"... expects orders in the third quarter to exceed machine shipments, suggesting demand for chips used in iPod nano music players and Motorola mobile phones remains robust..."

"...the court found that the US$306.5mn in damages awarded to Rambus against Hynix was not supported by evidence..."

Intel and other chipmakers plan a spate of new semiconductors, but snapping this year's summer doldrums will be no small task.

"... this tiny wireless data chip that can store up to 100 pages of text...broad commercial applications are at least two years away, HP will license the technology...""

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"...We expect this growth to continue in the second half of the year...semiconductor unit sales rose by 12%..."

"...Both DRAM and NAND will behave similarly and we expect a high-single-digit percent drop in prices..."

"...Apple is keeping its plans for Blu-ray under wraps...But industry analysts don't think we'll have long to wait before Apple puts a Blu-ray drive in an Intel-based Mac"

"...the suit that filed in Manhattan federal court claims companies including Micron, Samsung and Infineon made secret arrangement to raise their DRAM prices from 1998-2002..."

"...focused mainly on logic with SRAM... Infineon, Intel, Matsushita/Panasonic, Micron, Philips, Samsung, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and TSMC collaborate together..."

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"...most tool vendors have scaled back order or shipment forecast by about 10% in 4Q..."

"...construction will begin next month in Yokkaichi...capable of making more than 100,000 semiconductor wafers per month at full capacity"