The new "11th Five-Year Plan" for the IC industry is also on the way. It earmarks as much as RMB300 billion to be invested within the IC industry during the 11th Five-Year Plan period

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Micron's complaint alleges that Rambus destroyed evidence and provided false testimony to extract licensing fees or damages from Micron Technology.

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The AACS LA reached agreement on an interim licence that will give hardware makers and disc replicators access to the encryption keys needed to start pressing discs and shipping players capable of reading them

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