December 9, 2008 - Industry News
Sumco Investing 17 Billion Yen for Solar Wafers, Nikkei Says
Sumco Corp., the world’s second largest maker of silicon wafers, will invest an additional 17 billion yen ($183.2 million) to increase ...
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December 8, 2008 - Industry News
Hynix Semiconductor to Cut 30% of Executive Jobs on Slowdown
Hynix Semiconductor Inc. will eliminate 30% of its executives and cut labor costs by more than 15 percent because of the global economic ...
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December 2, 2008 - Top Story News
Tessera Loses ITC Patent Ruling in Chipmaker Battle
Tessera Technologies Inc. lost a patent-infringement ruling in its bid to strike licensing agreements with Qualcomm Inc. and other makers of ...
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December 1, 2008 - Industry News
Taiwan Semiconductor Plans to Cut Spending Amid Economic Slump
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest custom-chip maker, plans to cut costs next year as a global economic slump ...
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November 25, 2008 - Industry News
Taiwan Export Orders Fall for First Time in Six Years
Taiwan's export orders fell for the first time in six years in October as the global economic slowdown cut demand for chips, laptops and phones ...
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November 21, 2008 - Industry News
STMicro Falls to 10-Year Low as Chip Outlook Worsens
STMicroelectronics NV, Europe's largest semiconductor maker, dropped to the lowest in more than 10 years in Milan after industry associations ...
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November 13, 2008 - Industry News
Qualcomm Stops Hiring After 'Dramatic' Drop in Orders
Qualcomm Inc. Chief Executive Officer Paul Jacobs said he's stopped hiring and is eliminating some research projects after a "dramatic" ...
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October 21, 2008 - Industry News
Texas Instruments Declines as Earnings Forecast Falls Short
Texas Instruments Inc., the second- largest U.S. chip maker, fell as much as 7.7 percent in extended trading after predicting earnings that ...
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September 15, 2008 - Industry News
NXP's Credit Rating Cut at S&P on Concern About Liquidity
NXP BV had its credit rating reduced by Standard & Poor's on concern about its liquidity. The company's rating was cut by two grades to ...
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August 1, 2008 - Industry News
Taiwan Semiconductor Says Growth to Slow on China
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest custom-chip maker, forecast third- quarter sales below analyst expectations as ...
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June 20, 2008 - Industry News
Huawei May Sell Majority of Handset Unit, People Say
Huawei Technologies Co., China's biggest phone-network equipment maker, is considering selling a majority stake of a handset unit that may be ...
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May 5, 2008 - Top Story News
Chip-Equipment Sales to Fall 15% in 2008
Global spending on chip equipment may fall 15% this year, extending an industry contraction, according to the San Jose, California-based ...
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April 30, 2008 - Top Story News
Taiwan Semi Profit Rises 49% on Consumer Electronics
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest custom-chip maker, posted its largest profit gain in seven quarters, driven by ...
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March 26, 2008 - Industry News
Semiconductor Manufacturing Shares Climb by Record
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., China's biggest chipmaker, rose the most since its 2004 Hong Kong trading debut after ...
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February 29, 2008 - Technology News
Computers Learn to Smell, May Join Dogs in Sniffing Out Bombs
A Silicon Valley startup is betting a computer can have a better sense of smell than a dog. Paul Rhodes, the founder of Evolved Machines Inc ...
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January 21, 2008 - Industry News
Fujitsu Says No Decision Yet to Spin Off Semiconductor Busin
Fujitsu Ltd., Japan's largest computer-services provider, said it has yet to decide on whether to spin off its semiconductor business. ...
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January 14, 2008 - Industry News
Taiwan's KMT Victory May Ease China Tensions, Investment Limits
The opposition Kuomintang party's landslide victory in Taiwan's parliamentary elections may herald lower tensions with China and ...
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January 10, 2008 - Industry News
Oerlikon to Expand Solar Division as Orders Surge
OC Oerlikon Corp. AG, the world's biggest maker of spinning machines for textiles, plans to double production of machinery for solar ...
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January 2, 2008 - Industry News
Philips Has Gain on Taiwan Semiconductor Stock Sale
Royal Philips Electronics NV will record a profit of 530 million euros ($780 million) in the fourth quarter from selling shares of Taiwan ...
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December 6, 2007 - Industry News
U.S. Stocks Rise, Led by Technology Shares; Intel, AIG Climb
U.S. stocks rose the most in a week after signs of increased productivity and a closely watched private report on employment ...
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December 6, 2007 - Technology News
Intel's Moore Gives $200 Million to Build Telescope (Update2)
Intel Corp. co-founder Gordon Moore and his wife, Betty, will donate $200 million to the California Institute of Technology and the ...
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November 16, 2007 - Industry News
Advanced Micro May Prolong Delay of Its Newest Chips
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is late delivering its newest chip geared for servers, helping Intel Corp. extend its lead in the market, ...
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October 18, 2007 - Industry News
Hynix Posts Second Straight Net Drop on Chip Prices
Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's second-largest memory chipmaker, posted profit that fell more than analysts forecast because a glut ...
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October 2, 2007 - Industry News
Sony to Tie Up With Infineon Unit to Develop Chips, People Say
Sony Corp. will partner with Infineon Technologies AG to develop chips rivaling those made by Samsung Electronics Co. and Elpida Memory ...
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September 11, 2007 - Industry News
Intel Raises Sales Forecast as Laptop Demand Improves
Intel Corp., the world's largest computer-chip maker, raised its quarterly sales forecast after taking customers from Advanced Micro ...
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