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| Xerox target to take over HP |
1/27/2020 |
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Xerox will nominate 11 people to replace HP's board, a company that it is targeting for a takeover. Xerox indicated earlier this month that it's still interested in an HP deal, saying it had lined up $24 billion in binding financing commitments.
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| Two dead on a huge industrial explosion in Houston |
1/27/2020 |
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The explosion happened about 4:30 a.m. inside a building at Watson Grinding and Manufacturing, which makes valves and provides thermal-spray coatings for equipment in various industries, authorities said. The building was reduced to burning rubble and debris, and some of the surrounding buildings suffered heavy damage to parts of their walls and roofs.
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| Foundries are venturing into 5 and 3nm process |
1/24/2020 |
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The decision involves the move to extend today’s finFETs to 3nm, or to implement a new technology called gate-all-around FETs (GAA FETs) at 3nm or 2nm. An evolutionary step from finFETs, gate-all-around provides better performance, but these new transistors are difficult to make, expensive, and the migration could be painful. On the plus side, the industry is developing new etch, patterning and other technologies to help pave the way towards these nodes.
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| Huawei stockpiles telecoms components |
1/24/2020 |
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Currently companies need to get an export licence if their products have 25% or more US content. It is reported that this rule could be tightened to 10% or 0%.
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| En masse by SpaceX doubles up as defensive satellite killer |
1/23/2020 |
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SpaceX claims an important feature of these satellites is a propulsion system that, can be used to move the system out of the path of other orbital systems, like the International Space Station, to avoid catastrophic collisions. It also allows operators to take malfunctioning satellites out of orbit and safely guide them back to earth.
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| ASML Q4 business up 43% |
1/23/2020 |
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Earlier on Wednesday ASML reported fourth quarter net profit of 1.13 billion euros ($1.25 billion), up 43% from the same period of 2018 as sales rose 29% to 4.04 billion euros.
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| Intel Board elected new chairman |
1/23/2020 |
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Andy Bryant stepped down as chairman and the board elected lead independent director Dr. Omar Ishrak to succeed Bryant as an independent chairman, effective immediately.
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| Extradition hearing for Huawei executive begins in Vancouver |
1/22/2020 |
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"Our government has been clear. We are a rule of law country and we honor our extradition treaty commitments," Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said at a Cabinet retreat in Manitoba. “It is what we need to do and what we will do.”
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| Memory module vendors are replenishing inventory |
1/21/2020 |
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Memory module manufacturers have seen their order visibility stretched this year, and are positive about their product ASPs that are likely to be 20-30% higher than their 2019 average,
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| Microsoft pledge to negative Carbon Emission by 2030 |
1/20/2020 |
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It's a major step up from Microsoft's previous green pledges. The tech company had previously said its data centers would be 60% powered by renewable electricity by the end of last year, but environmental groups have said it has fallen short of such rivals as Google and Apple by relying too much on purchasing renewable energy credits to make up for its carbon emissions.
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| Senate passed new NAFTA trade deal with Canada and Mexico |
1/20/2020 |
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The vote was 89-10. The measure goes to Trump for his signature. It would replace the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, known as NAFTA, which tore down most trade barriers and triggered a surge in trade.
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| A little forward prediction for 2020 |
1/17/2020 |
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2020 is set to be the most important year yet when it comes to the evolution of the nascent AI accelerator chip industry. Here are a few ideas about what we might see happening this year.
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| ST secured additional silicon carbide (SiC) wafer supplies |
1/17/2020 |
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SiCrystal, a Rohm group company which said it has the highest share of SiC wafers in Europe. The agreement is for the supply of over $120 million of advanced 150mm silicon carbide wafers from SiCrystal to STMicroelectronics, to address the demand ramp-up for silicon carbide power devices.
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