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Philips claims 50% size reduction for Nexperia RF SiP (Feb 23)

Bernie Myerson, chief technology officer at IBM Microelectronics, said that at 90 nm certain companies will hit a performance wall and step over a power cliff

China telecom sector 2003 revenue RMB461 billion, up 13.9% on year (Feb 23)

Macronix readies US$154.4 million GDR issue in Luxembourg (Feb 23)

Taiwan IT companies recruitment drives (Feb 21)

Japanese electronic businesses report surpluses (Feb 22)

Samsung, LG to be freed from investment restrictions

European partners ask EU to forego tariffs on Hynix (Feb 20)

Hynix to begin chip production in China (Feb 22)

Micron's oversupply, pricing concerns (Feb 20)

SMIC to raise up to US$1.59 billion from IPO (Feb 22)

GSM celebrates as historic milestone is passed ahead of schedule (Feb 22)

More than one billion people, almost one in six of the world's population, are now using GSM mobile phones. This historic milestone has been reached only 12 years after the launch of the first networks.

Serial-attached SCSI (SAS) devices slow to market (Feb 19)

China establishes group to set RFID standards (Feb 20)

HP's 1Q profits jump 30% on year (Feb 20)

Japan January chip equipment orders up 137.5% on year; B/B ratio 1.38 (Feb 20)

Flash card makers bump up the volume (Feb 12)

Visit the China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components in Shanghai, April 13-15, 2004

Mobile operators to shop in Cannes for 3G build-up (Feb 20)

Samsung expects to sell 17 million mobile phones in first quarter (Feb 19)

Sharp focuses on 17-inch LCD segment with two new models

Analysis-Indium shortage casts shadow on LCD growth

IDC: LCD monitors are a flat-out success, outshipping traditional CRTs by 2004

Dell'Oro Group: IP PBX shipments grew 19% in 4Q