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| Qualcomm announced new powerful Snapdragon line ups |
12/12/2018 |
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The Snapdragon 855, along with its X50 modem, position the company to dominate the first wave of 5G devices. The Snapdragon 8cx, sports expanded GPU and I/O blocks, aiming to catch up with the performance and flexibility of mobile x86 chips from Intel and AMD.
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| Intel, Samsung and Globalfoundaries to offer embedded MRAM |
12/12/2018 |
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Intel (Santa Clara, California) described the key features of spin-transfer torque (STT)-MRAM–based non-volatile memory into its 22FFL process, calling it “the first FinFET-based MRAM technology. Samsung (Seoul), meanwhile, described STT — MRAM in a 28-nm FDSOI platform. STT-MRAM is regarded as the best MRAM technology in terms of scalability, shape dependence, and magnetic scalability.
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| Huawei suppliers fines employee who buy U.S. phones and equipments |
12/11/2018 |
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In an apparent show of nationalistic pride and support for its troubled counterpart, it also said it will cease to buy any American products such as office equipment, computers and cars, and will reward staff who buy Huawei or ZTE phones by giving them a 15 per cent subsidy.
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| November sales down on two major fab companies |
12/11/2018 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have reported sequential decreases in November consolidated revenues of 3.1% and 8.1%, respectively.
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| Samsung dedicates L8-1 fab to QD-OLED production |
12/10/2018 |
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The L8-1 fab is built in two phases with a total capacity of 200,000 substrates a month, and the transition will enable Samsung to roll out 160,000-180,000 substrates for QD-OLED panels.
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| Broadcom records a robust quarter |
12/10/2018 |
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Revenue and profit above analysts’ estimates, driven by strong demand for its enterprise storage and networking products from data centers.
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| Semi Industry to finish year strong |
12/10/2018 |
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WSTS now expects chip sales to reach $478 billion this year, an increase of 15.9% from 2017. The organization — which is comprised of 42 semiconductor companies that pool sales data — predicts that chip sales will grow by a much more modest 2.6% next year.
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| Qualcomm to offer Snapdragon for PCs |
12/7/2018 |
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Apple is rumored to be working on an ARM-based Mac for 2020, so it’ll be interesting to see if these devices can take over Intel and AMD’s hold on the laptop market in the near future.
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| U.S. job gain show signs of retreat |
12/7/2018 |
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The employment report comes as soft October data on the housing market, business spending on equipment as well as a jump in the trade deficit to a 10-year high have heightened fears the economy is slowing.
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| Activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in November |
12/6/2018 |
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Manufacturing expanded in November as the PMI registered 59.3 percent, an increase of 1.6 percentage points from the October reading of 57.7 percent. This indicates growth in manufacturing for the 27th consecutive month, led by strong new orders, production output and continued slowing supplier delivery performance.
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| British Telecom to keep Huawei off 5G |
12/5/2018 |
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New Zealand and Australia have stopped telecom operators using Huawei’s equipment in new 5G networks because they are concerned about possible Chinese government involvement in their communications infrastructure.
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| Computational Storage Technical Work Group to set computational storage standards |
12/5/2018 |
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The Computational Storage Technical Work Group (TWG) launched by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) will bring together member companies to create standards to promote the interoperability of computational storage devices and to define interface standards for system deployment, provisioning, management, and security.
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| Touch and Display chip demand grows |
12/5/2018 |
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TDDI chip demand is set to grow robustly next year, according . In particular, Android phone vendors are gearing up to promote their all-screen models mainly in the mid-range market segment next year, which will stimulate TDDI chip demand,
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| Amazon released some details on its Prime members |
12/4/2018 |
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One-day and same-day delivery is now available across 8,000 cities and towns, while two-hour delivery now reaches more than 30 major cities. The traditional Prime two-day shipping, meanwhile, is available across 100 million items.
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