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 | Xilinx cuts June quarter revenue estimate Xilinx Inc. has reduced its June quarter revenue estimate, citing a shortfall in sales due to inability to meet strong demand for its Virtex-5 devices, according to a statement from the company. |
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 | European semi sales in May up 0.4%
Sales of semiconductors in Europe in May again underperformed other regions according to an analysis of the figures by the Semiconductor Industry Association provided by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization. |
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 | Leoni buys US-based robotics company Wiring system manufacturer Leoni AG has acquired Valentine Robotics, based in Sterling Heights near the US automotive center Detroit. The move aims at extending Leoni's portfolio for integrated system solutions with high engineering and service participation, the company said. |
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 | news came Teradyne enter DRAM test market Raj Seth, an analyst with Cowen and Co. LLC, has indicated that Teradyne is readying a tester for ''DDR3'' applications. ''New DDRIII tester opens new market'' for Teradyne, Seth said in a recent report.
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 | International Rectifier cost $30M to settle dispute International Rectifier Corp. said it has refunded $30 million to Vishay Intertechnology Inc. in settlement of a dispute over the sale of a business division to the discrete and passive semiconductor vendor in 2007. |
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 | Rambus demonstrated 7.2Gbps XDR memory “This technology demonstration highlights the outstanding power efficiency of the XDR and XDR2 memory architectures at performance levels from 3.2 to 7.2 Gbps with scalability to well over 10 Gbps.”
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 | Taiwan Memory will invest in Elpida to secure technology While TMC hopes to acquire a 10-percent stake in Elpida, TMC will not become a major shareholder of the company, Sakamoto said. The partnership with TMC is already under way, but the two sides are still in talks on details of the investment.
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 | Elpida will make LCD chips for NEC Elpida Memory Inc will start making
semiconductors for use in liquid crystal display televisions for NEC Electronics Corp in October, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday. |
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