D2560 is built using the 32nm Saltwell architecture with a Cedarview processor core Chip maker Intel has introduced a new dual core processor, D2560, which is more advanced than the D2550 series launched in the first quarter of this year. ...
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Exynos 4 Quad is built on the High-k Metal Gate low-power process technology Samsung Electronics has introduced Exynos 4 Quad, a new quad-core application processor built on the High-k Metal Gate (HKMG) low-power process technology. The ...
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Samsung will invest €503m to acquire 3% in ASML Samsung Electronics has signed an agreement with Dutch chipmaker ASML to invest €779m in the latter's Customer Co-Investment Program that aims to develop new chip making ...
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The mass production of the renovated fabrication line is scheduled to start in second half of 2013 Samsung Electronics is planning to invest about $4bn at its chip plant in Austin, Texas to boost capacity of processors used in smartphones ...
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The two companies had bid over $1bn each to secure access to TSMC products. Apple and Qualcomm have failed in their separate attempts to invest in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) which would have ensured them secure chips for ...
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The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2013 Dutch chipmaker ASML has agreed to acquire the US based Cymer for €1.95bn to accelerate the development of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) semiconductor lithography technology. ...
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The job cuts amount to about 5% of TI's nearly 35,000 employees worldwide US based semiconductor firm Texas Instruments (TI) is planning to cut about 1,700 jobs globally to reduce costs as part of its plans to shift focus from ...
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The acquisition will boost ASML's development work on the next generation of chipmaking technology Intel will invest around $4.1bn to buy 15% of Dutch semiconductor equipment provider ASML, to help fund its research into new chip ...
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The company shipped 141 million chips in the quarter Chipmaker Qualcomm has reported 18% rise in its revenues to $4.87bn for the fiscal fourth quarter of 2012, compared to $4.11bn it recorded during the corresponding period last year. ...
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To handle oversupply of NAND flash memory in the retail market Japanese electronics maker Toshiba said it will cut production of its flash memory chips, used to store data in mobile gadgets, by around 30% to adjust excess inventory ...
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HIWIN Technologies Corp.chairman and chief executive officer Eric Chuo recently said the company will be supplying precision positioning components to chip making industry heavyweights,adding that the company's positioning component have ...
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Taipei, Dec. 5, 2012 (CENS)--Industry executives have regarded an Nvidia executive's statement in a recent interview with a South Korean newspaper as the company's inclination to contract Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) as its ...
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A patent agreement between Apple and HTC forbids the Taiwanese company from making and selling mobile devices that copy what is described as the'Distinctive Apple User Experience,"according to a redacted version of the agreement filed in a ...
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Samsung Electronics will close a security hole in the firmware of some of its printers by issuing an update on Friday,and said they could be protected by disabling SNMP. The affected printers have a backdoor administrator account ...
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Taipei, Nov. 15, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (TSMC’s) board of directors recently approved capital appropriation totaling NT$95.5 billion (US$3.29 billion at US$1:NT$29) for several expansion plans. ...
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