November 10, 2011 - Industry News
Cypress Semiconductor backs chip packaging startup
San Jose-based Cypress Semiconductor announced it has launched a subsidiary aimed at radically transforming the way tiny computer chips for the booming ...
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October 24, 2011 - Industry News
Intel faces colossal clash
Written off by some critics as a doomed dinosaur, stuck in the tar pit of a stalling personal computer market, Intel is headed for a colossal clash as it ...
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October 13, 2011 - Industry News
Internal report finds HP may benefit from keeping PC business
In a sign that Hewlett-Packard may decide to stay in the personal computer business, the Wall Street Journal reported that an internal review conducted ...
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August 8, 2011 - Industry News
Mobile computing giants in patent free-for-all
The mobile computing boom has turned into a courthouse war of the titans, as big tech companies are increasingly engaged in high-dollar legal ...
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July 22, 2011 - Industry News
Intel posts record sales
Reports of the PC's demise are greatly exaggerated, according to Intel CEO Paul Otellini, who said that the Santa Clara chipmaker had record sales ...
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May 31, 2011 - Industry News
Interview: Mark Thompson, CEO Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor helped launch the microchip industry in 1957 and etched a permanent place in Silicon Valley lore. But over the years ...
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April 25, 2011 - Industry News
Smartphones like Apple's iPhone hold treasure trove of data on users' lives
In the sexy but increasingly scary world of smartphone forensics, insiders have a name for all the personal information purposely or unknowingly ...
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March 21, 2011 - Industry News
Japan disasters could result in gadget shortages
The ongoing disasters in Japan could lead to shortages of tech gadgets for American consumers -- and headaches for Silicon Valley companies ...
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March 15, 2011 - Industry News
In Silicon Valley, no immediate threat to supply chains from Japan disaster
Despite the widespread devastation in Japan, experts don't see imminent dangers to global tech supply chains that Silicon Valley companies depend on ...
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February 14, 2011 - Industry News
Jet lag: Silicon Valley's chronic ailment
As the economy improves and international travel begins to soar, a familiar but unwelcome chronic condition is on the upswing in Silicon ...
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February 2, 2011 - Industry News
Samsung will offer some refunds after Intel chip flaw
Samsung Electronics will offer refunds on some personal computers and NEC may delay the release of some PC models because of a design flaw in one ...
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January 28, 2011 - Industry News
A career path from chip-design to center stage
Laid off by Sun Microsystems in 2004, Silas Elash did what any self-respecting chip designer would do. He became an opera singer. You sing ...
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January 11, 2011 - Industry News
Today's computer chips not just about speed
In the good old days, it was all about speed. Computer chip-makers like Intel and Advanced Micro Devices tried to outdo one another by putting ...
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December 21, 2010 - Industry News
Microchips now used in everything from toilets to tombstones
To help make football a little safer, Intel officials last month proposed having players' helmets outfitted with microprocessors that would ...
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December 3, 2010 - Top Story News
Chip Executives Bullish on 2011
Despite the still sluggish economy, senior chip-industry executives generally are upbeat about 2011 and many are even planning to do some hiring. Of 118 executives queried in ...
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November 23, 2010 - Industry News
Semi champion George Scalise is retiring, but hardly going quietly
It's hard to believe that George Scalise is retiring as president of the Semiconductor Industry Association, a job that for more than a decade ...
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November 22, 2010 - Industry News
Semi champion George Scalise is retiring, but hardly going quietly
It's hard to believe that George Scalise is retiring as president of the Semiconductor Industry Association, a job that for more than a decade ...
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November 8, 2010 - Industry News
Chip sales expected to cool off
The torrid pace of chip sales this year is expected to cool off considerably in 2011 and 2012, but experts differ on how much of a chill ...
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September 7, 2010 - Industry News
Fake chips threaten military
A growing deluge of millions of counterfeit chips is posing peril to the military and the general public -- and perhaps nothing illustrates it ...
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September 3, 2010 - Industry News
Apple's Steve Jobs ups ante for dominance in home entertainment
In a year already marked by innovations, Apple on Wednesday unveiled advances on multiple fronts that drove home its ultimate goal: to become ...
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August 25, 2010 - Industry News
Chip wars: AMD to show off Bobcat, Bulldozer processor designs
Sunnyvale chip maker Advanced Micro Devices intends to show off its new "Bulldozer" and "Bobcat" microprocessor designs this afternoon at ...
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August 23, 2010 - Industry News
Interview: T.J. Rodgers, CEO & president of Cypress Semiconductor
A longtime Silicon Valley visionary known for his outspokenness, Cypress Semiconductor CEO T.J. Rodgers has been on a mission to transform the ...
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August 9, 2010 - Industry News
Chip industry in midst of boom
The chip industry is in the midst of a record-setting boom, an upbeat sign about the health of the technology industry as it struggles to rebound ...
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August 3, 2010 - Industry News
Chip Sales Surge Again in June, But Recovery May Slow
The chip industry's recovery continued in June, with global sales climbing 49% from a year earlier, a trade group reported. For the first half of ...
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August 2, 2010 - Industry News
Chip innovation offers hope for Valley
There are lots of reasons for Silicon Valley to worry about its future. Education shortfalls. High unemployment. Still-high housing costs despite ...
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