap and ubiquitous solar panels for the masses? Given the valley's tremendous success in ...
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October 4, 2007 - Industry News
Spending slowdown to continue for U.S. makers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment
Makers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment can count on the current order slowdown to extend well into next year, technology researcher ...
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September 17, 2007 - Industry News
With end of silicon's run in sight, big chip companies are seeking alternative materials
We are used to computers becoming obsolete almost as soon as they leave the store because of rapid advances in chip technology, but the ...
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August 14, 2007 - Industry News
EU clears way for Intel and STMicro to combine flash memory units
The European Union cleared the way Monday for Intel and STMicroelectronics of Switzerland to combine troubled units that make ...
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June 27, 2007 - Top Story News
TPG Capital, Affinity bid for Singapore chip tester United Test & Assembly Center
U.S. private equity firm TPG Capital and private fund manager Affinity Equity Partners offered to buy Singapore-listed United ...
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June 6, 2007 - Industry News
World's second-largest computer show begins five-day run in Taiwan
The world's second-largest computer show opened Tuesday in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, with organizers promising it would lift the ...
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February 27, 2007 - Industry News
Singapore production grew in January
Singapore's industrial production grew in January at more than double the pace of the previous month as chip makers and pharmaceutical ...
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February 7, 2007 - Industry News
Taiwan's Advanced Semiconductor posts decline in Q4 net profit on falling revenue
Taiwan's Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc., the world's largest chip-testing and packaging firm by revenue, posted a 7.1 percent decline in ...
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December 19, 2006 - Industry News
Taiwan Stocks May Stop Trailing Asia Stocks as Technology Demand Rises
Taiwan stocks, laggards in Asia since 2001, may catch up with markets elsewhere in the region next year as new products spur demand for video ...
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December 7, 2006 - Industry News
Chen calls on leading Taiwan high-tech company to have confidence in island's future
Taiwan's president called on a leading high-tech company to have confidence in the island's future, two weeks after a U.S. firm offered ...
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November 27, 2006 - Top Story News
Taiwan unlikely to oppose takeover of chip firm ASE
Plans by U.S. investment firm Carlyle Group to buy Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, the world's largest chip testing and packaging company, are ...
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November 20, 2006 - Industry News
Semiconductor maker ASML expects strong first half of 2007
Europe's largest semiconductor equipment maker, said it expects a strong first half of 2007 thanks to a high order backlog that totaled ...
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November 2, 2006 - Industry News
Chipmaker in China reports wider loss
Semiconductor Manufacturing International, China's biggest chipmaker, said that its third-quarter loss widened on lower prices as ...
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October 27, 2006 - Top Story News
Taiwanese chip maker sees income rise 300%
Taipei United Microelectronics, the world's second-largest custom-chip maker, said that its third-quarter profit soared almost ...
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October 26, 2006 - Industry News
Corning earns $438 million in 3Q as sales rise 8 percent
Corning Inc., lifted by higher demand for liquid-crystal-display glass, said its third-quarter profit more than doubled, but warned Tuesday that sales ...
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September 7, 2006 - Industry News
Sun Microsystems, Unisys sue Hynix Semiconductor in U.S. court
Sun Microsystems Inc. and Unisys Corp. have filed a lawsuit against Hynix Semiconductor Inc. in the United States, apparently seeking damages ...
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July 19, 2006 - Top Story News
Damages reduced in a Hynix patent case
A federal judge has reduced a damage award to Rambus to $133.4 million from $307 million for patent infringement by ...
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