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| TSMC set $13.5 billion aside for R&D |
5/1/2018 |
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The proposed investment is subject to the government’s ability to procure and integrate more land into the Hsinchu science park in Taiwan, which is currently full, as well as to environmental assessments.
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| Class Action filed for DRAM price fixing |
4/30/2018 |
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Another class action lawsuit has been filed, alleging that Samsung, Hynix, and Micron conspired to limit the supply of memory, keeping consumer prices artificially high as a result.
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| Jeff Bezos' rocket took flight |
4/30/2018 |
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The New Shepard capsule successfully detached from its booster, as planned, at an altitude of about 47 miles, and went on by itself to reach a height of 351,000 feet, or about 66.5 miles.
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| Huawei under U.S. investigation |
4/27/2018 |
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The U.S. Department of Justice is looking into whether the world's No. 3 smartphone maker violated American sanctions targeting Iran, media outlets reported on Wednesday.
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| Taiwan, king of semiconductor material market |
4/27/2018 |
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At US$10.3 billion, Taiwan remained the largest region of the global semiconductor materials market in 2017, SEMI noted. China solidified its hold on the second spot, followed by South Korea and Japan.
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| AMD chips into Intel market share |
4/27/2018 |
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processors and graphics chips reported revenue of $1.65 billion for the quarter, up 40 percent from a year earlier. Since the PC market isn’t growing at 40 percent, and since rival Intel also isn’t growing that fast, it’s logical to conclude that AMD’s latest processors are grabbing market share.
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| Samsung put automotive class DRAM into production |
4/26/2018 |
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Samsung decided to start the mass production of the 10-nano level 16Gb LPDDR4X DRAM. Compared with the previous 20-nano level 8Gb LPDDR4 DRAM automotive chips, the new product can operate with no issues from minus 40 degrees to plus 125 degrees Celsius.
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| Tarriff waiver request pours in on Trumpt's tarriff |
4/26/2018 |
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The waiver request also indicates that a $15 million plant expansion may be at risk. Steelcase and PolyVision are on the verge of making the investment, which would create new construction and manufacturing jobs, according to the request.
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| Micron to expand Taiwan fab. |
4/25/2018 |
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The new hires are part of the US memorychip maker’s ongoing efforts to build its local operation into one of its most advanced DRAM manufacturing and 3D memorychip packaging and testing sites in the world.
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| SK Hynix warns on mobile chip prospect |
4/25/2018 |
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Increasing signs of a maturing global smartphone market have fueled expectations that last year’s boom in chip demand is moderating and so will earnings growth.
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| IoT is now taking most of the 8" wafer capacity |
4/25/2018 |
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Global tech giants and telecom operators are joining IoT application markets, and governments in many countries are injecting substantial resources into IoT infrastructure construction, showing explosive demand for IoT-related chipset solutions.
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| Qualcomm to cut 1500 jobs |
4/23/2018 |
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Qualcomm cut thousands of jobs in 2015 and has struggled with falling sales over the past few years. In January, Qualcomm was hit by a $1.2 billion fine from the EU for violating anti-trust laws in a series of deals with Apple.
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