AMD Talk

Richard MacManus wrote an interesting post today on
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Advanced Micro Devices is focusing its efforts on a return to profitability, AMD CEO Hector Ruiz said.

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The Constant Skeptic wrote an interesting post today on
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Global sales of NAND flash semiconductors, used in USB flash drives and memory cards, grew by 37 percent in the third quarter to $4.2 billion, research firm iSuppli said in a statement on Thursday.

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Richard MacManus wrote an interesting post today on
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European Union telecommunications ministers have endorsed the EC’s proposals to open radio frequencies, initially allocated to GSM mobile phone services, to other technologies including 3G. However, they only partially backed proposals to mandate DVB-H as the technology of choice in Europe for mobile TV.

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Josh Phillips wrote an interesting post today on
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology demonstrated a "persistent motion" machine that harness the quantum effects of a Bose-Einstein condensate, or superfluid.

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Richard MacManus wrote an interesting post today on
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While larger, more diversified global third-party DRAM module makers posted double-digit growth during the first half of 2007, smaller players were hit hard by price erosion with their combined revenue declining about 48 percent during the same period.

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Henry Blodget wrote an interesting post today on
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Apple Computer Inc. could push out the introduction of the next-generation iPhone, which may put a damper on the NAND flash market in 2008, according to an analyst.

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Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins wrote an interesting post today on
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Researchers at the University of Glasgow have demonstrated an interface that allows mobile phone users to check if the power is low or whether there are unopened messages by simply shaking the device.

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Richard MacManus wrote an interesting post today on
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HP continued to expand its PC market share lead over Dell during the third quarter, and Acer and Lenovo kept putting pressure on Dell as well, iSuppli said Thursday.

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unknown wrote an interesting post today on
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Orders for Japanese
semiconductor-making equipment fell in October, logging the
eighth straight month of decline as chip makers reined in
spending, an industry group said.

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Douglas McIntyre wrote an interesting post today on
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Police want to know why a 33-year-old quarry worker was found with broken bones, heart damage, and a melted cell phone in his left chest pocket.

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