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Samsung to invest $18 billion in memory chip business

SamsungElectronicswillinvestnearly$18billioninitschipbusiness,theSouthKoreanfirmsaidTuesday,asitseekstoexpanditsleadintheglobalmemorychipandsmartphonemarkets.Th

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IBM squeezes 30 billion transistors into a fingernail-sized chip

WhosaidMoore'sLawwasdead?CertainlynotIBMoritschippartnersGlobalfoundriesandSamsung.Thetriohasdevelopedatransistormanufacturingprocessthatshouldpavethewayfor5-na

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Toshiba to close 2nd round of bids for chip unit

StrugglingelectronicsmakerToshibaplanstoselloffitschipbusiness.ThedeadlineforthesecondroundofbiddingisonFriday,butthesalefacesanumberofuncertainties.AJapan-USco

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Samsung Electronics creates new contract chip manufacturing division

TechgiantSamsungElectronicsCoLtdsaidonFridayithasformedanewdivisionwithinitssemiconductorbusinessforcontractchipmanufacturingasthefirmseekstoattractmorecustomer

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Samsung Elec says sells new chip for health-focused wearables.

Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Tuesday it has started selling a new processor aimed at health-focused wearable products, seeking to tap into a fast-growing market.

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China's chip industry awaits boom despite challenges

While China is known as the "world's factory," seemingly capable of making everything, semiconductor chips have been conspicuously absent on the "Made in China" list.

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Japan's Hitachi develops long-life high-density data storage chip

Japan's Hitachi Ltd. has developed technology that can write data onto high heat- and radiation- resistant fused silica glass that is capable of storing data for up to 300 million years, local media reported Monday.