Canon cuts 700 chip equipment operation jobs

Reuters reports that Canon in Japan is feeling the economic pinch and will be cutting approximately 700 jobs. The workers are employed at its chip equipment operations and the cut is thought to equal around 30% of Canon’s employees in that area. Canon makes chip steppers, which are multi-million dollar machines that etch circuitry on to [...]
Publication date: 2009-06-30

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StarCraft II mega-preview: An (endlessly tweaked, stats-filled) intergalactic bloodbath

Today the wraps came off a number of previews of Blizzard’s StarCraft II, and the Internet was flooded with information about the PC strategy sequel as if a celebrity had just died.  Fans have awaited the game for ten years, while the still thriving audience of hardcore StarCraft I players have nervously kept at their game, [...]
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Xbox 360 owners in France get Canal+ TV

Microsoft has announced an agreement with French TV provider Canal Plus to offer “films on demand, premium drama and soccer” to Xbox 360 owners in France. Canal will offer some 3,000 films on demand in addition to live matches from Ligue 1, the major French soccer league.  Drama shows and soap operas will also be streamed [...]
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Samsung takes ARM CPU to 45nm with ARM11 S5P6440

How many of you know that inside your smartphone right now there is an ARM CPU operating at 65nm, 90nm, or possibly even higher? And even with that older process technology (compared to x86), the power savings of ARM are still enough to make it a most desirable solution for the smartphone market. Samsung is [...]
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