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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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| Stock market jumps on trade ceasefire |
12/3/2018 |
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The Dow soared more than 300 points on Monday after China and the United States reached a temporary trade truce. It's a big relief because the damaging trade war between the world's two largest economies was set to deepen in January.
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| Fujitsu offers new concept in 5G antenna |
12/3/2018 |
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The antenna provides speeds of more than 10Gbps across four simultaneous 2.5Gbps signals, using the millimetre-wave (mmWave) 28GHz 5G spectrum band, with 128 antenna elements.
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| Q3 chip sales broke record again |
12/3/2018 |
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Global semiconductor industry revenue grew 7.4% sequentially in the third quarter of 2018, reaching a record US$129.8 billion,
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| Automotive electronics to grow strong |
11/30/2018 |
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Sales of automotive electronic systems are forecast to grow 7% this year, reaching $152 billion, before growing an additional 6.3% next year to reach $162 billion.
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| Amazon launched own custom AI chip challenging Intel |
11/30/2018 |
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Amazon’s so-called “Inferentia” chip announced on Wednesday will help with what researchers call inference, which is the process of taking an artificial intelligence algorithm and putting it to use, for example by scanning incoming audio and translating that into text-based requests.
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| Samsung to out sell Intel by 19% |
11/30/2018 |
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It is rojected that Samsung will have 2018 chip sales of $83.3 billion, 19% more than Intel. Last year, Samsung's chip sales total bested Intel's by about 7%.
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| Memory shipment growth has slowed to a trickle |
11/28/2018 |
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The three-month rolling average for chip sales growth slowed to 13.8% in January, the lowest level since November 2016, according to the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization.
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