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AMD Launches First Computer Brand: By Duncan Martell SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) on Sunday unveiled its first computer brand, aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, with design and sales help from its major chip customers such as Dell Inc. AMD Business Class desktop...; Tags: SMB/SME, Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, Semiconductors, Marketing research, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Phenom, ATI Technologies Inc., business market, small and medium business, chipset, market research company, market research, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Corp., research; News items 2008-04-28
Chip maker Qimonda to start solar production: Having signed a silicon supply contract with LDK Solar, German memory chip manufacturer Qimonda is partnering with Centrosolar to enter the solar cell market. The JV, owned 51% by Qimonda, will build a EUR70m (USD108m) factory with an annual output of 100MWp in Portugal, adjacent to one of Qimonda’s...; Tags: Silicon, Chip Company, Cell, Chip, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Thomas Boeckmann; News items 2008-05-08
Fujitsu Fourth-quarter Profit Down, Sees Rebound: By Mayumi Negishi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fujitsu Ltd reported a 40 percent fall in quarterly profit on Monday, hurt by restructuring in its microchip operations, but it forecast that its annual profit would more than double this year on its IT outsourcing...; Tags: Microchip, Fujitsu Ltd., Yen, Semiconductors, Hardware; News items 2008-05-12
Toshiba Eyes Doubled Operating Profit in 3 Years: By Mayumi Negishi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp said it expects its operating profit to more than double over the next three years as it cuts costs, ramps up capacity for its semiconductors and seeks nuclear plant orders. Toshiba,...; Tags: Semiconductors, Memory, NAND, Toshiba Corp., Japanese electronics company, operating profit, NAND flash, semiconductor, electronics company, memory chip, Tokyo, portable audio player, chip, Nikkei, portable audio, circuitry, audio player, Japan, nuclear energy, HD-DVD, profi; News items 2008-05-08
Nikon Profit Up 33%, Outlook Misses Expectations: TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese precision equipment maker Nikon Corp said on Monday its annual profit rose 32.5 percent, thanks to sales of its advanced cameras and chip-making equipment, but its outlook missed forecasts. Operating profit was 135.2 billion yen ($1.3 billion) in...; Tags: Nikon Corp., Microsoft Outlook, Yen, Sales Strategy, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Sales, Hardware; News items 2008-05-11

Samsung Elec Profit Jumps, Outlook Strong: By Marie-France Han and Rhee So-eui SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics , the world's top maker of memory chips, beat forecasts with a 37 percent rise in quarterly profit on stellar performances in flat screens and mobile phones, sending its shares 4 percent...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Memory, indictment, South Korea, prosecutor, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., businessman, Seoul, affiliate, tax, computer memory, market capitalization, memory chip, Strategic Planning, Thomson Reuters Corp., leader, chip, TV, computer; News items 2008-04-25
Custom Equipment Aids Processors: This paper reveals that when it comes to a harsh processing environment, meat plants top the list. Pumps and grinders, in particular, must continuously yet effectively perform while manufacturing a wide variety of refrigerated and frozen raw and processed materials. Equally important, this equipment must be designed for effective and...; Tags: Stagnito Communications, manufacturing, processor, environment, performance; White papers
Targeting New Markets: What's Happening in Case Ready?: This article analyzes the market for the case ready. Is case ready just a clever concept that falls short in the real world? Could it be true that modern packaging technology and efficient meat packing plants is no match for the neighborhood butcher? Recent discussions with meat processors indicate there...; Tags: Stagnito Communications; White papers
Swirled and Sprinkled: Craving something a bit sweet and a bit salty? No problem. Have a yen for something drenched in rich chocolate and caramel, but without all the carbs? Coming right up. Today's ice cream inclusions ? from creamy caramel and fruity variegates to crunchy candies and cookies in myriad shapes ?...; Tags: Stagnito Communications, cookie, chip; White papers
