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1. World's smallest medical video camera developed

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... of next year. The camera sensor will be manufactured in Tower's Fab2, using its 0.18-micron CMOS image sensor process and will be integrated into the camera which will be produced in Medigus' manufacturing ...

2. Intel, Micron go after Samsung with 34 nm flash

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     Leading in flash production technology is a big advantage in cutting losses and perhaps even see a profit in the troubled NAND flash segment. Micron’s and Intel’s joint venture IM Flash Technologies (IMFT) ...

3. Micron samples 400 Mb/s mobile DRAM

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   Micron Technology announced that it is sampling to customers and major enablers its 512Mb mobile DRAM component that delivers a maximum clock speed of up to 200MHz and transfer rate of 400Mb per second. ...

4. Micron introduces 78 nm-made DDR2-1066

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   Micron Technology announced sample availability of its 1 gigabit (Gb) DDR2 components, capable of running at 1066 megabits per second (Mbps) and is being fabricated on 78nm. Samples are now available ...

5. Core rings Intel's cash registers in Q4

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... flash memory write-downs and start-up costs in the NAND flash joint venture with Micron. Intel is apparently ahead of its restructuring plan and ended 2006 with 94,100 employees, slightly below the target ...

6. Texas Instruments introduces first DDR3 memory register

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   ... Click here to see images of Micron's DDR3 memory ... The chip, named SN74SSTE32882, is built in a 130 nm process and wrapped in a 176-pin BGA package. DDR3 memory chips are expected to be manufactured ...

7. Micron introduces 1/5" camera sensor

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   Camera phones and webcams could get even smaller because Micron has introduced their new 1/5" wide 1.3 megapixel CMOS sensor. The MT9M019 sensor captures 1280 by 1024 pixel pictures at 30 fps or 640 by ...

8. Micron samples DDR3 memory

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   Micron is the second major DRAM manufacturer to announce sample shipments of next-generation DDR3 modules and claims to be the first company to ship 1 Gb devices with a capacity of up to 2 GB. DDR3 promises ...

9. Micron ships first PC2-5300 FBDIMMs

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     Micron claims to be the first memory manufacturer to provide buffered dual in-line memory modules (FBDIMMs) using DDR2-667 components. Micron claims to be the first memory manufacturer to provide ...

10. Micron samples wide-VGA image sensor for cars

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      Micron Technology on October 18 announced that it is sampling a wide-VGA image sensor product for cars, the MT9V022. Micron Technology on October 18 announced that it is sampling a wide-VGA image ...

11. Micron may delay 2Gbit NAND flash

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      Micron Technologies may miss its target of introducing 2Gbit NAND flash by the end of this year since it will not have chip samples available until either November or December, according to sources ...

12. Micron samples 4GB DDR-2 DIMMs

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      Micron said it has started sampling 4GB DDR-2 memory modules, with Intel receiving the first registered piece. Micron said it has started sampling 4GB DDR-2 memory modules, with Intel receiving ...

13. Micron samples 1Gb DDR II

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      Micron yesterday claimed to have shipped "the industry's first 1Gb DDR II SDRAM components", though we note that its arch-rival, Hynix, made the same claim back in August. Micron yesterday claimed ...

14. Micron samples DDR 2 mobile DIMMs

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      Micron has begun sampling mobile-oriented DDR 2 memory modules, and has shipped them to Intel for testing. Micron has begun sampling mobile-oriented DDR 2 memory modules, and has shipped them ...

15. Elpida samples 256Mb mobile SDRAM

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      Memory maker Elpida has begun sampling its 0.11 micron 256Mb SDRAM chips for mobile systems. Memory maker Elpida has begun sampling its 0.11 micron 256Mb SDRAM chips for mobile systems. "Elpida ...

16. Micron samples PC2700 DIMMs

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      Micron claims an industry first, with the release of engineering samples of "PC2700 DDR SDRAM TSOP-based unbuffered DIMM modules based on the newly revised JEDEC standard". Micron claims an industry ...

17. M-Systems' DiskOnChip DIMM Plus Flash Disk

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    ... 16-bit bus interface architecture and silicon based on the 0.16 micron process and is said to be is capable of sustained read rates of 3MB per second and sustained write rates of 1.5MB per second. Boot ...

