Elpida Memory said its semiconductor assembly facility in Yamagata has been damaged and that it also is having power issues.

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Following his 49% gain on Clearwire last year, he now turns to ChipMOS Technologies , a semiconductor testing and assembly company.

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Outside of Singapore, regional tech companies are mostly final-assembly contractors and semiconductor packaging companies.

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The dye molecules themselves are bound to tiny particles of titanium dioxide, a less-famous (but cheaper) semiconductor than silicon, and the whole assembly is immersed in an electrolyte and sandwiched between two electrodes.

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