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| NAND prices dropped 17% in October |
11/8/2018 |
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DRAMeXchange noted that 3D NAND flash contract prices for October 2018 alone suffered a monthly fall of 13-17%, marking the biggest decline of its kind ever seen since November 2017.
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| Brexit talks enter into deadlock |
11/8/2018 |
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Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29, but divorce negotiations have been hamstrung by divisions within May's Conservative government over how close an economic relationship to seek with the bloc.
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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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