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"...SunPower has signed a four-year deal to purchase polysilicon from the Korea-based DC Chemical...SunPower is majority-owned by Cypress..."

'Magnetic memory' chip unveiled (Jul 10)

"Mram maintains data by relying on magnetic properties rather than an electrical charge...Freescale has been producing the four-megabit Mram chips at an Arizona factory for two months..."

Manufacturers battle for largest, sharpest TV (Jul 9)

LGE PDP sales increases in Europe PDP market (Jul 10)

Samsung unveils 3.2 megapixel camera phone in U.S. (July 10)

Dell's exploding computer and other image problems (July 10)

D-Link anncounces sales up 7.6% in June (July 11)

Daiichi Pure Chemicals, Toshiba and Toshiba Hokuto Electronics agree to develop DNA chip diagnostics business; aiming for Japan's first practical use of a DNA chip (July 10)

China music handset sales reach 10.26 mln in 2005 (July 11)

SanDisk and Skype introduce U3-compatible VoIP software (July 11 )

Participation jumps at LED Expo 2006 (July 10)

Silicon Materials players cut process time for 45nm wafers (July 10)

Toppan Photomasks to expand Shanghai facility (July 10)

Agency to probe if Nokia infringed Qualcomm patent (July 10)

EU to cap Microsoft daily fine at 3 mln euros (July 10)

EMC says quarterly results to miss forecasts (July 10)

Internet telephony's coming in clear (July 10)

Companies are upgrading old phone networks to reduce bills and add features. But cost savings can take time, and IP systems aren't risk-free

Freescale goes to market with magnetic memory (July 10)

Applied Materials completes acquisition (Jul 7)

Lexar recalls JumpDrives (Jul 10)

European Commission takes action to keep telecom markets in line (Jul 8)

Lack of testers hinders China 3G standard (Jul 7)

May semiconductor sales up 9.4% over 2005 (Jul 10)

Nidec Sankyo to launch its first overseas production of panel transfer robot in Taiwan (Jul 7)

Apple: CRTs out, LCD monitors in (Jul 7)

Nikon is upbeat on sales of high-end cameras (Jul 5)

'Cable ready' DTVs faltering in US (Jul 5)

Analysts: Windows on Macs will not open corporate doors (Jul 7)

VK Mobile eats dust, Pantech, Helio next? (Jul 8)

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