New Weigh to Market: It's big. It's new. It's fresh. Some in the industry are even calling it the biggest thing in dairy since pasteurization. It's a new message ? steeped in science and cause for jubilation among processors and producers alike ? that consuming dairy products can help with weight loss. This campaign...; Tags: Stagnito Communications, processor, marketing, benefit, industry; White papers
Rising Tide: Yogurt Processors Position Themselves for Long-Term Growth, While Cottage Cheese Makers Seek to Profit From the Low-Carb Craze: Courting the children's market paid off in spades for the yogurt category throughout the 1990s. From Go-Gurt and YoBaby to Danimals and Trix, child-oriented products made healthy eating fun. Sales soared, parents were happy, and yogurt processors were thrilled about developing a whole generation of yogurt-devotees. In recent months, however,...; Tags: Stagnito Communications, processor, sales; White papers
Electrical Design for Automotive From IBM: Automotive electrical and electronic design solutions from IBM can provide comprehensive support for existing and new EDA application environments. IBM's business partners' design methodologies and tools provide system and chip designers with the means to design their products efficiently, the first time. Automotive electrical and electronic design solutions from IBM...; Tags: IBM Corp., product development, leadership, chip, tool; White papers
Unichem 7929 Additive Prevents Costly Catalyst Deactivation: A major Gulf Coast refinery experienced a significant decrease in the activity of their hydrotreating catalyst. The hydrotreater feedstock was primarily composed of distillate from the refinery's delayed coker unit. It was theorized that the loss in activity was caused by silicon contamination. The silicon deposits on the surface of...; Tags: refinery, catalyst; Case studies
Surviving and Thriving: Despite New Diet Fads and Pricing Challenges, Cheese Remains a Consumer Favorite: With household penetration somewhere around 98 percent and per capita consumption slightly more than 30 pounds, cheese holds a treasured spot in the American diet. From salads and casseroles to pasta, pizza, tacos and quesadillas, many favorite dishes rely on cheese for their unique taste, texture and appearance. Obviously, that's...; Tags: Stagnito Communications, cheese, pricing strategy, processor; White papers
Case Study: HIH Insurance: When HIH insurance was put into liquidation on March 15, 2001, it represented one of the biggest collapses in Australian corporate history. Shares in the company, once the second largest Australian insurer, had been suspended two weeks earlier after the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) analyzed company documents. Through...; Tags: Financial Planning, insurance, ASIC, compensation, worker; Case studies
Pushing ESLÆs Limits: Popular in Europe and other continents, aseptic milk never has been a hit with American consumers. A primary reason is ample refrigeration in U.S. households. Another is taste; Americans don't like the cooked off-flavor notes common to aseptic milk. New processing technology, however, could change consumers' flavor perception of aseptic...; Tags: Dairy Management Inc.; White papers
Innovation Challenge: Minimizing Oxidation Off-flavors: By far, the most common customer complaint received by fluid milk processors is oxidation off-flavors. One study found exposure of milk in blow-mold plastic containers to fluorescent lights in supermarket dairy cases caused light-induced oxidation in approximately 80% of store samples. A few years ago, a major dairy processor had...; Tags: Dairy Management Inc., processor; White papers
Feeling the Heat: Plate Heat Exchangers Help Dairy Processors Keep Their Cool When It Comes to Effective and Reliable Heat-Transfer Functions: Plate heat exchangers, used since the early part of the 20th century to indirectly heat and cool liquids, are a venerable but still crucial part of many daily dairy operations. After all, without proper heating and cooling functions, an otherwise smooth dairy process can turn disastrous ? and costly. Sanitary...; Tags: Stagnito Communications, dairy, processor; White papers
Design of a Low Power Ultrasound Beamformer Asic: This paper describes a design experiment on the implementation of the digital part of a low power 16-channel ultrasound beam former ASIC. The design is based on a physically oriented design methodology applying a data path generator for automatic layout generation and a quantitative optimization of all building blocks for...; Tags: Aachen University, ASIC, technique; White papers
The Ice Cream Man Cometh: Driven by market factors and consumer trends, processors strive to keep pace on sales of frozen treats. Talk about a churning process. The ice cream category has been cranking it out in all directions over the past year, a time that has been marked by fluctuations as well as innovations....; Tags: Stagnito Communications, ice cream, processor, sales; White papers