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IC Media announces new management team (Dec 2)

Motorola backs 4Q financial forecast (Dec 2)

Qualcomm announces closing of Vesper sale (Dec 2)

Flextronics says quarterly outlook unchanged (Dec 2)

Renesas expand flash card portfolio (Dec 2)

Renesas releases H8SX/1527F 32-Bit CISC microcontroller with on-chip flash memory (Dec 1)

Canon backs immersion at 193-nm wavelength (Nov 12)

Japan's digital TV launch highlights Taiwan's failure (Dec 2)

Acer raises 2003 profit forecast on laptop sales (Dec 2)

Payment terms remain sticky issue in China

IC growth in October strongest since 1990, says SIA

China's largest foundry poised to turn a profit

ASML raises order guidance in chip recovery

Microchip introduces new MCUs with system-level performance (Dec 1)

Ingram Micro confirms 4Q guidance (Dec 1)

Bridgestone to enter chip wafer production business (Dec 1)

Dongbu Anam seeks US$1b loan to expand chip lines (Dec 1)

New format war looms as DVD Forum chooses standard (Dec 1)

Analysis: Chip industry growing, but for how long? (Dec 1)

WaferMasters debuts 300mm annealing tool for advanced ICs (Dec 1)

IBM, TEL work together on 65nm anti-reflective coating (Dec 1)

Novellus debuts copper plating tool for 65, 45nm ICs (Dec 1)

Nikon to introduce immersion scanner by 2006 (Dec 1)

China's largest foundry poised to turn a profit (Dec 1)

Infineon growing fastest in top 25 chip supplier ranking (Dec 1)

8-bit MCUs chase high-end features (Dec 1)

SST, Powerchip team up to take 'SuperFlash' to 65nm (Dec 1)

Linux tablet PC breaks US$1,000 barrier (Dec 1)

Fuji Photo lifts LCD film spending (Dec 2)

PC, digital camera sales healthy over holiday weekend (Dec 1)

Chartered forecasts stronger 4Q (Dec 1)

TI sells remaining Micron shares (Dec 1)

Optimism rules as holiday selling starts in US

(Subscription required) Retail sales an estimated 4.8% on Friday, one of the biggest shopping days of the year, leaving merchants optimistic they can post holiday gains.

Samsung makes more flash

Samsung has set out to increase its supply of NAND flash memory chips to cope with explosive growth in year-end demand

SST and PSC team to develop 3G SuperFlash fechnology (Dec 1)

Nam Tai begins trading on Frankfurt exchange (Dec 1)

Samsung: 2004 capex to continue to be aggressive (Dec 1)

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