February 6, 2012 - Industry News
Micron CEO dies in plane crash, industry stunned
Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling ...
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February 3, 2012 - Industry News
Elpida posts loss amid weak DRAM market
Elpida Memory Inc booked a quarterly operating loss, hit by a falling prices and weak demand as consumers increasingly shift to flash-memory using ...
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February 3, 2012 - Industry News
Elpida in big quarterly loss as tie-up talks swirl
Japan's Elpida Memory Inc posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss and said it is in talks on an aid package as the chipmaker wrestles with a ...
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February 2, 2012 - Industry News
Hynix posts Q4 loss; raises investment by 20 pct
Hynix Semiconductor Inc reported its second consecutive quarterly loss, hit by tumbling computer chip prices as consumers ditched desktops and notebook ...
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February 2, 2012 - Industry News
Infineon sees signs of steady chip card demand
German chipmaker Infineon AG reported better-than-expected results for the three months to December and said it saw early signs that its chip card ...
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February 1, 2012 - Industry News
Toshiba cuts outlook after Q3 profit tumbles
Toshiba Corp, Japan's biggest chip maker, booked a 72% fall in quarterly operating profit and slashed its annual profit forecast as a strong yen and ...
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January 31, 2012 - Industry News
Nanya: no plans for any role in Elpida-Micron deal
Taiwanese chipmaker Nanya Technology Corp denied any intention to join a possible tie-up between Japanese rival Elpida Memory Inc and Micron ...
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January 25, 2012 - Industry News
Chipmaker AMD expects lower revenue in weak PC market
Advanced Micro Devices Inc forecast lower quarterly revenue as a shortage of hard drives and a shaky economy hurt PC makers, sending its shares lower ...
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January 25, 2012 - Industry News
Chipmakers' forecasts prompt fears of Nokia slump
Weak quarterly reports from Nokia's chipset suppliers prompted fears of a sales slump in the Finnish company's older smartphones, sending its ...
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January 25, 2012 - Industry News
Elpida in talks to merge with Micron, Nanya
Japan's Elpida Memory is in talks to merge with U.S. firm Micron Technology and Taiwan's Nanya Technology, as the memory chip makers battle a weak ...
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January 25, 2012 - Industry News
TI says chip demand is improving; to close 2 factories
Texas Instruments Inc reported higher-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue on Monday as demand improved faster than expected because customers did not ...
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January 24, 2012 - Industry News
Korean research, a first step toward Dr. Smartphone?
Tired of long waits at the hospital for medical tests? If Korean researchers have their way, your smartphone could one day eliminate that -- and perhaps ...
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January 20, 2012 - Industry News
Chipmakers rise on upbeat revenue outlooks
Chipmaker stocks rose, helped by upbeat earnings forecasts by Linear Technology Corp and Xilinx Inc. Shares surged on expectations an inventory ...
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January 19, 2012 - Industry News
ASML bookings signal chip uptick
Rising demand for smartphones, tablets and the latest super-thin personal computers is driving strong sales and new orders at Dutch group ASML, ...
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January 19, 2012 - Industry News
Xilinx shares up after upbeat Q4 outlook
Chipmaker Xilinx Inc expects fourth quarter results at the mid-point of analysts' expectations, allaying investor concerns that the slowdown in ...
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January 18, 2012 - Industry News
ASML Q1 order book eyed for chip uptick
Investors will look to ASML's first-quarter order book and outlook for signs the global chip sector could rebound, driven by demand for new ultra-thin ...
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January 17, 2012 - Industry News
Samsung seeks to merge smartphone operating platforms
Samsung Electronics Co plans to merge its own 'bada' mobile phone operating software with an open-source Tizen platform as the world's biggest smartphone ...
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January 11, 2012 - Industry News
TSMC Dec sales lowest in 22 months
TSMC, the world's top contract chip maker, posted its lowest sales in 22 months in December as the semiconductor industry struggles with shrinking demand ...
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December 21, 2011 - Industry News
Apple scores limited victory in smartphone patent war
Apple Inc scored a narrow victory against Taiwan's HTC Corp in a patent lawsuit over smartphone technology that will set the stage for further battles ...
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December 19, 2011 - Industry News
North America Nov chip-gear orders fall 35.7%
North America-based chip-gear makers posted $973.3 million in average worldwide bookings in November, down 35.7% from last year. The industry waits ...
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December 13, 2011 - Industry News
Intel says sales hit by hard drive shortage
Intel Corp warned that hard-disk drive supply shortages would hurt its current-quarter revenue, the latest heavyweight in the PC industry to caution ...
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December 13, 2011 - Industry News
Apple in talks to buy Anobit for $400-$500 million
Apple Inc is in talks to buy Israel's Anobit, a maker of flash storage technology, for as much as $500 million, according to a report published ...
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December 12, 2011 - Industry News
TSMC says November sales down 1.4% on year
TSMC, the world's biggest contract chip maker, said that sales in November fell 1.4% from a year earlier. Taiwan Semiconductor Co Ltd (TSMC) said unconsolidated ...
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December 9, 2011 - Industry News
Texas Instruments cuts revenue outlook, shares slump
Texas Instruments cut its outlook for the current quarter and warned demand was broadly lower as customers reduce their inventories, sending the No. 3 ...
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December 7, 2011 - Industry News
Samsung plans flash chip line in China
Samsung Electronics said it plans to build a flash memory chip plant in China, seen costing some $4 billion, as a boom in smartphones and tablet ...
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