18. STM's Secure Smart Card Chip

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    ... unit royalties, will be available in the first quarter of 2002. The ST22WJ64 is built around a 32-bit RISC core, which STM is now combining with security and 0.18 micron process technology. The move to ...

19. TI's Programmable DSP For Digital Cameras

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    ... and Memory Stick interfaces. The DSC25 is manufactured using a 0.15-micron (SIA) CMOS process and features a digital liquid crystal display (LCD) interface and S-video output. An enhanced on screen display ...

20. STM's SoC for Set-Top Boxes

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    ... memory and an optimized connection to the STi5514. The ST40GX1 is built using 0.18-micron CMOS technology and housed in a 35 x 35mm 456-pin BGA package. Samples are available now, with volume production ...

21. NEC's Giant Plasma Displays

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    ... its releasing the new RM7000B 64-bit MIPS-based processor at clock speeds up to 600 MHz. The RM7000B is PMC's first device to use TSMC's 0.13 micron, copper-interconnect technology process. PMC thinks ...

22. 100GB Portable Hard Drive Lets You Switch Port Types

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    ... 512 MB NAND flash memory devices, manufactured using Toshiba's 0.16-micron process technology. Toshiba thinks the devices will be used in wireless and portable communications devices like PDAs, cellular ...

23. iNoize.com Makes Music Streaming Faster

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    ... faster and looks like it will continue to improve for quite some time. Yesterday, Cypress, IDT, Micron, NEC, and Samsung let us know about new quad data rate architectures called QDRII and Double Data ...

24. Computex: Acer's P4 DDR

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    ... RISC processor core and Flash ROM. Both are manufactured in 0.25 micron CMOS. The products are a result of National's February acquisition of innoCOMM. National will demonstrate the chipset and other Bluetooth ...

25. Internet Washing Machines?

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    ... the company's micronBGA package to compensate for differing rates of thermal expansion and contraction between the silicon and circuit board. Samples of the initial stacked package have already been shipped ...

26. Via and Micron fight Rambus with DDR rebate

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      Core-logic chipset designer Via Technologies Inc. Hyundai Electronics Industries is producing samples of 128-mbit DDR SDRAM for the DDR266 or PC2100 standards manufactured using 0.18-micron process ...

27. Hyundai samples low power 128 Mbit DDR memory

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      Hyundai Electronics Industries is producing samples of 128-mbit DDR SDRAM for the DDR266 or PC2100 standards manufactured using 0.18-micron process technology. Napster has instituted filters that ...

28. Via Technologies to rebate DDR SDRAM

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      EBN reports that Via Technologies Inc. Boise-based Micron Technology Inc. is showing off a prototype chipset designed to use double data rate (DDR) memory and Intel Corp.'s Pentium III processors ...

29. AMD cuts chip prices

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    ... AMD Athlons and Durons. Both will be made with 0.18-micron technology and are aimed at the high-performance desktop PC market. Full production is set for Q1 next year with a unit price of $27 in quantities ...

30. Micron samples faster DDR chips

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      Micron has been sampling 150MHz and 166MHz versions of 2MB x32 DDR memory chips. Micron has been sampling 150MHz and 166MHz versions of 2MB x32 DDR memory chips. Intended for high bandwidth applications, ...

31. Intel CEO: Merced has shipped

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    ... display and keyboard. Of a more practical nature, an 800MHz processor was demonstrated operating with Intel's forthcoming 820 chip set. The chip is believed to be a Pentium III based on Intel's 0.18 micron ...

32. Micron speeds fast 64 Mbit SDRAMs to market

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      Micron Technology has launched high-speed 64-megabit SDRAMs.Using a 0.18-micron process, the new 2-Mbit-by-32 configuration is designed for graphics,telecommunications, and networking applications. ...

33. Toshiba boasts industry's smallest chip size

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    ... to the smallest chips yet. With its new devices, Toshiba combines Rambus performance advantages with its 0.2-micron lithography to create the industry's smallest 128Mb and 144Mb devices at only 103mm and ...

34. Intel to demo 1GHz chip by year end

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      Intel has started manufacturing 0.18 micron silicon at its Fab 20 chip plant in Oregon, setting the stage to demonstrate a 1GHz processor by year end. Intel has started manufacturing 0.18 micron ...