January 12, 2012 - Industry News
Obama Proposes Tax Incentives for Returning Jobs to U.S.
President Barack Obama says he will propose new tax incentives to reward companies that invest in U.S. expansion or bring back jobs from overseas ...
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November 17, 2011 - Industry News
Stanford develops super-fast computer device
Stanford engineers report they have developed a device for computers that can send information over light beams faster than anything yet achieved, while ...
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September 1, 2011 - Industry News
It's A Hard Time To Be A PC Maker -- And That Spells Trouble For Microsoft
Windows 8 could turn out to be a great tablet operating system. But without great hardware, it won't make a dent in the tablet market. That ...
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August 29, 2011 - Industry News
Graphene could create faster semiconductors
A one-atom-thick layer of carbon may one day help IBM Corp. and the U.S. military build more precise radar and computers that operate at near the ...
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August 25, 2011 - Industry News
Global Photoresists and Ancillaries Market to Reach $3.8 Billion by 2017
Photoresists are photosensitive resins or light-sensitive materials used in semiconductor manufacturing process. Photoresist developers and ancillaries ...
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August 16, 2011 - Industry News
Japan's Economy Shrinks Less Than Expected on Quake Rebuilding
Japan's economy contracted less than economists estimated in the second quarter as reconstruction work limits the slump from the record ...
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August 15, 2011 - Industry News
Intel uses sci-fi to understand possible tech uses
For decades, measuring progress in semiconductors was easy. Every year, the chips got faster and the industry moved forward. Speed matters much ...
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July 25, 2011 - Industry News
Why It's Tough To Stay On Top In Tech
The technology industry has a reputation as one of the most fiercely competitive industries in existence. Change happens rapidly in tech, with new ...
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March 14, 2011 - Industry News
Steve Jobs rips tech giants, even Apple partners
Steve Jobs likes to poke bears. The Apple chief executive officer has ribbed the likes of IBM, Google, Adobe and Microsoft. In many cases, he rips ...
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February 1, 2011 - Industry News
Intel announces $1 billion setback from chip flaw
Intel Corp. said a design error in one of its chips will cost it $1 billion in missed sales and expenses. The error will cut first-quarter ...
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January 12, 2011 - Industry News
Globalfoundries puts $5.4 billion into chip making
That's how much Globalfoundries will spend on chip-making plants and equipment in 2011, doubling last year's investment. The Sunnyvale ...
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December 10, 2010 - Industry News
Chip-Equipment 2011 Sales to Rise More Than Expected
Global sales of equipment used to make semiconductors and displays will rise to $39 billion next year, more than previously forecast, an ...
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September 8, 2010 - Industry News
Intel seeks outlets for its new Atom chips
Intel Corp. held a contest two years ago, asking college students to come up with new uses for the company's Atom processor. One proposal: a ...
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September 7, 2010 - Industry News
Intel expands into embedded processor market
That's the potential size of the market for embedded processors - chips that go into things like gasoline pumps, ATMs and industrial machinery. ...
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June 21, 2010 - Industry News
Three questions for Ray Kurzweil
The scope of Ray Kurzweil's endeavors and depth of his thinking elicits comparisons to Thomas Edison. Like the "Wizard of Menlo Park," he's a ...
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May 7, 2010 - Industry News
WOW: The iPad Is Destroying The Netbook Business
Philip Elmer-Dewitt picks up an amazing chart from Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty. The chart shows what has happened to netbook sales since ...
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July 22, 2009 - Industry News
Hot-selling iPhone helps Apple earnings soar
Apple Inc. reported a recession-defying quarter, fueled by the release of the hot-selling iPhone 3GS and an update to the MacBook line. Macworld ...
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June 30, 2009 - Industry News
Jobs back at Apple after 5 1/2-month leave
After a 5 1/2-month medical leave, Apple CEO Steve Jobs resumed control of a company that hasn't skipped a beat in his absence, but faces more ...
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May 4, 2009 - Technology News
Computer History Museum celebrates the semiconductor
Fifteen scientists will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Mountain View museum, and Intel co-founder ...
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March 13, 2009 - Industry News
National Semiconductor to cut 25% of workforce
A Silicon Valley chipmaker said it will cut a quarter of its workforce Wednesday in a sign that the deepening global recession is ...
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March 12, 2009 - Industry News
Apple brings out a new iPod Shuffle that talks
Well, it's about time. Apple's budget music player the iPod Shuffle hasn't gotten a real make-over since Sept. 2006, when Apple introduced ...
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November 4, 2008 - Industry News
When the chips are down, no wonder investment suffers
The Gartner market research firm now expects worldwide semiconductor industry revenues to expand just one percent in 2009, dramatically ...
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September 29, 2008 - Technology News
Supercomputers merge senses, data at school
On a hillside overlooking this college town on the banks of the Hudson, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has erected a technological ...
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September 9, 2008 - Industry News
SanDisk CEO downplays Samsung takeover talk
SanDisk CEO Eli Harari said his company has the financial strength to weather the economic slump alone, but called partnerships essential ...
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September 8, 2008 - Industry News
Sales rumor sends SanDisk shares soaring
Shares of SanDisk, in Milpitas, shot up more than 30 percent Friday after news reports that it might be acquired by Samsung Electronics in South ...
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