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16 Apr 200915 Apr 2009
Renesas Technology, Japan's second-largest chipmaker, aims to return to profit next fiscal year by cutting labor, research and productions costs.
Bloomberg
Electronics Weekly
Pro AV Magazine
Wall Street Journal
Compound Semiconductor
Company release
Compound Semiconductor
Sanyo Electric Co Ltd developed a front-projection projector that can fill a 100-inch screen at a distance of 63cm.
Techon
NEC LCD Technologies Ltd released the "NL2432HC22-45A," a 3.5-inch semi-transmissive LCD panel module that features significantly improved reflection properties.
Techon
Micronic Laser Systems AB (STO:MICR), today received an order for a Prexision-8 laser pattern generator from a captive mask shop in Asia. The tool will be shipped in the second quarter of 2009.
Semiconductor International
In a recent interview, Globalfoundries vice president of manufacturing systems and technology Tom Sonderman said that the company plans to make GPUs using 28nm processes in the near future.
Tom's Hardware Guide
Washington Post
Telematics Update
GPS business news
Fierce Wireless
Excluding China, which will announce first-quarter GDP figures later this week, the World Bank now expects developing countries in the region to grow by 1.2% in 2009, down from an estimate of 4.8% in 2008.
Economist
Yahoo is preparing to lay off several hundred workers in the first round of cuts since Carol Bartz became chief executive in January, a source with knowledge of the situation told Reuters. The layoffs could be announced next Tuesday, when Yahoo reports its first-quarter financial results.
Reuters UK
Cellphone makers are expected to report buoyant sales of lower-priced, feature-packed smartphones as consumers opt for "cheap chic" amid the global recession.
Reuters UK
Japan's government is considering providing funds to Elpida Memory to bolster its capital, NHK said, without providing an amount or saying where it got the information.
Bloomberg
Intel CEO Paul Otellini says the company's much talked about GPU project, Larrabee is on track and volume shipments are to start early next year.
Fudzilla
ASML Holding NV, Europe's largest maker of semiconductor equipment, has reported a first-quarter loss as sales plunged 80% amid an industry slump. The net loss was 117 million euros (US$155 million), compared with a profit of 145 million euros a year earlier.
Bloomberg
Singapore's economy shrank by 19.7% in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the previous three months, its biggest quarterly contraction on record.
BBC News
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MaximumPC
RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie said the BlackBerry maker is reducing supply costs as surging growth provides him with leverage to press for bargains during the recession.
Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal
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