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''SemiAccurate'' (S|A in short) is a U.S.-based technology news and opinion web site, it was created by Charlie Demerjian after his departure from The Inquirer. The site lists as its contributors: Charlie Demerjian (the sites founder), Thomas Ryan and Leo Yim. The site currently operates under a partial paywall model, where the majority of its content is made publicly available at no cost to readers. But subscribers to its "Student" and "Professional" level tiers receive access to special analysis articles and reports on industry trends similar to white papers. ==Notable Stories== In February 2010, Semiaccurate ran a story on the yet to be released, “Fermi”, microprocessor from Nvidia, which called the chip, “Hot, Slow, Late and Unmanufacturable.”〔(Story on Fermi )〕 In August 2010, a tip off from a reader helped Semiaccurate to cover Sony admitting to defective graphics chips in some of its laptops.〔(Sony Admits Defective Graphics Chips )〕 News organization IDG credited SemiAccurate for first reporting the story.〔(IDG report ), retrieved August 25, 2011.〕 In May 2011, Semiaccurate published a story on Apple dropping Intel from its laptop line within a few years.〔(Apple Drops INtel From Laptop Line )〕 This story was covered by a large number of U.S.-based as well as international news organizations. ZDnet and Barrons both weighed in on the validity of the story.〔(ZDNet report ), retrieved August 26, 2011.〕〔(Barrons blog on the article ), retrieved August 26, 2011.〕 In June 2011, Semiaccurate published a story detailing the scandal that led AMD, Nvidia, and VIA to leave Intel as the lone semiconductor design company in the BAPCo consortium.〔(SemiAccurate Report ), retrieved August 25, 2011.〕 In response, Nigel Dessau, Chief Marketing Officer of AMD, published a blog titled "Voting for Openness" shortly after this story went up, and explained AMD's side of the story.〔(Voting for Openness - AMD Blogs ), retrieved August 25, 2011.〕 In August 2011, Semiaccurate published two stories, one covering the specifications of Nvidia’s unreleased mobile graphics line up,〔(Original Nvidia Mobile Graphics Story )〕 and another covering the specifications of AMD’s (one of Nvidia’s direct competitors) unreleased mobile graphics line up.〔(Original AMD Mobile Graphics Story )〕 Softpedia,〔(Softpedia Mobile Graphics Story )〕 VR-Zone,〔(VR-Zone Mobile Graphics Story )〕 TweakTown,〔(TweakTown Mobile Graphics Story )〕 and the Tom's Hardware Forum all credited Semiaccurate for leaking these specifications.〔(TH Fourms Mobile Graphics Story )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SemiAccurate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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