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ST-Ericsson cuts 1,700 jobs in turnaround attempt

...and hiving off its application processor business to its co-owner STMicroelectronics. Semiconductor maker ST-Ericsson has announced job cuts and restructuring in a bid... Read more

24 April, 2012 by David Meyer
Intel's victims: Eight would-be giant killers

Intel's victims: Eight would-be giant killers

...stories, from hopeful start to inevitable failure. National SemiconductorFirst up is National Semiconductor, which had a few bites at the processor market. The first was... Read more

4 December, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Semiconductor revenue jumps as recession recedes

...Semiconductor revenue across the world rose 30.9 percent in 2010 compared with... Read more

18 April, 2011 by Jack Clark
Apple tops list of <endeca_term>semiconductor</endeca_term> buyers

Apple tops list of semiconductor buyers

...Apple was the top semiconductor buyer in the world last year, according to new research from Gartner... Read more

25 January, 2012 by Josh Lowensohn

Texas Instruments to buy National Semiconductor

...Texas Instruments has signed a deal to buy analogue chip specialist National Semiconductor for $6.5bn, in a move that should give it greater clout... Read more

5 April, 2011 by Jack Clark

Tessera wins appeal in chip-packaging patent lawsuit

...Trade Commission (ITC) that affirmed chip manufacturers Qualcomm, Spansion, ATI Technologies, Freescale Semiconductor and ST Microelectronics had infringed on Tessera's patented methods for semiconductor... Read more

22 December, 2010 by Jack Clark

TSMC breaks ground on $9.3bn 'Gigafab'

...at the 28-nanometre scale. TSMC is the world's largest dedicated semiconductor maker with 2009 sales around three times its nearest rival, fellow Taiwanese... Read more

20 July, 2010 by Jack Clark

Broadcom pays $3.7bn for NetLogic's mobile know-how

...network infrastructure." While the California-based companies both operate in the resurgent semiconductor market, they have seen different levels of success over the last year... Read more

12 September, 2011 by Ben Woods

Probability chip start-up bought by Analog Devices

...Lyric Semiconductor, the designer of a probability chip architecture for error correction and general... Read more

15 June, 2011 by Jack Clark
Intel to invest $5bn in Arizona plant

Intel to invest $5bn in Arizona plant

...that the new Arizona factory will be the most advanced, high-volume semiconductor manufacturing facility in the world. In a statement, the company noted that... Read more

21 February, 2011 by Sam Diaz

Qualcomm to buy Wi-Fi silicon firm Atheros for £2bn

...chipmaker Qualcomm is to buy Atheros, one of the top manufacturers of semiconductors for wired and wireless communications hardware.Qualcomm will buy Atheros, with Qualcomm... Read more

5 January, 2011 by David Meyer

Laid-off NXP workers to see ?1.8m EU payout

Hundreds of NXP Semiconductor workers who lost their jobs as a result of globalisation are set... Read more

1 September, 2010 by Ben Woods

Start-up sets sights on probability chip

...Start-up Lyric Semiconductor has developed a new chip architecture that promises to speed up the... Read more

18 August, 2010 by Jack Clark

Global semiconductor sales continue to rise

...Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose 4.5 percent to $24.7bn in May, boosted by healthy... Read more

7 July, 2010 by Ben Woods
EagleEyes-lite 1.0.2.5

EagleEyes-lite 1.0.2.5

...the market. AVTECH Corporation will continue to combine the distribution experience of semiconductor component and the leading supplier advantages of security surveillance. With these advantages... Read more

28 January, 2012

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

15 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

18 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

19 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

21 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

23 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

23 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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minzhu

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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