Semiconductor Industry Hits Trough A sense of crisis is growing in the international semiconductor market due to the global economic slowdown and plummeting prices of computer chips. Despite losses, global chipmakers have been boosting investment since last year aiming to decimate the competition. The global semiconductor industry is also showing signs of a major realignment.
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N.Korea ¡®Breaking IAEA Seals at Nuclear Facility¡¯
North Korea is reassembling its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon, the U.S. current affairs channel Fox News reported on Saturday. Fox News, citing two ranking U.S. officials familar with North Korean affairs, said that the North ¡°has crossed a new threshold¡± in rebuilding the Yongbyon nuclear facility by breaking seals placed by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Server Breakdown Scuppers TOEFL Test Server error scuppered the most popular English proficiency test for some candidates on Saturday. The TOEFL test began at 10 a.m. at some 50 locations across the country, but a considerable number of test takers could not take the test due to errors at ETS. Only candidates who had entered test rooms before the server errors occurred finished the test without a hitch.
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A sense of crisis is growing in the international semiconductor market due to the global economic slowdown and plummeting prices of computer chips. Despite losses, global chipmakers have been boosting investment since last year aiming to decimate the competition. The global semiconductor industry is also showing signs of a major realignment.
