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| Toshiba Memory and Western Digital JV R&D center opens in Japan |
9/24/2018 |
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Mass production of 96-layer 3D flash memory at Fab 6 kicked off earlier in September 2018. Toshiba Memory and Western Digital have installed cutting-edge manufacturing equipment for key production processes including deposition and etching at the new fab.
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| Samsung Electronics to cut memory production |
9/24/2018 |
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After tremendous growth over the past 18 months amid shortages, the memory chip market is softening, with industry analysts warning of a looming downturn amid oversupply.
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| What if Amazon gets into banking ? |
9/21/2018 |
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A Bain & Company survey of 6,000 people published Tuesday showed that consumers trust Amazon (amzn, +0.39%) more than they do their banks: 65% of Amazon Prime customers said they would sign up for a bank account with Amazon (specifically, a free account that offered 2% cash back), while 43% of non-Prime customers and 37% of non-Amazon customers said they would.
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| Cadence Design offers IP for AI processor |
9/21/2018 |
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As a result, the DNA 100 processor is well suited for on-device neural network inference applications, spanning autonomous vehicles (AVs), ADAS, surveillance, robotics, drones, augmented reality (AR) /virtual reality (VR), smartphones, smart home and IoT
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| Amazon launches new tool to enhance visual shopping |
9/21/2018 |
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Using a combination of imagery, a thumbs up and down voting mechanism, and machine learning technology, Scout offers an almost Pinterest-like way of browsing Amazon products, then refining recommendations through user input.
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| DRAM focus moving towards data center |
9/21/2018 |
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Big DRAM buyers are companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon, who are going ahead and buying whatever memory they need to run large, network storage systems and server applications, said Matas, and they’re fine with paying a premium price because of limited DRAM capacity.
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| Alibaba Group to produce its own AI chip |
9/20/2018 |
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Efforts would see the launch of Alibaba's first in-house developed AI chip in the second half of next year. Called AliNPU, the new AI chip had the potential to support technologies used in autonomous driving, smart cities, and smart logistics.
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| Sanctions on Iran leads to more cyber hacking |
9/20/2018 |
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"Whenever we see Iranian threat groups active in this region, particularly in line with geopolitical events, we have to be concerned they might either be engaged in or pre-positioning for a disruptive attack,"
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| Tariff does not help the chip industry |
9/20/2018 |
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Imposing the tariffs on semiconductor industry products would put U.S. companies at a disadvantage in relation to international competitors and threaten the market share of U.S. firms in China, as well as hurting U.S. exports and jobs while raising the cost of goods for U.S. consumers.
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| Macronix seeks funding to build 3D NAND |
9/19/2018 |
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An extra 50,000 wafers/month will initially be in traditional 3D NAND. Once it establishes a customer base, it will ramp a novel architecture that it claims sports 30% lower cost per bit.
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| Trump's $200 billion tariff list includes semiconductor material and components |
9/19/2018 |
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Chinese products on Monday's list include raw silicon and other products used in chip making, including items such as quartz reactor tubes and holders designed for insertion into diffusion and oxidation furnaces for semiconductor wafer production. The list also includes smart cards, as well as technology products used in data centers and networking gear.
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| Audi offers luxury car subscription plan |
9/19/2018 |
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For $1,395 per month, customers have access to an A4 sedan, A5 convertible, S5 coupe or Q5 or Q7 crossover, subject to availability. Subscribers can change vehicles up to twice a month and hold any vehicle for up to six months.
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| Taiwan foundry sales up 6,2% in quarter |
9/18/2018 |
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Thanks to strong demand for high performance computing (HPC) chips supporting crypto mining and other applications, Taiwan foundry houses saw their combined revenues from computer applications shoot up 27% sequentially to US$1.9 billion in the second quarter of 2018.
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| Facebook assembled an ASIC team to design its own chip |
9/17/2018 |
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Facebook “is absolutely bringing up a silicon team focused on working with silicon providers, and we have a chip we’re building, but it’s not our primary focus,” said Jason Taylor, vice president of infrastructure at Facebook. The chip is “not the equivalent of [Google’s] TPU” deep-learning accelerator.
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| According to Amazon's latest job posts, DC is likely chosen for HQ2 |
9/14/2018 |
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Washington D.C. area had the most open positions over the past few months. That includes three of the 20 finalists: D.C. proper, Northern Virginia and Montgomery County in Maryland. From May through July, Amazon had an average of about 841 open positions across those three areas combined.
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| Improved biometric identification chips catch on |
9/14/2018 |
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Biometric chip solutions have been increasingly adopted for household, automotive, industry and FinTech applications beyond the initial mobile devices, with lucrative business opportunities fueled by robust demand for optical recognition, iris recognition and face recognition chip solutions.
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