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| Amazon in advanced talks to Northern Virginia on HQ2 location |
11/5/2018 |
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The discussions include how quickly Amazon would move its employees there, which buildings it would occupy and how an announcement about the move would be made to the public. It’s unclear whether Amazon is having similar discussions with other finalists.
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| Cornami disclosed neural network AI chip |
11/5/2018 |
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Cornami aims to supply its chips to numerous markets, including in "edge computing," where automobiles and consumer electronics have an especial need for chips that have very responsive performance and are energy-efficient in how they run neural networks.
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| GlobalWafers' CEO Hsu predicts tight wafer supply ahead |
11/5/2018 |
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Demand for 8-inch and 12-inch wafers has been quite strong. GlobalWafers has signed long-term supply contracts with customers, most of which will remain valid through 2020. Contracts for large-size wafers now command 80-90% of her company's existing capacities.
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| UMC endicted on funneling Micron DRAM technology to China |
11/5/2018 |
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The case traces its roots back to last year, when Micron filed a civil suit against UMC and Fujian Jinhua alleging theft of its trade secrets and other misconduct after Taiwan authorities filed criminal indictments against UMC and three of its employees.
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| DRAM prices dropped over 10% in October |
11/2/2018 |
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According to the data compiled by industry tracker DRAMeXchange, the average price of DDR4 8 Gb, used mostly in PCs, reached US$7.31 per unit as of the end of October, down 10.7 percent from $8.19 posted a month earlier.
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| Samsung cautions slow growth on memory |
11/2/2018 |
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Samsung said it would cut its 2018 semiconductor capex to about 24.9 trillion won (about $22.6 billion), a decline of about 9% from last year’s total of 27.3 trillion won.
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| Toshiba offers Bluetooth 5 for automotive applications |
11/1/2018 |
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The TC35681IFTG is based on an arm Cortex-M0 CPU and is compliant with Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) core specification 5.0. It will be used in a number of automotive applications including Remote Keyless Entry (RKE), On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) and Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems.
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| China's manufacturing slows |
11/1/2018 |
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The purchasing managers' index of the National Bureau of Statistics and an industry group, the China of Logistics and Purchasing, fell to 50.2 from September's 50.8.
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| PTT Trade Pact moves on without the U.S. |
11/1/2018 |
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The deal is aimed at streamlining trade and slashing tariffs to facilitate more business activities between member nations with a combined population of nearly 500 million people and GDP of $13.5 trillion.
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| Apple launched redesigned iPad Pro |
10/31/2018 |
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The new 2018 iPad Pro, the tablet now comes with narrow bezels that ruled out the Home button to make place for Face ID that is located on the top bezel.
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| Cypress partners with SK Hynix on SLC NAND |
10/31/2018 |
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The JV will manufacture and sell Cypress' existing single-level cell (SLC) NAND products and will continue to invest in next-generation NAND products, according to Cypress.
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| TI to build new 300mm fab in Texas |
10/30/2018 |
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The company will likely decide the location in the next year. One of the sites being considered is TI-owned land in Richardson.
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| Semiconductor equipment Book=to-bill down |
10/30/2018 |
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Since peaking in May at $2.7 billion, monthly equipment billings have declined by 23%. However, 2018 tool billings remain well ahead of last year's record pace.
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| Cadence offers 112G SerDes design |
10/29/2018 |
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The IP delivers the power, performance and area (PPA) efficiency required to build high-port density networking products for next-generation cloud-scale and telco datacentres.
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| Intel overcomes 10nm process |
10/29/2018 |
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“We’re still very much reinforcing and reaffirming our previous guidance that we believe that we’ll have 10 nm shipping by holiday of 2019,”
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