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1. Nvidia reports 3Q revenue jump

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... revenue and was up 11 percent quarter-over-quarter.    Consumer and entertainment business - represented 7 percent of total revenue as the first Tegra-based products, Microsoft Zune HD and Samsung's M1, ...

2. DDR3 memory shortage set to end

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Samsung has decided to end the current shortage of DDR3 chips by maxing out its production. Samsung has decided to end the current shortage of DDR3 chips by maxing out its production. Oh-Hyun Kwon, ...

3. Semiconductor industry facing double-digit declines in Q4, into Q1'09

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... down. Foundry utilization rates are down by as much as 50%, and are expected to decline even further this month. Samsung, the number two chipmaker in the world in 2007, is the only company not significantly ...

4. NAND flash contract quotes stabilized in October

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

   Contract quotes of 4 Gb and 8 Gb NAND flash chips for October have stabilized as Samsung has reportedly begun to reduce its supply to the spot market in preparation for orders from major customers, ...

5. Intel to lose its lead in chip manufacturing tech in 2009, sort of

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... develop 45 nm and 40 nm processes at the same time. The next step for TSMC is either 32 nm or 30 nm - or below. Samsung is investing heavily in 30 nm, but that is for DRAM only. Intel has 32 nm CPUs still ...

6. Samsung announces 40 nm Flash, predicts 20 nm devices

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   There's still room left for NAND Flash to scale. According to Samsung, the technology may shrink into 20 nm structures, down from the common 70 and 60 nm today. Samsung also presented the memory it will ...