马丁•佩兴斯, 记者来鸿：“机器人他爹”吴玉禄. BBC Chinese, Mar 16, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/03/110316_fooc_robotinventor.shtml
-------------------------------Separately
(1) Richard Waters, Microsoft Poised to Axe Zune Player; Electronic Equipment; Device failed to dent iPod sales; Group to proritises software strategy. Financial Times, Mar 17, 2011.
(2) Chris Nuttall, Chipmakers Hit Hard as Industry assesses the Damage to Factories. FT, Mar 16, 2011.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71a52e72-4f3f-11e0-9038-00144feab49a.html
Quote: "TI said output from its Miho site accounted for about 10 per cent of its revenues last year. It makes analog chips and ones associated with its DLP display technology.
Note:
(a) Registration required. There is no need to read this one actually. I think TI is an unlikely candidate, so I choose this one.
(b) Summary: "Texas Instruments, the chipmaker that supplies components for a broad range of industries, has emerged as one of the foreign companies hardest hit by the Japanese earthquake" thanks to its many plants in Japan listed below.
(c) Miho, Ibaraki 茨城県 美浦村
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miho,_Ibaraki
(d) Aizuwakamatsu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizuwakamatsu,_Fukushima
(会津若松市; located in the Aizu 会津 region of Fukushima Prefecture 福島県;
(e) Hiji, Ōita 大分県 日出町
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiji,_%C5%8Cita
(3) Apple iPad 2 3G Teardown. UBM Techinisghts, Mar 12, 2011.
http://www.ubmtechinsights.com/reports-and-subscriptions/investigative-analysis/apple-ipad-2/
("the A5 in our possession is definitely manufactured by Samsung using their 45nm process. * * * The previous generation Apple A4 processor was also fabbed on Samsung’s 45nm process.
Note: Though this report was undated, a blog* dated Mar 12 in Wall Street Journal was based on it.
* Don Clark, IPad2 Teardown Shows Apple-Samsung Ties Remain.