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Headlines for Tuesday Oct 7, 2008
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AMD spins off fabs, gains $8.4B from Abu Dhabi
A year in the works, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has obtained an $8.4 billion investment from the Abu Dhabi government and separately plans to split the company into two parts, according to reports.
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Tuesday's other top stories
Toshiba in talks to buy Spansion
(10:04 AM EDT, 10/7/08)
NXP begins sale of New York fab
(10:34 AM EDT, 10/7/08)
Synopsys CEO: Five ways to cut design costs
(4:35 PM EDT, 10/7/08)
NEC to add 0.15 micron capacity to California fab
(3:05 PM EDT, 10/7/08)
TSMC, Mentor collaborate on physical verification
(6:57 PM EDT, 10/7/08)
AMD goes fabless
AMD's Meyer touts benefits of Abu Dhabi deal
(1:44 PM EDT, 10/7/08)
Foundry startup joins IBM 'fab club'
(1:00 PM EDT, 10/7/08)
Opinion: No room for new foundry startup
(12:37 PM EDT, 10/7/08)
Intel has 'serious questions' about AMD plan
(4:35 PM EDT, 10/7/08)
AMD confirms fab spin off and capacity expansion
(7:35 AM EDT, 10/7/08)
Video: Chartered speaks on AMD, 32nm progress
(10:27 PM EDT, 10/7/08)
Analysis: AMD stops bleeding, but still has long way to go
(12:45 PM EDT, 10/7/08)
Business news
Dongbu finds foundry niche
(10:32 PM EDT, 10/6/08)
U.S. Supreme Court denies Samsung appeal
(11:42 AM EDT, 10/7/08)
Update: Hollywood crafts online video standards
(2:30 PM EDT, 10/7/08)
iPhone leads U.S. smartphone sales
(5:44 PM EDT, 10/6/08)
Poll indicates a turning away from Linux
(8:40 AM EDT, 10/6/08)
TriQuint lands $4.5 million contract from U.S. Navy
(8:13 PM EDT, 10/6/08)
First Solar to expand manufacturing facility
(10:56 AM EDT, 10/7/08)
Clean-tech industry can drive growth in the Northwest
(10:44 AM EDT, 10/7/08)
Technology news
IMEC researchers embed optical links in flexible substrate
(7:48 PM EDT, 10/7/08)
Researchers target hack-proof pacemakers
(8:14 PM EDT, 10/7/08)
Canadian MRAM developer targeting sensor apps
(6:55 PM EDT, 10/6/08)
Product news
Solar inverter delivers more power, faster ROI
(4:39 PM EDT, 10/7/08)
Headlines for Monday Oct 6, 2008
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MEMS market demands new foundry strategies
When Freescale Semiconductor transferred a MEMS process from Japan to its Oak Hill fab, the company didn't make a lot of noise about a new business strategy to accompany its second internal source.
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Monday's other top stories
Kontron buys Intel's rackmount server line
(9:07 AM EDT, 10/6/08)
Tech no safe haven for panicky investors
(1:22 PM EDT, 10/6/08)
Gartner trims APAC semi revenue forecast
(1:04 PM EDT, 10/6/08)
AMD spins off fabs, gains $8.4B from Abu Dhabi
(1:52 AM EDT, 10/7/08)
Samsung investing heavily despite economic climate
(12:01 AM EDT, 10/6/08)
Manufacturing news
Silicon supply shifts solar dynamics
(1:10 PM EDT, 10/6/08)
Elpida accelerates its 50-nm efforts
(11:58 AM EDT, 10/6/08)
SMIC tips 40-nm, enters 32-nm talks with IBM
(4:02 PM EDT, 10/3/08)
Renesas' orders set up European MBO foundry
(5:52 AM EDT, 10/6/08)
Altatech to show CVD, ALD tool at Semicon Europa
(9:42 AM EDT, 10/6/08)
Sitronics' Krasnikov prepares to partner for 45-nm process
(1:00 AM EDT, 10/6/08)
Business news
SunPower to add U.S. solar jobs
(3:57 PM EDT, 10/6/08)
Vishay mulls plan to boost IR takeover
(10:29 AM EDT, 10/6/08)
TSMC reportedly settles with IP licensor
(1:40 PM EDT, 10/6/08)
DRAM spot prices in free fall, says Gartner
(6:31 AM EDT, 10/6/08)
Crocus Technology raises $15.8 million
(9:59 AM EDT, 10/6/08)
Nexx Systems names new president, CEO
(11:16 AM EDT, 10/6/08)
French group buys U.S IR equipment operation
(8:42 AM EDT, 10/6/08)
Possible Infineon-Micron DRAM deal takes shape
(6:50 AM EDT, 10/6/08)
Engineering jobs: Implosion or same old same old?
(12:19 PM EDT, 10/6/08)
Product news
ARMv8 instruction set will be application driven, says exec
(6:43 AM EDT, 10/6/08)
Headlines for Friday Oct 3, 2008
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Microchip's Sanghi: Why we want Atmel
Steve Sanghi (shown), Microchip Technology Inc. chairman, president and CEO talks about why his company has teamed up with ON Semiconductor to pay $2.3 billion for mixed signal and microcontroller IC supplier Atmel Corp.
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Friday's other top stories
Freescale's Su: Sharing is key
(5:26 PM EDT, 10/2/08)
Suss sacks CEO over company strategy
(6:08 AM EDT, 10/3/08)
Toshiba executive rules out bid for SanDisk
(4:41 AM EDT, 10/3/08)
Comment: A skeptic's view of the Microchip/Atmel merger
(7:53 PM EDT, 10/3/08)
Business news
Letter to editor: SSD clarification
(10:40 AM EDT, 10/3/08)
ProMOS cutting production capacity
(2:26 PM EDT, 10/3/08)
Decoding the opportunities in DTVs
(9:31 AM EDT, 10/3/08)
Apple denies report of Steve Jobs heart attack
(11:35 AM EDT, 10/3/08)
Nokia touch-screen to miss Xmas in mature markets
(1:28 PM EDT, 10/3/08)
Clouds loom over solar panel ramp up
(2:06 AM EDT, 10/3/08)
DoE ramps up renewable energy investments
(3:45 PM EDT, 10/2/08)
Solar business seen to drive GaAs substrates market
(8:11 AM EDT, 10/3/08)
Microsoft Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in Japan in September
(1:28 AM EDT, 10/3/08)
Technology news
Optical material could enable universal laser
(8:07 PM EDT, 10/2/08)
IMEC, Taiyo Nippon Senso team up to develop green LED
(7:54 AM EDT, 10/3/08)
Technology Week in Review: Powerful trees, underwater helicopters
(5:22 PM EDT, 10/3/08)
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