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| MediaTek received permission to resume sales to ZTE |
5/9/2018 |
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Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs on Friday granted an export permit to MediaTek, which supplies chipsets for ZTE smartphones, while several other Taiwanese companies are waiting for similar approvals.
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| Break through in RF converter IC spans 6GHz to 26GHz |
5/8/2018 |
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These mixers are well suited for use as upconverters and downconverters in demanding military, aerospace, and telecommunications applications operating in the C-band, X-band, Ku-band, and K-band frequencies.
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| Foxconn to build 12 inch fab |
5/7/2018 |
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Foxconn is looking to step into wafer fabrication, and already has its semiconductor subgroup evaluate the feasibility of building two 12-inch wafer plants, the sources indicated.
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| Autonomous agriculture is happening much faster than autonomous cars |
5/7/2018 |
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John Deere has been involved in everything from system design to development of the human-machine interfaces that support Deere’s semi-autonomous vehicle systems. The company’s Intelligent Systems Group developed many of the components for Deere’s semi-autonomous vehicles, from the GPS receiver to the embedded controller that helps drive some of the vehicles subsystems to accomplish semi-autonomous jobs.
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| Infineon optimistic on revenue growth |
5/4/2018 |
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Infineon said it expected revenues in the year to Sept. 30 to grow by 4-7 percent, lifting the lower end of the range by a percentage point from earlier guidance
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| Chip sles continue to grow |
5/3/2018 |
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Sales of semiconductors reached US$111.1 billion during the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 20% compared to the first quarter of 2017, according to The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
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| Spin Transfer Technologies unveils new MRAM |
5/2/2018 |
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Announced at Intermag, a conference on applied magnetism, Spin Transfer Technologies (STT)'s Precessional Spin Current (PSC) structure has the potential to enhance MRAM's density and zero leakage capabilities.
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| Foundry in U.K. to offer GaN process |
5/2/2018 |
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“Our GaN HEMT process addresses a growing UK space and defence customer base. The process developed over the last two years enables a unique UK sovereign supply,”
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| Toshiba might not want to sell off any more |
5/2/2018 |
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Toshiba repaid more than 40% of the debt owed to banks in a single quarter. The money owed to main lenders Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Mizuho Bank stood at 80 billion yen each in March, plunging by 60% over the three months. The amount owed to the other four banks dropped as well.
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| Intel to delay 10nm volume production |
5/1/2018 |
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Intel's 10nm shrink – implementing a 2.7x density increase over the 14nm process – had been too ambitious. The industry average increase is 1.5-2x. Intel will increase density 2.4x in the 10nm-7nm transition. 7nm is when Intel will introduce EUV.
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