Icahn ups stake in Motorola as shareholder vote draws near - 7/11/2007 9:38:02 PM
Notorious Wall Street raider Carl Icahn has upped his stake in Motorola to 2.9 percent as he continues his campaign for more control over the mobile phone giant where he is seeking a position as a board director.
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TSMC sees sales boost in March - 7/11/2007 9:38:03 PM
Adding proof that the inventory backlog is starting to break up the top foundry reported 6.5 percent sequential sales growth for March after months of consecutive sales declines.
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Market intelligence for the electronics supply chain - 7/11/2007 9:38:03 PM
According to Converge’s latest electronics supply chain update the first three months of 2007 have not been friendly to the DRAM market diversity and segmentation rule CPUs and the general IC market is still somewhat flat overall.
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Embedded Linux startup forges ahead with new CEO - 7/11/2007 9:38:03 PM
With a growing number of microprocessor vendors bringing up new designs first with a Linux operating system TimeSys has appointed Atul Bansal as CEO to drive the company’s presence in the embedded Linux market.
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SanDisk debuts Yahoo partnership with WiFi-enabled MP3 player - 7/11/2007 9:38:03 PM
In an apparent attempt by the second-ranked MP3 player maker to garner more market share SanDisk makes Yahoo features available on its new 4GByte WiFi-enabled MP3 player.
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NextWave has mobile TV plans after $100M IPWireless deal - 7/11/2007 9:38:03 PM
NextWave is looking to mobile TV after buying TD-CDMA network equipment maker IPWireless.
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Clear Shape Lightspeed team on mask-reconfigurable IP - 7/11/2007 9:38:03 PM
With the aim of reducing litho-related variability and stress-related variability in mask-reconfigurable IP at the 65-nm and 45-nm process nodes the two Santa Clara CA.-based companies partner to combine their design manufacturing and EDA methodologies.
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Embedded computing market to hit $4.8B this year - 7/11/2007 9:38:03 PM
Market researchers at Electronic Trend Publications believe substantial growth is on the horizon for 2007 and 2008 in the merchant embedded computing market before an industry slowdown in 2009.
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Thin Film Electronics works on printed memory chips - 7/11/2007 9:38:03 PM
The non-volatile polymer memory specialist is the latest European company to line up for commercial production of printed electronic ICs.
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German solar venture formed - 7/11/2007 9:38:03 PM
Renewable energy investor Good Energies and mono crystalline ingot and wafer supplier NorSun have established Sunfilm AG to manufacture 5.7-square-meter tandem thin film photovoltaic modules on glass substrates on a production line of equipment from Appli
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Entropic acquires RF Magic - 7/11/2007 9:38:03 PM
The two San Diego-based semiconductor companies are set to merge into one entity that focus on the digital media market.
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AMD lowers Q1 sales forecast restructures business model - 7/11/2007 9:38:03 PM
The second-place MPU maker now plans to report Q1 revenue of just more than $1.2 billion down from the $1.6 billion to $1.7 billion originally expected and will reduce its 2007 capital expenditures by approximately $500 million while limiting hiring.
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Toshiba alleges DVD patent infringement - 7/11/2007 9:38:03 PM
Toshiba has filed a formal complaint with the ITC and a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against 17 companies it claims have infringed its proprietary DVD technology.
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Probe at IR reveals errors in financial reports - 7/11/2007 9:38:03 PM
An independent investigation at International Rectifier has uncovered errors in accounting that affect at least its last six financial statements.
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NEC touts heat-release bioplastic - 7/11/2007 9:38:04 PM
NEC has developed a new kind of environmentally friendly bioplastic composed of plant-based material and carbon fiber aimed at solving heat-release issues in electronic products.
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Mosaid CEO CFO chairman replaced - 7/11/2007 9:38:04 PM
The IP licensing company has announced a major shakeup in its executive lineup with replacements in its CEO CFO and chairman spots; more changes may be on the way as the company continues to consider selling its semiconductor IP product business.
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UMC's March revs show signs of comeback - 7/11/2007 9:38:04 PM
After months of sequential declines the Taiwan-based foundry has finally showed signs of strength with a month-over-month boost in its March sales.
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Intel rolls out 12th quad-core MPU - 7/11/2007 9:38:04 PM
The microprocessor giant today released its 2.93 GHz native clock speed Core 2 Extreme processor the QX6800 targeted at performance-hungry gamers and digital-design professionals.
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TSMC sets September production date for 45-nm - 7/11/2007 9:38:04 PM
The foundry said that it is on track to complete its 45-nm technology qualification and enter production as early as September.
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