August 12, 2008 - Top Story News
AMD vs. Intel: The Challenger's New Plan
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices says it's about to go through a major change concerning how it makes chips, but it hasn't said exactly what ...
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July 23, 2008 - Industry News
Microchip Technology: A Smart Chipmaker
During times of economic adversity, investors may shy away from semiconductor stocks because of perceived industry risks. Wild swings ...
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April 18, 2008 - Industry News
Cypress Semiconductor shares dip on 1st-quarter results
Shares of chip maker Cypress Semiconductor Corp. seesawed after it reported first-quarter sales above Wall Street expectations but a ...
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April 8, 2008 - Industry News
Intel Prepares to Close Philippine Plant
The U.S. chipmaker says plans to close the factory south of Manila are among the options it's exploring, but employees expect the worst. Top ...
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April 7, 2008 - Industry News
India's Videocon wants Motorola phone biz
Few would doubt the global ambitions of India Inc. anymore. Just a week after Tata Motors acquired Ford Motors' British marquee brands, Jaguar ...
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April 7, 2008 - Industry News
Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline on offer
Microsoft set the clock ticking for Yahoo to accept its $41 billion buyout offer in a letter to the Internet pioneer's board Saturday, ...
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April 4, 2008 - Top Story News
When a Buyout Goes Bad
When a posse of private equity firms decided to buy Freescale Semiconductor (FSL) in 2006, Michel Mayer was a major reason why. ...
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October 11, 2007 - Technology News
Are iPod's Hard Drive Days Numbered?
When the first Apple (AAPL) iPod music player came to market about six years ago, it was unusual for a variety of reasons, but chief among ...
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October 9, 2007 - Technology News
Solar's Day In The Sun
John O'Donnell started thinking about saving the world 30 years ago. In his first job, in the late 1970s, he worked to harness fusion--the ...
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June 1, 2007 - Technology News
India: Will RFID Tags Click?
Indian IT companies and techies are doing their precious bit in promoting radio frequency identification (RFID) in their country, as ...
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May 16, 2007 - Industry News
Taking the Pulse at Texas Instruments
CEO Templeton discusses the company's desire to capture even more of the analog chip market and hints at future involvement in advanced ...
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May 4, 2007 - Technology News
IBM's Chip Breakthrough
In an announcement that could shake up the global chip industry, IBM (IBM) is scheduled to announce on May 3 two technology breakthroughs ...
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February 12, 2007 - Industry News
ITC to investigate Hynix Semiconductor
A federal agency said that it has granted a request by Toshiba Corp. to investigate the import and sale of certain types of semiconductor ...
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January 22, 2007 - Technology News
Tech trade groups form RFID council
Eight technology trade groups that count heavyweights such as Microsoft Corp., Verizon Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc. among its members ...
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December 21, 2006 - Industry News
Taiwan OKs $825M investment in China
Taiwan has given approval for three semiconductor companies to invest a combined $825 million in China, in a sign the island's government is ...
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December 6, 2006 - Industry News
Plenty of Deals in the Chips
Consolidation in the semiconductor industry continues apace, with a set of acquisitions in the wireless chip business and another related to ...
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December 4, 2006 - Industry News
Fairchild says patent trial canceled
Chip maker Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. said the jury trial for its lawsuit against analog integrated circuit maker Power ...
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November 24, 2006 - Technology News
LG Philips wins LCD patent case
LG Philips LCD Co. said a federal jury ruled that two rival makers of liquid crystal display panels had infringed on two of its patents ...
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November 22, 2006 - Technology News
BT Guru: RFID Is Just "Tip of the Iceberg"
The British telecom's resident futurologist says the next Internet evolution involves RFID tagging of everyday objects, which would all talk to each ...
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October 25, 2006 - Industry News
Diodes to purchase APD Semiconductor
Chip maker Diodes Inc. said it is buying privately held fabless discrete semiconductor company APD Semiconductor Inc. for $8 million, ...
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October 11, 2006 - Technology News
Radio-Frequency ID: Asian Impediments
Companies are missing out on the benefits of cutting-edge shipment tracking technology due to hurdles in the region’s biggest economies. Asia's ...
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October 6, 2006 - Industry News
IDT transfers 300 jobs to outside firm
Semiconductor company Integrated Device Technology, Inc. said it will outsource 300 jobs in Malaysia to an outside service firm ...
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August 10, 2006 - Industry News
Micron Takes the Long View
Micron is a chip company coming to the end of a transition. Having for years made its name building almost nothing but the memory chips ...
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August 3, 2006 - Industry News
Tessera Technologies swings to 2Q loss
Tessera Technologies Inc., a developer of semiconductor packaging technologies, said it swung to a loss in the second quarter due to legal ...
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July 25, 2006 - Industry News
S&P Cuts Semiconductor Equipment Industry Outlook
Based on recent results and comments from leading semiconductor equipment companies, we now see the start of a cyclical downturn in the ...
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