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Ross Miller wrote an interesting post today on
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GES Inc., a used IC-equipment services company, has received its first of funding and plans to build a facility in Vietnam.

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Ross Miller wrote an interesting post today on
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Invensense, a startup specializing in single-chip devices based on MEMS technology for motion sensing applications, has secured $19 million in a Series C round of financing.

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Rebecca Jeschke wrote an interesting post today on
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Scientists at the University of Tel Aviv in Israel claim they have found a way to construct efficient photovoltaic cells costing at least a hundred times less than conventional silicon based devices, and with similar or better energy conversion efficiency.

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Ross Miller wrote an interesting post today on
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Alcatel-Lucent is bracing itself for a drop in full-year sales at current exchange rates due to the weak U.S. dollar and possible customer spending delays for its telecoms equipment, sending its shares down.

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Kim Zetter wrote an interesting post today on
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BDTI recently investigated the current state of Cell products, and whether the architecture is likely to get significant traction in embedded applications.

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kdawson wrote an interesting post today on
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IC-equipment and materials suppliers face mounting challenges in intellectual property (IP) protection, warned a new study published by SEMI.

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Zonker wrote an interesting post today on
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3Com Corp. Tuesday named a new CEO who will be based in China, after it failed to win U.S. government approval to sell a minority stake to China’s biggest telecom gear maker Huawei Technologies Co.
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kdawson wrote an interesting post today on
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Seeking to cut costs, FEI Co. expects to reduce its workforce by approximately 3 percent to 1,800 in the next 90 days.

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Nilay Patel wrote an interesting post today on
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Contract electronics manufacturer Flextronics International Ltd. posted a fourth-quarter loss on acquisition charges, but results beat estimates and its shares rose 3.8 percent in after-hours trading.

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Blake Cahill wrote an interesting post today on
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Companies driving to 40 Gbit/s Ethernet could settle on a single proposal as early as their next meeting, thanks in part to a recent switch from Broadcom which unveiling a range of new 65nm Ethernet chips at Interop.

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