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| Huawei slamming the FedEx action as a "vendetta." |
6/24/2019 |
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The smartphone in question had been sent by the U.K. office of PCMag to U.S. colleagues. The note attached to the returned parcel was unambiguous: "Parcel returned by FedEx due to U.S. Government with Huawei and China Government—return to sender."
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| Universal memory could solve the digital technology energy crisis |
6/24/2019 |
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With this new device, it would be possible to immediately reduce peak power consumption in data centres by as much as a fifth. It would also allow, computers which do not need to boot up and could instantaneously and imperceptibly go into an energy-saving sleep mode - even between key stokes.
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| Huawei ban opens opportuntiy for Taiwan suppliers |
6/24/2019 |
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Huawei has stepped up purchases of chip components from Taiwan-based companies, in the face of a ban on its purchases of US-made parts. An estimated 20-50% increase will boost the related Taiwan-based suppliers' revenues in the second half of 2019 and 2020,
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| Analyst warns a bad year for memory |
6/24/2019 |
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The memory chip market was initially expected to hit rock bottom in the fourth quarter of this year, but the US investor has postponed the timeline for its prediction to the second quarter of 2020. The NAND flash market will bottom out in the fourth quarter, about three months later than previously predicted,
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| Alexa listens to your heart and detects cardiac arrest |
6/21/2019 |
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“Researchers have developed a new tool to monitor people for cardiac arrest while they’re asleep without touching them,” the university says. “A new skill for a smart speaker — like Google Home and Amazon Alexa — or smartphone lets the device detect the gasping sound of agonal breathing and call for help.”
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| How to expand ways in wireless charging ? |
6/21/2019 |
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Researchers from the University of Tokyo, led by doctoral student Takuya Sasatani, Disney Research and the University of Michigan in the U.S. have created a room-sized device which uses magnetic fields to charge compatible devices inside it.
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| Memory market ASP predicted to drop 40% |
6/20/2019 |
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DRAM and NAND revenues hit a record high of around $160 billion in 2018, for a CAGR of 32% between 2016 and 2018. However a hit to demand and over-capacity have hit revenues and profits.
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| Winbond to continue investment to build a 12-inch fab in Kaohsiung |
6/19/2019 |
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Winbond is to continue with its NT$355 billion (US$11.3 billion) investment to build a 12-inch fab in Kaohsiung to meet rising customer demand. Construction began in October last year. The factory is to start mass production in 2021 using 20 nanometer technology
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| Eye control TV for future vision |
6/19/2019 |
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The initial hope is that the system will make it easier for people with physical disabilities to enjoy television — but that’s just one part of Comcast’s bigger plan.
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| Samsung to ride on M&A to grow non-memory business |
6/19/2019 |
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“It’s impossible to expect organic growth to become the top player in this field,” Kang (president of the system LSI business of Samsung’s device solutions division) said. “We will consider both small and big M&As to secure talent.”
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| 2nd day cash register blackout at Target |
6/17/2019 |
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The retail giant went down for a second day in a row. Many stores were only taking cash and gift cards. It comes after Target suffered a global point-of-sale machine outage on Saturday. Checkouts were down for more than two hours.
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| China May Industrial Output suffers |
6/14/2019 |
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China’s industrial output growth slowed to a more than 17-year low of 5% in May, well below expectations, in the latest sign of weakening demand in the world’s second-largest economy as the United States ramps up trade pressure.
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| SEMI predicts IC industry to grow 20% by 2020 |
6/14/2019 |
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Memory sector spending alone is expected to account for a disproportionate share of the 2019 falloff, dropping 45%, but should stage a strong recovery of 45% to US$28 billion in 2020, SEMI indicated.
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| Qualcomm to invest in Taiwan IC industry |
6/14/2019 |
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Qualcomm has made significant efforts to support academic research and has helped realize some research projects in Taiwan, Hsu said. Qualcomm's efforts will help boost the production value of Taiwan's networking/communications sector to NT$600 billion (US$19.07 billion) annually, plus an additional NT$200 billion for the foundry and back-end semiconductor sectors
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| Intel to turn New Mexico plant into optronics |
6/14/2019 |
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Now, the Rio Rancho site is front and center in developing new technologies that go far beyond Intel’s traditional focus on computer processing units, or CPUs, for personal computers and lap tops, Edgerly said. The local plant has become a key corporate cog in the design and production of next-generation components to immensely speed processing capacity in everything from data centers to smart buildings and cars.
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| OPEC Oil output fell to five-year low |
6/13/2019 |
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Production from the 14-nation producer club fell by 236,000 barrels per day last month to 29.88 million bpd, according to independent sources cited by OPEC in its monthly report. It was the first time OPEC pumped below 30 million bpd since June 2014.
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