August 31, 2010 - Industry News
July chip sales up 37 percent, but growth rate is slowing
July semiconductor chip sales grew 37 percent from a year ago to $25.2 billion. But the monthly gain was just 1.2 percent above June sales of ...
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August 31, 2010 - Industry News
Intel seeks to close mobile gap with Infineon unit
U.S. chipmaker Intel is to buy German chipmaker Infineon's wireless unit as it seeks to claw its way into the booming smartphone market, reducing ...
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August 25, 2010 - Industry News
Rambus sues IBM to reverse ruling on memory system
Chip designer Rambus Inc has sued International Business Machines Corp, seeking to reverse a federal agency finding that Rambus' patent for a ...
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August 20, 2010 - Top Story News
Intel: Is There Wisdom in Buying McAfee?
Intel's purchase of security software firm McAfee today for $7.68 billion in cash raises the question: what the heck is Intel ...
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August 12, 2010 - Industry News
Seagate and Samsung team up on solid state drives
Seagate Technology and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd have agreed to jointly develop a key component of solid state drives, to tackle a small but ...
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August 9, 2010 - Industry News
Lattice Semi CEO resigns to join Kulicke & Soffa
Chipmaker Lattice Semiconductor Corp's Chief Executive Bruno Guilmart resigned to join semiconductor assembly equipment maker Kulicke & Soffa ...
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August 5, 2010 - Industry News
Kulicke & Soffa Q3 beats, sees strong Q4 rev
Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc posted quarterly results that blew past expectations as demand from customers surged, and forecast strong fourth-quarter ...
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July 29, 2010 - Industry News
ASMI blows past Q2 forecasts, shares jump
Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASM International easily beat even the most optimistic forecasts for its second quarter and said order and ...
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July 29, 2010 - Top Story News
TSMC Hikes Capex; Glut Fears Loom
Top contract chipmaker TSMC sharply raised its 2010 capital spending forecast after posting a record quarterly profit, likely leading to ...
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July 28, 2010 - Industry News
Broadcom revenue up on smartphone chip demand
Broadcom Corp posted higher quarterly earnings and revenue on strong demand for its chips used in smartphones such as Apple Inc's iPhone. The ...
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July 22, 2010 - Industry News
Hynix cautious after record Q2; shares fall
Hynix Semiconductor warned prices would fall this quarter, sending its shares to a two-month low as the industry braces for weaker profit ...
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July 15, 2010 - Industry News
Intel results bode well for tech industry
Intel Corp's (INTC.O) robust results sent positive signals across the technology industry and prompted at least two brokerages to raise their ...
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July 14, 2010 - Industry News
Applied Materials sees positive demand trends
Applied Materials Inc said that demand for its products and those of its customers had successfully withstood broader economic woes. The world's ...
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June 30, 2010 - Industry News
GE signs agreement to use Rambus' LED technology
GE Lighting has signed an agreement to use Rambus' LED lighting technology for commercial purposes. Shares in Rambus climbed nearly 5% ...
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June 24, 2010 - Industry News
Apple iPhone 4 has Samsung and Micron chips
Apple Inc's hot-selling next-generation iPhone sports chips from Samsung Electronics, Micron Technology and STMicroelectronics, according to ...
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June 11, 2010 - Industry News
National Semi tops Street, sees sales growth
National Semiconductor Corp swung to a profit in its fiscal fourth quarter, boosted by healthy chip sales to industrial and wireless ...
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June 7, 2010 - Industry News
First Solar says can't meet demand for modules
The market for solar modules, a key element in solar power systems, is so strong that industry leader First Solar will not be able to meet demand ...
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May 19, 2010 - Industry News
Agilent Q2 beats Wall Street; sees strong Q3 profit
Agilent Technologies Inc's quarterly results beat market expectations, on strength across all its markets, and the electronics-testing equipment ...
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May 12, 2010 - Industry News
Toshiba ramps up capex, Hitachi sees strong growth
Toshiba Corp plans to boost capital spending, mainly in its chip and infrastructure businesses, while rival Hitachi joined other Japanese ...
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May 11, 2010 - Industry News
TSMC OKs over $1 bln for new capacity, plant
Top contract chipmaker TSMC has approved a plan to invest more than $1 billion to expand its advanced processing capacity and help build a new ...
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May 3, 2010 - Industry News
U.S. chip shares sink as Samsung stokes glut fear
Shares in U.S. chip makers slid on Friday after Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it will "substantially increase" capital spending in 2010 ...
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April 22, 2010 - Industry News
Hynix sees Q2 DRAM prices rising, NAND prices down
Hynix Semiconductor (000660.KS) said on Thursday the average price of its dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips would continue rising in the ...
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April 21, 2010 - Industry News
Asian chipmakers see firm growth; Samsung capex eyed
Asian chipmakers are set to deliver another set of strong results and cement growing views that the global technology sector's recovery is ...
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April 15, 2010 - Industry News
Kulicke & Soffa Q2 rev tops Street; shares surge
Chip-assembly equipment maker Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc posted a stronger-than-expected second-quarter revenue and forecast third-quarter ...
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April 14, 2010 - Industry News
ASML upbeat on recovery as orders beat forecasts
Dutch chip equipment maker ASML added to hopes for an acceleration in the tech sector's recovery with first-quarter orders that beat the most ...
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