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    NXP Semiconductors to cut 4,500 staff (AP)
    AP - NXP Semiconductors BV said Friday it will close or sell four plants, including one in New York state, and cut 4,500 jobs, or 14.5 percent of its global work force. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:00:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    AMD Cuts Phenom X3 Prices, Adds 'Black' Version (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - AMD has cut the price of three of its triple-core Phenom X3 processors, according to AMD's Web site. In addition, the company added a "Black Edition" version of the processor, which has been unlocked for easy overclocking. -- read full article
    Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:16:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    New Organic Circuits Push Printable Tech (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Seoul National University (SNU) have just developed a new way of fine-tuning organic, polymer-based circuitry that could yield a model for mass-producing printable, high-performance semiconductors. -- read full article
    Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:47:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    TechCrunch50: Help for Multicore App Development (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Pretty much every computer sold these days has dual-core or even a quad-core CPU, but pretty much all existing software can't take advantage of it. Enter Connective Logic with Blueprint, its programming and middleware product, announced at TechCrunch50 on Monday. -- read full article
    Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:36:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Intel Brings Enviro-Friendly Chips to Customers (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - In an effort to reduce its carbon footprint, chipmaker Intel has rolled out four new chips designed to be faster -- while also being environmentally friendly. -- read full article
    Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:53:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    National Semi earnings down on tax rate (AP)
    AP - National Semiconductor Corp., which makes chips that regulate power and perform other functions in gadgets, reported Friday its first-quarter profit fell 7 percent from a year ago due to a higher tax rate. -- read full article
    Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:51:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Collins Stewart starts Intel, AMD with buy (Reuters)

    A model poses with a laptop fitted with the new Intel Centrino 2 processor during its launch in Taipei July 15, 2008. (Nicky Loh/Reuters)Reuters - Collins Stewart began coverage of Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices with a "buy" rating and said Intel's revamped processor product portfolio should enable the company to grow market share and offset macro headwinds.


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    Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:43:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Intel Quietly Adds Low-Cost Multi-Core Processors (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Without much in the way of fanfare, Intel added three new multi-core processors to its product price list over the Labor Day weekend. The chipmaker's stealth launch of the new low-cost chips followed price cuts at rival Advanced Micro Devices, which recently lowered the cost of selected Phenom X4, triple-core X3, and Athelon X2 processors. -- read full article
    Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:56:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Intel Launches Cheap Quad-Core Chip (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Intel quietly launched a cheaper version of is Core 2 Quad processor over the Labor Day holiday, complementing it with a high-end dual-core Celeron. -- read full article
    Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:18:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Global chip sales rise 7.6 percent in July: industry group (Reuters)

    A JVC LCD TV is displayed at the International Flat Panel Display Expo in Tokyo April 16, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Global semiconductor sales rose 7.6 percent in July from the previous year, helped by strong growth in consumer electronics, personal computers and cell phones, an industry group said.


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    Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:08:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Hynix urges Japan to scrap chip duty (AFP)

    File photo shows employees of South Korean electronics firm Hynix Semiconductor in Seoul. The manufacturer has urged Japan to immediately scrap punitive tariffs on its memory chips following a ruling by the World Trade Organization.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor on Sunday urged Japan to immediately scrap punitive tariffs on its memory chips following a ruling by the World Trade Organization.


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    Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:12:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Nvidia, Intel End Standoff as SLI Added To X58 Chipset (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - In a move to boost both companies, Nvidia announced it will provide native Scalable Link Interface support on Intel's X58 chipset, which is due in the fourth quarter. Nvidia's nForce 200 SLI architecture aggregates multiple graphics cards in separate PCI slots and runs them as one card for greater performance. -- read full article
    Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:42:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Nvidia Challenges Intel, Others in Smartphone Chips (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Nvidia Corp., a 5,000-employee company known for its graphics processing units, is gearing up for battle against giant chipmaker Intel. During the first day of the Nvision 2008 conference Monday, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsuan Huang said his Santa Clara, Calif.-based company plans to focus on the smartphone market. -- read full article
    Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:38:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    IBM's server market lead over HP grows (Reuters)

    An employee walks past a Hewlett-Packard logo during the second day of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong December 5, 2006. (Paul Yeung/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. computer group International Business Machines widened its market share lead over rival Hewlett-Packard Co in worldwide server shipments in the second quarter, researcher IDC said on Wednesday.


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    Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:03:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Broadcom to buy AMD TV-chip business for $192.8M (AP)
    AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will sell its unit that makes chips for digital TV sets to fellow chip maker Broadcom Corp. for $192.8 million in cash, the companies announced Monday. -- read full article
    Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:35:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
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