ASMI rejects calls for break up, management changes
toddbishop@seattlepi.com (Todd Bishop) wrote an interesting post today on
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ASM International NV (Bilthoven, the Netherlands) has rejected proposals from investment group Fursa Alternative Strategies to break up the chip-equipment maker and make major management changes.
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Tech group claims low-cost fix to radar, windfarm conflict
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Cambridge Consultants claims it has come up with a solution to the acutely embarrassing technical challenge faced by the UK’s Ministry of Defense over the potential interference of its radars from proposed energy wind farms.
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More on the dismissal of Soitec’s COO
Ahmed Hashim wrote an interesting post today on
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A week after silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer supplier Soitec SA (Bernin, France) dismissed Pascal Mauberger as chief operating officer of the company, Andr-Jacques Auberton-Herv, chairman and chief executive officer, comments briefly on the board’s decision.
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CSR misses targets, remains cautious on outlook
Baldwin Ng wrote an interesting post today on
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Wireless comms chip specialist CSR plc saw its revenues in the fourth quarter of last year increase to $232.5million from $173.3million in the corresponding period of 2006. For the whole year, sales were $848.6million, up 20 percent from $704.7 million during 2006.
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Modest growth in servers reported in Q4
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Volume systems, such as x86 Windows and Linux servers, were the catalyst for growth in the server market in the fourth quarter, as well as the full year, IDC said.
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Nintendo Wii outsells PS3 3.7-to-1 in Japan in February
Tom Sullivan wrote an interesting post today on
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Nintendo’s Wii game console outsold Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 nearly 4-to-1 in Japan in February, a game magazine publisher said.
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ASML, Canon, Nikon tip EUV roadmaps
Todd Bishop wrote an interesting post today on
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At the SPIE Advanced Lithography conference here this week, ASML, Canon and Nikon jumped out of the starting blocks and separately outlined their respective new roadmaps in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography race.
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Nokia: ITC confirms win over Qualcomm
Felix Cohen wrote an interesting post today on
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Mobile phone maker Nokia’s win over chip maker Qualcomm Inc. in one oftheir many patent battles was confirmed Wednesday by a trade panel that hears many patent cases, Nokia said.
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