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  Headlines for Friday Oct 10, 2008
Interview: AMD foundry exec downplays IP issue, seeks new customers

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Friday's other top stories
  • Analysis: Photomask business model is broken  
  • Gartner may cut IC outlook, urges calm 
  • Applied CEO: Solar may be 25% of '09 sales 
  • EDA revenue fall accelerated in Q2, group reports 

    Manufacturing news
  • Comment: Mentor acts out of the box 
  • 450-mm fabs may appear in 2017 
  • Numonyx, Elpida formalize foundry deal 

    Business news
  • IR says Vishay's board nominees defeated 
  • Asyst, Aquest break off merger talks 
  • Rubicon to cut production forecast 
  • SiRF, Qualcomm sign patent accord 
  • U.S. ITC affirms ruling against SiRF, Broadcom says 
  • Apple shares surge on valuation, laptop anticipation 
  • Opinion: Tight-lipped tech execs ride out financial storm 
  • WSTS fails to update chip sales statistics chart 
  • Up to 5 deals on table as memory makers face gloom 
  • Wavecom's board considers Gemalto's offer inadequate 
  • Analyst: Market for MCUs, eMPUs and DSPs to continue steady growth  

    Technology news
  • Technology Week in Review: LEDs, new optical material 

    Product news
  • Toshiba launches its first ARM Cortex-M3 MCU 
  • Frontier powers ahead with DAB receiver module 


      Headlines for Thursday Oct 9, 2008
    Video: ARM's chief on the economy and Atom

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    Thursday's other top stories
  • Updated: Micron to cut workforce, production 
  • Could Intel kill AMD's escape plan? 
  • Opinion: Winners, losers in AMD fab deal 
  • Panasonic, Renesas to devise 32-nm process  

    Forecast cuts
  • Gartner slashes IC capex forecast for '08, '09 
  • iSuppli trims IC outlook, warns conditions may worsen  

    Business news
  • TSMC, UMC post mixed monthly results  
  • IBM preliminary profit beats expectations 
  • GSI sells optics business unit  
  • IR reiterates Q1 outlook, continues to fight Vishay bid 
  • Mentor completes acquisition of Flomerics 
  • HP to expand PC manufacturing in China 
  • China wins 2-1 in U.S. IP case at WTO, says source 

    Manufacturing news
  • Teams partner for maskless ICs 
  • Ultratech gains IBM's annealing patents  
  • Rankings change in slumping photomasks  
  • Konarka opens roll-to-roll thin-film solar manufacturing facility 

    Technology news
  • Intel event lobbies for unified 60-GHz spec 
  • Modular DigRF V4 tester ready for MIMO expansion 
  • U.S. 'smart lighting' effort targets LED-based wireless nets 


      Headlines for Wednesday Oct 8, 2008
    Video: Chartered speaks on AMD, 32-nm progress

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    Wednesday's other top stories
  • Gartner slashes IC capex forecast for '08, '09 
  • SEMI sounds the alarm: European chip industry on the red list 
  • Broadcom files suit against Qualcomm alleging "patent misuse" 
  • Comment: Slow and steady oil wealth wins wafer fabs at last 

    AMD goes fabless
  • AMD confirms fab spin off and capacity expansion  
  • AMD's Meyer touts benefits of Abu Dhabi deal 
  • Intel has 'serious questions' about AMD plan 
  • Opinion: No room for new foundry startup  
  • Foundry startup joins IBM 'fab club' 
  • Analysis: AMD stops bleeding, but still has long way to go 

    Business news
  • Analysts cut 2009 cellphone growth estimates 
  • Freescale taps Mohindra as VP of strategy 
  • IQE joins European photonic components project 
  • ST technologist takes COO position at Replisaurus 
  • DiBcom, Infineon execs join GSA European leadership council 
  • Automotive MCU market to grow at 5% CAGR, says analyst 

    Manufacturing news
  • Cadence rolls 22-nm design software 
  • Synopsys CEO: Five ways to cut design costs  
  • NEC to add 0.15 micron capacity to California fab 
  • Nexx licenses electrochemical coating process 
  • IMEC researchers embed optical links in flexible substrate 

    Product news
  • WiMax products debut in Baltimore 
  • Sirf rolls combo GPS-Bluetooth radio IC 
  • Samsung extends licensing deal for graphics cores 
  • Startup claims short-range gigabit wireless at 60-GHz 


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