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Headlines for Tuesday Jan 6, 2009

Intel could take a strategic stake in SMIC, says report
Chinese foundry chip supplier Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. is in talks with Intel Corp., according to a report.
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Tuesday's other top stories

DRAM capex expected to decline by 47% in '09 (10:20 AM EST, 1/6/09)

Tech sector faces worsening credit conditions (9:31 AM EST, 1/6/09)

Record VC investments for cleantech seen in '08 (11:44 AM EST, 1/6/09)

Actual November chip sales were lowest since April 2005, says WSTS (1:04 PM EST, 1/6/09)

News from CES

Samsung, SanDisk roll SDDs (1:00 PM EST, 1/6/09)

Conference coverage: 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (11:38 AM EST, 1/6/09)

CES: Cisco faces challenges in consumer expansion (1:14 PM EST, 1/6/09)

Business news

Top 20 predictions for semis in 2009 (1:05 PM EST, 12/30/08)

Struggling Tower names new chairman (10:39 AM EST, 1/6/09)

Micrel to cut jobs after Q4 profit warning (10:27 AM EST, 1/6/09)

Logitech cuts jobs, abandons targets (6:43 AM EST, 1/6/09)

Infineon plans share issue to raise $600 million (5:35 AM EST, 1/5/09)

Stealthy Tabula has raised cash for PLD launch (10:16 AM EST, 1/6/09)

Large LCD shipments declined again in Q4, iSuppli says (6:45 PM EST, 1/5/09)

Manufacturing news

Intel invests in litho source maker (11:35 AM EST, 1/6/09)

Product news

Apple to sell copy protection-free songs (3:10 PM EST, 1/6/09)

Macworld: Apple rolls out movie, pix software upgrades (1:44 PM EST, 1/6/09)

Headlines for Monday Jan 5, 2009

Sony denies reports of further restructuring
Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony Corp. has denied reports it is about to announce another corporate rehaul and closures of Japanese factories and major divisions.
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Monday's other top stories

Taiwan's DRAM makers seek bailout (2:36 PM EST, 1/5/09)

Samsung mulls plan to hike DRAM prices (10:42 AM EST, 1/5/09)

Analysis: NXP's survival options must include more asset sales (12:00 PM EST, 1/5/09)

News from CES

Freescale, Nvidia chase netbook sockets (12:01 AM EST, 1/5/09)

Intel, Adobe optimize Flash for TVs (5:50 AM EST, 1/5/09)

Dolby, Nvidia demo stereo 3-D at CES (12:16 AM EST, 1/5/09)

In tough times, CES gets smaller (7:01 AM EST, 1/5/09)

Ambarella pulls triple play: high-res still, HD and mobile video (8:59 AM EST, 1/5/09)

Business news

Apple's Jobs reveals health problem (9:21 AM EST, 1/5/09)

Varian cuts revenue outlook (11:17 AM EST, 1/5/09)

Investor buys EDA design verification startup (8:06 AM EST, 1/5/09)

PLX completes acquisition of Oxford Semi (10:30 AM EST, 1/5/09)

LDK warns on 4th quarter, 2009 revenue (4:59 PM EST, 1/5/09)

Mirics raises $7 million more from VC backers (6:30 AM EST, 1/5/09)

Technology news

Toshiba enters solar systems business (10:09 AM EST, 1/5/09)

Headlines for Friday Jan 2, 2009

Global 'averaged' chip sales fell 9.8% in November, says SIA
The three-month moving average of worldwide sales of semiconductors declined by 9.8 percent in November to $20.84 billion compared to sales of $23.12 billion in November 2007, according to the SIA.
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Friday's other top stories

Obituary: Engineer turned IBM president Jack Kuehler (10:47 AM EST, 1/2/09)

Americas region chip sales fell 19.5% in November, says SIA (9:08 AM EST, 1/2/09)

Actual chip sales were down 22.5% in November, says analyst (4:46 AM EST, 1/2/09)

Business news

Wireless LAN powers supermarket of the future (2:17 PM EST, 1/2/09)

Big solar power plant planned for northwest China (3:22 PM EST, 1/2/09)

NI expecting 11% revenue increase for 2008 (12:42 PM EST, 1/2/09)

Atmel's German fab completes transfer to Tejas (5:18 AM EST, 1/1/09)

Viewpoint: Semi companies will survive, thrive (9:07 AM EST, 1/2/09)

Analysis: Japan still tough for foreign components distributors (9:42 AM EST, 1/2/09)

Manufacturing news

Graphene memories denser than flash (10:21 AM EST, 1/2/09)

Top 15 technology challenges for 22-nm node (8:00 PM EST, 12/23/08)

Product news

Intel shipping quad-core processor, says Acer (11:23 AM EST, 1/2/09)

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