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Apple Inc.placed Foxconn’s India on probation |
1/3/2022 |
Protests that erupted this month after more than 250 women who work at the Foxconn plant and live in one of the dormitories were treated for food poisoning, more than 150 were hospitalized.
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Samsung's NAND fab in Xi’an is in locked-down |
12/31/2021 |
Due to restrictions on movement and other lockdown measures, Samsung must continue operations with limited manpower. Samsung is currently making active adjustments to reduce impact on output and the local government expects a return to normalcy within one to two weeks.
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NASA’s launch of the James Webb Space Telescope is a $10 billion dollar bet |
12/31/2021 |
So far, so good. Earlier this week, key structural components began to deploy as the expanding observatory skirted past the moon. Webb remains on course after several trajectory tweaks to its reserved parking space at the second Lagrange Point, a location in our solar system where objects tend to stay put.
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SK hynix Inc completed first phase to acquire Intel Corp.’s NAND and SSD business |
12/30/2021 |
Following the recent merger clearance from China’s State Administration for Market Regulation on December 22, SK hynix closed the first phase of the transaction by acquiring Intel’s SSD business and the Dalian NAND flash manufacturing facility in China. In exchange, SK hynix will pay $7 billion in consideration.
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Silicon Labs offers Z-Wave 800 system-on-chips (SoCs) and modules |
12/28/2021 |
EFR32ZG23 (ZG23) SoCs and ZGM230S modules provide developers with sub-GHz connectivity for Z-Wave Mesh and Z-Wave Long Range, and are ideal for smart home, multi-dwelling units (MDU), hospitality, and lighting applications, supporting both end devices and gateways.
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Rare matel supply is becoming critical |
12/28/2021 |
These complex compounds can impact the production of a whole range of goods ranging from batteries, mobile phones, laptops, hard drives, displays, lasers, electric vehicles, defense equipment, and medical diagnostic devices.
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Holography to one day replace your car dashboard |
12/28/2021 |
Ceres Holographics has showcased a full-scale replication system for producing 1500mm width holographic films in high volume, enabling holographic transparent displays and augmented reality-HUDs (AR-HUD) for windshields.
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More data centers are latching onto ARM processor |
12/27/2021 |
Five percent of servers shipped to cloud providers during the July-September period contained an Arm CPU, according to market tracker Omdia. Amazon Web Service’s Arm-based Graviton processor contributed to the surge. Ampere Computing, another vendor offering Arm processors, also saw strong demand from cloud customers such as Equinix and Oracle.
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Hitachi provides Inspection system for-small geometry EUV |
12/24/2021 |
Hitachi High-Tech is responding to this increased demand for high-speed, sensitive inspection and measurements over a wide area and is launching GS1000 system to fulfil the needs of semiconductor device mass-production market.
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