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| Micron see healthy demand trend in DRAM |
11/25/2019 |
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“What’s happening now is that the demand growth is actually greater than the supply growth. As a result, the supply and demand balance is starting to improve,”
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| China claims to supply 4% of global memory needs in 2020 |
11/22/2019 |
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There is, of course, no way for outsiders to know in advance how many chips a wafer will produce, so the effect on the world memory market of these Chinese wafers could be either minimal or, if yields are good, could actually represent 4% in IC unit terms.
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| Companies rush to offer IoT development kits |
11/22/2019 |
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Smart boards — whether microcontroller- or SoC-based boards or single-board computers — enable cost-effective prototyping and are a fundamental step in the development of interconnected objects.
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| Nvidia offer a reference design platform for GPU-accelerated Arm-based servers |
11/22/2019 |
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Nvidia has been casually experimenting with Arm processors for supercomputers for at least 8 years, but its full support had previously been reserved for the x86 and Power ecosystems. Last summer it vowed to fully support Arm with its CUDA-X software platform, and today’s announcement is delivering on that promise.
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| Is DRAM Industry out of growth and price recession ? |
11/20/2019 |
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The growth in shipments is likely to carry into the current quarter, as the world’s top three DRAM suppliers are expected to boost output to cope with rising demand for memory chips used in servers and mobile phones, TrendForce said.
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| Intel regains IC sales leadership from Samsung |
11/20/2019 |
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Intel is expected to be back on top of the semiconductor league table in 2019, regaining the crown it lost in 2017, predicts IC Insights, while Sony is expected to be the only top 15 company to grow year.
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| Security is vital to medical IoT devices |
11/20/2019 |
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Connected health devices can represent a new, more economical business model for the health care industry, with a strong — and positive — impact on health. With all these advantages, the devices are strongly at risk for hacker attacks such as compromises to information and customizations.
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| Q4 DRAM prices showed signs of stabalizing |
11/19/2019 |
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The Q4 DRAM contract ASP is undergoing a 5% QoQ decline while unit volumes have seen considerable QoQ growth, says DRAMeXchange. Inventory levels may mean that suppliers will no longer need to cut prices to encourage further sales leading to stable and recovering prices in 2020.
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| Micron offers 1TB microSD for video surveillance applications |
11/18/2019 |
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The new Micron i300 1TB microSD card is based on Micron's advanced 96-layer 3D quad-level cell (QLC) NAND technology, making it cheaper for small- to medium-sized deployments to have primary storage in the camera compared to a centralized storage architecture. The i300 microSD card enables users of video surveillance systems to capture and store more than three months of high-quality video footage on-device and at the edge.
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| Nvidia see Data Center business still growing |
11/18/2019 |
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Nvidia said it expects data center growth to come from a rise in conversational AI, the ability for computers to engage in human-like dialogue, and inference, the process of using an algorithm for tasks such as translating audio into text-based requests.
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| U.K. design engineers worry about losing their job to Brexit |
11/18/2019 |
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Brexit was the biggest challenge cited by 20% respondents. The UK’s potential exit from the European Union has a trove of implications for electronic design companies. Brexit may or may not happen. Several respondents were concerned about how UK and European companies would continue to do business in the event of the UK leaving the EU.
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| Foxconn to transform into a technology service provider |
11/15/2019 |
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Foxconn Technology Group will step up transforming into a provider of technology services by deepening deployments in electric vehicle, smart heath care and robot industries while also strengthening development of core technologies including AI, semiconductor and 5G/6G mobile communications, according to its chairman Young Liu.
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