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unknown wrote an interesting post today on
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A six-legged robotic spider jointly developed by Nanyang Polytechnic of Singapore, Schmid Engineering AG and Analog Devices Inc. has been designed to support rescue operations.

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Kara Swisher wrote an interesting post today on
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Lenovo Group Ltd., the world’s fourth-largest PC maker, posted a 65.3 percent rise in net quarterly profit, the slowest growth in a year, as it copes with a U.S. slowdown and weaker Chinese demand after a devastating earthquake.

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Kris Graft wrote an interesting post today on
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Infineon has granted licenses for its eWLB chip packaging technology to competitor STMicroelectroncis as well as to Singapore-based packaging engineering company STATS ChipPAC. The move will give the licensees the opportunity to benefit from higher integration and lower cost — and Infineon will benefit from higher market acceptance at large customers.

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unknown wrote an interesting post today on
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Infineon has granted licenses for its eWLB chip packaging technology to competitor STMicroelectroncis as well as to Singapore-based packaging engineering company STATS ChipPAC. The move will give the licensees the opportunity to benefit from higher integration and lower cost — and Infineon will benefit from higher market acceptance at large customers.

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Kara Swisher wrote an interesting post today on
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Japan’s Elpida Memory Inc., theworld’s No.3 memory chip maker, reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss as chip prices nudged down, but it said it would ship more memory in a bid to take market share.

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Matt Asay wrote an interesting post today on
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Despite currency and macro-economic headwind, semiconductor manufacturing equipment vendor Aixtron (Aachen, Germany) has achieved double-digit revenue growth.

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Matt Asay wrote an interesting post today on
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Professor Eicke Weber, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) and a professor of physics and applied sciences at the Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany, has joined the SEMI International Board of Directors.

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Gregory T. Huang wrote an interesting post today on
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James Truchard, CEO and co-founder of National Instruments, offers an historical look at LabView and a prediction of applications and markets where the software technology will go.

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Todd Bishop wrote an interesting post today on
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Photomask supplier Photronics Inc. has lowered its forecast and will take a goodwill and long-lived asset impairment charge of $190 million to $210 million.

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Anthony Carrabino wrote an interesting post today on
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After a recent layoff, IBM Corp.’s Microelectronics Group is now taking pay cuts.

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