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2008: Five brakes on the global chip market
Market research firm iSuppli had to lower the estimated sales of the global semiconductor industry in 2008, citing customers' chances of canceling the deal out of fear o…
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Ranking technology giants
China and India are developing very rapidly and strongly in high technology globally. Meanwhile the US seems to be going down.
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Power of 4 core processor
Two semiconductor industrialists Intel and AMD continually improve the manufacturing technology of more efficient microprocessors. Most recently, 4-core processors appea…
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Great investor in Silicon Valley
After more than 50 years of experience in the market, through his investment programs, Arthur Rock has actively contributed to the development of the technology industry…
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2008: Semiconductor chip market will exceed 300 billion USD
The bright, pink-colored prospect for the semiconductor industry will continue until at least the end of 2008, when the global revenue of this market is expected to brea…
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Gartner: Intel is still No. 1
Although revenue declined by 12% in 2006, Intel is still the largest semiconductor company in the world today, Gartner said.
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The world's fastest DRAM reaches 800 MHz
The product that Korean semiconductor company Hynix has just introduced is the first device in the world to be built with 60 nm technology (nanometer). This technique al…
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The year of 'gloomy' welcomed the chip market
Semiconductor companies are waiting to wait until 2008 - the year is expected to be the boom of the chip market. But first, they have to survive through 2007 full of tho…
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Vista 'flushes cold water' on chip makers
Microsoft's new-generation operating system has more or less reduced the revenue of two leading semiconductor device manufacturers, Samsung and Hynix Semiconductor becau…
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Global chip sales in September reached a record
On November 2, 2006, Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said that in September 2006 global chip revenue surpassed the record of 21.37 billion USD due to high deman…
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Freescale sold himself for $ 17.6 billion
Freescale Semiconductor, a chipmaker, said it agreed
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Large firms are ready for 45-nm design technology
IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Infineon Technologies and Samsung Electronics announced on August 29 that it is ready for 45nm technology, with chips and pla…
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Ultraviolet silicon engraving allows for chip discounts
A research team at the University of London claims they have succeeded in oxidizing silicon, saving energy in the most important part of the semiconductor industry.
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Intel inaugurated 65nm technology chip factory in Ireland
This is the third chip factory (Fab) in the world to use the advanced 65nm process technology, and the first European factory of Intel, which was inaugurated yesterday m…
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TVs and phones boost semiconductor chip sales
High quality and fashionable products such as phones, flat-screen TVs, gaming consoles, etc. equipped with NAND flash technology will help semiconductor chip production…