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| MOSFET prices hit by slow demand |
4/1/2019 |
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Industry leader Infineon's recent guidance cut may indicate automotive MOSFET demand is slowing, said the sources, which expressed concerns that more supplies from Infineon and other IDMs for mass-market applications will drag down the overall market prices.
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| MIPS version 6 is now open architecture |
4/1/2019 |
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MIPS Open Tools cover integrated development environment for embedded real-time operating systems and Linux-based systems for embedded products. They will enable developers to build, debug and deploy applications on MIPS-based hardware and software platforms.
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| IHS Markit. predicts a 22% DRAM market value drop |
3/29/2019 |
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"The recent decision announced by Micron Technologies to cut memory chip output, in the face of stalling demand is not surprising. In fact, most memory chip manufactures are taking measures to manage supply output and inventory levels, to address softening demand."
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| European Central Bank ready to act when bad economy hits |
3/29/2019 |
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The bank would take "all the monetary policy actions that are necessary and proportionate" in addition to steps taken at its March 7 meeting, when it extended the earliest date for rate increases and announced new cheap loans for banks.
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| China’s Tsinghua Unigroup gethers telent to develope DRAM industry |
3/29/2019 |
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Tsinghua aims to hire SMIC Co-CEO Haijun Zhao to head up a new DRAM company that would combine China’s fledgling memory makers, which are struggling to survive. Despite China’s multi-billion investment to build a domestic memory industry, it lacks much of the key intellectual property needed to compete in the business.
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| China agreed to seek fair trade rules with Europe |
3/28/2019 |
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European countries seek to boost relations with China while also putting pressure over its business practices —amid trade tensions between the United States and both China and the European Union.
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| U.S. consumer confidence down in March |
3/28/2019 |
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The index, covering through March 14, measures consumers' assessment of current economic conditions and their expectations for the next six months. Both declined in March.
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| AMD takes advantage of Inel processor shortage |
3/27/2019 |
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A shortage of Intel processors that began last year — particularly at the higher end of the market — has constrained PC OEMs and prompted several of them to introduce systems based on AMD processors. Intel CEO Bob Swan said in January that the processor shortage could last into the second half of 2019.
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| Congress is gathering momentum to approve the proposed New NAFTA |
3/27/2019 |
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President Donald Trump will meet with GOP lawmakers Tuesday to try to kick-start the process for rounding up votes on Capitol Hill. Supporters in Congress and business groups say they have a narrow window to push it through, given that lawmakers tend to avoid tough trade votes during election season.
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| Semiconductor equipment and tools sales retreated |
3/26/2019 |
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After two years of benefiting from massive capital spending by chipmakers — especially memory companies — fab tool vendors are finding it impossible to keep pace with previous sales levels as semiconductor industry growth has sputtered.
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| Economists see business to slow down |
3/26/2019 |
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Economists collectively project that growth, as measured by the gross domestic product, will reach a modest 2.4 this year and just 2 percent in 2020. Among the key factors in their dimmer assessment are a global slowdown and the ongoing trade conflicts between the Trump administration and several major trading partners.
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| Smartphone interface goes beyond touch screen |
3/25/2019 |
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The two latest trends in HMI technologies are voice activation and touchless or gesture control. Voice-controlled products received a lot of attention at Embedded World in Nuremberg; a prominent example was NXP Semiconductor’s new microcontroller featuring integrated Alexa Voice Service (AVS) capability, touchless control went almost unnoticed at MWC Barcelona, but it is equally being pursued aggressively by key players.
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| New military aircraft design is “attritable” |
3/25/2019 |
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For military purposes, “attritable” is defined as a design trait that trades reliability and maintenance for low-cost, reusable and eventually expendable weapons. The approach is akin to the destroyer escorts used by the U.S. Navy in World War II to defend heavily-armored capital ships and convoys.
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| PCIe SSD market to be on-par with SATA SSD by year end |
3/22/2019 |
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Market sources said that unit price for 512GB PCIe SSD has fallen by11% sequentially to US$55 in the first quarter of 2019, compared to a corresponding price drop of 9% for SATA SSD, with price gap between the two types of SSD continuing to narrow from 30% seen in 2018.
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