Court Certifies Price-Fixing Class-Action Suit

June 7th, 2006

A U.S. District Court judge certified a proposed class-action lawsuit against Micron and a number of other memory giants, claiming the companies illegally conspired on DRAM price fixing.

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Transmeta, AMD Forge Sales Deal

June 7th, 2006

Transmeta has struck a deal with AMD to re-brand and sell a specialized version of Transmeta's Efficeon microprocessor in emerging markets.

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Microprocessor Competition Hits Whole Chip Market

June 7th, 2006

Decreasing average selling prices on processors due to intensified competition led to April’s semiconductor sales figures coming in at the same level as the March figures, according to figures from the SIA and EECA.

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Intel Expands NOR to Embedded Market

June 7th, 2006

At a time when the entire company is undergoing an efficiency review, the chip giant said the NOR moves underscore its commitment to the NOR embedded flash memory market segments.

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Lithography Becomes Big Bottleneck

June 7th, 2006

A panel of global experts says the short-term solution for next process nodes may include metal masks, immersion lithography and more litho-friendly designs.

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GSI Snags KLA-Tencor Exec

June 7th, 2006

GSI Group, a maker of semiconductor manufacturing tools, names Dr. Sergio Edelstein the company's new CEO.

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Fairchild Opens Brazil Office

June 7th, 2006

The power chip company said that the new design center  responds to the burgeoning high-technology markets in South America.

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VIA Adds ARM Processors as It Eyes STBs, Auto

June 7th, 2006

VIA Technologies eyes the set-top box and in-car telematics markets as it extends its ARM license to include the ARM926EJ-S processor and the ARM968E-S processor.

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Fairchild Sticks to Guidance

June 7th, 2006

The power company reiterates its previous guidance for revenue to be flat to down 3 percent.

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Industry Group Calls for UK WEEE Center

June 7th, 2006

Industry body REPIC has called on the U.K. government to support a national allocation center for the collection of WEEE, saying such an arrangement is “the only workable solution”.

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