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	Enemies of Success- Click Here >> In my opinion, there are two zones in one's life: the zone of success and the failure zone. The zone of success is where most of your surroundings encourage you and support you to succeed be it friends, family or even systems and environment. On the other hand, you have the failure zone where all your surroundings are discouraging and negative. So which zone are you currently in and where do you belong? Good luck. -The Founder

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	Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa
Bahrain's Prime Minister - Click Here >> He has done it again! Truly the man of the moment. Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa adds another outstanding achievement on the list of The Kingdom of Bahrain's achievements by receiving The Special Citation of the Habitat Scroll of Honour Award. Unfortunately, we still hear some people criticizing the country and the government. Simply a few questions to them like, how much better your life would be if you were in another “developing” country? Would you have similar healthcare such as the Khalifa Bin Salman Heart Center Free of charge services for the public at the BDF Hospital? Would you get all paid for marriage packages like the group marriages lately held in different areas within the Kingdom of Bahrain? Or get all paid scholarships or at least the best education for a fraction of what others in the rejoin pays? And much much more. This is what Khalifa Bin Salman is doing for Bahraini citizens. May Good Bless you. By Founder

At a glance: Top mobile-phone processor makers (AP)
AP - Intel Corp. is re-entering the market for mobile-phone chips with the proposed $1.4 billion acquisition of the wireless-chip division of Germany's Infineon Technologies AG. Below are the rankings of the top makers of processors and other communications chips for mobile phones, as ranked by Gartner Inc. based on worldwide figures in 2009.

Global semiconductor sales grew in July, SIA says (AP)
AP - Global sales of semiconductors grew 37 percent year-over-year in July to $25.2 billion as demand continued even as overall economic growth slowed, the Semiconductor Industry Association said Monday.

HP, Hynix Aim To Replace Flash Memory with ReRAM (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As the 3PAR bidding war rages on, Hewlett-Packard is taking a deep breath and turning its attention to Hynix Semiconductor -- at least for a moment. On Wednesday, HP announced a joint development agreement with the memory supplier for a new circuit element.

Gartner Raises Semiconductor Revenue Forecast for 2010 (PC World)
PC World - Gartner on Wednesday raised its worldwide semiconductor revenue forecast for this year as sales of devices like smartphones and tablets gain steam.

Why Intel's Infineon Buy Is a Smart Move (PC World)
PC World - Intel has been on a buying binge lately. Just two weeks ago the world's largest chip maker agreed to acquire security vendor McAfee for $7.68 billion, and today it announced plans to buy Infineon Technologies' Wireless Solutions (WLS) division for $1.4 billion.

Intel buying Infineon's wireless operations (AP)
AP - German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG is selling a unit that makes products for wireless telephones to California's Intel Corp. in a $1.4 billion cash deal, the companies said Monday.

FormFactor warns on 3Q sales; shares drop (AP)
AP - FormFactor Inc., which makes semiconductor testing equipment, said Tuesday that its third-quarter revenue will miss expectations, sending the company's battered stock down in afterhours trading.

Intel Expands Beyond Processors with Buying Spree (PC World)
PC World - The tech industry is going through a serious consolidation phase, and Intel is one of the leaders of the ongoing buying spree. Intel purchased the wireless unit of Infineon this week, after recently spending nearly $8 billion to buy the McAfee. The moves don't make sense at first glance, but in an era of commoditized PCs and decreasing profit margins Intel has to look for alternate revenue streams.

AMD Discards ATI Brand Name (Mashable)
Mashable - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has decided to kill its ATI brand name, judging that the names of its graphics chip products, such as Radeon and FirePro, in combination with the AMD brand, are familiar enough to consumers to stand on their own.

RIP ATI: AMD Rebrands Graphics Products (PC World)
PC World - AMD, the number two processor company behind Intel, acquired ATI, the leading provider of graphics cards and chips for PCs and laptops, for nearly $5.5 billion in the summer of 2006. Four years later, AMD AMD is finally abandoning the ATI name in favor of AMD-branded graphics cards.

ATMI board OKs $50M share repurchase program (AP)
AP - ATMI Inc., which provides specialty materials to semiconductor makers, said Monday its board has authorized a share repurchase program for up to $50 million in stock.

Infineon sells wireless group to Intel (AFP)

AFP - German chip maker Infineon said Monday it had sold its wireless division to US technology giant Intel in a deal valued at approximately 1.4 billion dollars (786 million euros).

Intel buying German chip-maker's wireless unit (AP)

AP - Intel Corp. is buying the wireless communications unit of Germany's Infineon Technologies AG for $1.4 billion in cash, the second deal in as many weeks that allows the chip-maker to expand beyond the struggling personal computer market.

Intel buys wireless chip tech in mobile-phone push (AP)

AP - As the world's biggest maker of computer chips, Intel Corp. can't afford to ignore its huge blind spot in mobile phones.


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