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Intel accounts $1 billion on AI chip sales in 2017 |
8/10/2018 |
Intel has increasingly been depending on its sales to data centers, which provide behind-the-scenes computing power for mobile and web-based apps. Those apps, in turn, rely on artificial intelligence for features like photo and speech recognition.
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AI embedded SSD controller |
8/10/2018 |
The goal is to highlight how machine learning can help applications accelerate with minimal network bandwidth and no host CPU processing.
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Automotive startups got the lion's share of private investments |
8/10/2018 |
Faraday Future, an electric vehicle startup, received $2 billion in private funding at mid-year. Go-Jek and Lyft, two ride-hailing services, got $1.5 billion and $600 million, respectively. Pony.ai raised $214 million, while Roadstar.ai got $128 million; both companies are involved in autonomous driving.
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Yes, Chinese Semiconductors are on the tariff list ! |
8/9/2018 |
(SIA) trade group estimates that about $6.3 billion per year worth of semiconductors and related products are in one of the two tariff tranches, with the majority of those on the list released Tuesday. Semiconductor related items include equipment used in semiconductor manufacturing, as well as diodes and other types of devices.
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Toshiba post record quarterly profit after chip unit sales |
8/9/2018 |
Toshiba said it posted a net profit of 1.02 trillion yen ($9.16 billion) for the April-June quarter, up from 50.33 billion yen a year before, as it booked 970 billion yen in gains from the deal to sell the world’s No. 2 producer of NAND chips.
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Holitech builds factory in India to supply Xiaomi components |
8/8/2018 |
The local manufacturing is likely to start in the first quarter of 2019, where Holitech Technology will manufacture compact camera modules (CCM), thin film transistor (TFT), capacitive touchscreen module (CTP), flexible printed circuits (FPC), and fingerprint sensor locally at the Andhra Pradesh facility.
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T-Mobile reverses back to basic prices instead of giving free Netflex |
8/8/2018 |
Starting Friday, customers can get T-Mobile Essential, a $60-a-month plan with unlimited data and standard-definition video. A second line will cost $30, and additional lines are $10 if enrolled in an auto-payment plan. The Essential offer is $10 less than the company's current unlimited plan.
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Semiconductor industry need colaborations in IoT enviroment |
8/8/2018 |
highly fragmented IoT market covering broad end applications makes it challenging for a single semiconductor company to own the complete solutions. So how can they participate in this growing market? They can start by building an ecosystem of partners and enabling these partners with a digital sales platform.
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Winbond answered to EE Times Asia email interview |
8/7/2018 |
We have an existing complete family of serial NOR flash products at 1.8V and 3V ranging from 512Kb through 512Mb densities. We are the first company in the flash memory industry to offer a brand new family of the lowest voltage products at 1.2V.
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Semiconductor sales rise 20% |
8/6/2018 |
Growth of more than 20% for the first half of the year is no small achievement, particularly since 2017 semiconductor sales of $412 billion set an all-time high. The most recent WSTS forecast, released in June, calls for chip sales to increase 12.4% this year.
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Tesla readying its own AI chip for autonomus driving |
8/3/2018 |
The Tesla computer, otherwise known as “Hardware 3,” it’s a Tesla-built piece of hardware meant to be swapped into the Model S, X and 3 to do all the number crunching required to advance those cars’ self-driving capabilities.
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Advance sensors are the key to IoT applications |
8/3/2018 |
3D sensing technology can be well applied to various fields. 3D sensors are now mainly used for facial recognition, replacing touch ID for smartphone unlocking and mobile payment. Besides smartphones, long-range outdoor cameras, short-range VR (virtual reality) glasses, and low-luminance face recognition inside cars.
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NAND market see oversupply |
8/3/2018 |
Average selling price of NAND flash is expected to decline by 10 percent in the third quarter and another 10 percent in the fourth quarter.
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