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| Sri Lanka steps into the supply chain of global electronics |
3/1/2019 |
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The Electrical and Electronics Industry in Sri Lanka has grown over the past 40 years into a key industrial manufacturing sector, contributing towards the country’s economic growth. The Industry contributed US $318 million to Sri Lankan exports in 2016 and absorbs over 40,000 skilled workers in its multi-faceted activities.
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| Samsung Electronics to mass produce 512GB UFS |
3/1/2019 |
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The devices is compliant with version 3.0 of the Universal Flash Storage from the Jedec standards organization and delivers twice the speed of the previous-generation eUFS 2.1 spec to allow smartphone users to enjoy seamless experiences in future smartphones with ultra-large high-resolution screens.
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| Intel breaks tide with Chinese partner on 5G |
2/28/2019 |
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"On Unisoc, we've actually ended that partnership ... we decided mutually that we would not continue that partnership, What we're going to do is we're going to target essentially some of our compute and 5G solutions just directly to the OEMs of China."
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| Increased intelligence on security cameras |
2/28/2019 |
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In security applications, you want to be able to ignore normal behaviors and be alerted to anomalies, so there is increasing use of Artificial Intelligence in these systems and the market is expected to grow from $22.B in 2016 to over $55B in 2023 for a 13.6% CAGR .
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| Fed chairman predicts slower growth for 2019 |
2/28/2019 |
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U.S. economy should keep expanding at a solid, though somewhat slower pace this year. But he warned of growing risks, including a global slowdown, volatile financial markets and uncertainty about U.S. trade policy.
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| Western Digital show off 1TB micro SD card at MWC |
2/27/2019 |
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It has read speeds of up to 160MB/s and write speeds of up to 90MB/s, much like the 400GB one Western Digital launched last year. And it uses the SD Association's A2 specification to get apps launched quickly, so you'll be that much faster booting up your digital version of Smash Bros. Ultimate on Nintendo Switch or access stored photos and videos.
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| Disruptions seen in the H-1B approval process since Trump took office |
2/27/2019 |
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CEOs for companies including Apple, Ford and Coca-Cola penned a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in August, saying immigration policy changes were undermining economic growth. "At a time when the number of job vacancies are reaching historic highs due to labor shortages," they said, "now is not the time to restrict access to talent."
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| FCC want engineers to explore the 95GHz spectrum |
2/26/2019 |
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The FCC will start work on releasing a whopping 21 GHz of spectrum above 95GHz at proceedings in March. In addition, it aims to open up bands from 95GHz to 3THz for experiments, and it will propose broadband uses at the other end of the spectrum in the unlicensed 900-MHz band.
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| Fed is taking a back seat on interest rate for now |
2/26/2019 |
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The Fed's semi-annual report to Congress on monetary policy stood in contrast to its last report in July when it signaled that it was on track to keep raising rates at a gradual pace over the next two years.
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| JEDEC released LPDDR5 RAM standard |
2/25/2019 |
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LPDDR5 boasts a 50-percent faster input/output rates, and it also offers data transfer rates of 6400Mbps, which is twice faster than what LPDDR4 RAM has to offer, as it supports 3200Mbps speeds. These improvements help enhance the performance of devices like smartphones and tablets equipped with the latest memory standard.
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| 5G and AI chips are turning to EUV process |
2/25/2019 |
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TSMC claimed it is making progress in the development of sub-7nm process technologies with plans to move a newer 5nm EUV process to volume production by 2020 well on track.
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| Processing technology continue to advance |
2/25/2019 |
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There is more variety than ever among the logic-oriented process technologies that companies offer, and derivative versions of each process generation between major nodes have become regular occurrences,
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| Only 17% of Indian company report cyber attack |
2/25/2019 |
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Commenting on the findings, Burgess Cooper, Partner - Cyber Security, EY India said, “In comparison to the previous years, organizations are planning to spend more on cybersecurity, devoting more resources for improving their defences, and working harder to embed security-by-design.
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| Samsung and SK Hynix described their DDR5 technology at ISSCC |
2/22/2019 |
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DDR5 — or Double Data Rate 5 — is still under development at the Jedec standards organization. DDR5 offers double the bandwidth and double the density of DDR4 along with delivering improved channel efficiency. The standard was expected to be finalized last year, but remains a work in progress. DDR5 products are now expected to appear beginning late this year.
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| Micron Technology to enter volume production of 1x nm DRAM |
2/22/2019 |
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Micron has entered volume production of 1xnm DRAM chips at both its factory sites in Taoyuan (northern Taiwan) and Taichung (central Taiwan), and is gearing up for commercial production of 1ynm-made chips in the second half of this year.
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| Toshiba Memory claims highest-capacity NAND memory chip |
2/22/2019 |
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The Toshiba device stores 4 bits per cell and achieves bit density of 8.5 Gb/mm2, more than 40% better than a 512-Gb TLC 3D NAND device also described at the ISSCC Tuesday by Toshiba and its partner in NAND development and manufacturing, Western Digital.
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| Qualcomm wants to lead U.S. with X55 5G modem |
2/21/2019 |
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"I believe that the X55 is Qualcomm's continuation of their leadership in 5G. The fact that this is Qualcomm's second generation of chips and it is already shipping to customers means that they're considerably further ahead of the competition,"
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