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| Latest forecast: Chip sales to increase |
6/8/2018 |
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The latest forecast is more bullish than the original WSTS forecast for 2018, issued last November. That forecast called for chip sales to increase by 7 percent. Sales are expected to increase across all product categories and in all regions of the world.
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| Senate Republicans to challenge Trump tariff |
6/7/2018 |
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Many Republicans are hesitant to confront Trump in a legislative showdown that could end badly for them. Doing so could court a veto and bruise their standing with Trump voters they need in midterm elections.
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| Economic activity is strong but under the shadow of tariffs |
6/7/2018 |
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Backlog of Orders Index continued expanding, with its highest reading since April 2004, when it registered 66.5 percent. Consumption, described as production and employment, continues to expand in spite of labor and skill shortages.
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| AMD unveiled a new generation of CPU/GPU |
6/7/2018 |
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AMD is readying its next generation of CPUs and graphics processing units (GPUs). It will build those chips in a new 7-nanometer manufacturing process (which delivers smaller, faster, and more power-efficient chips) for sampling later this year and full launch in 2019.
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| Intel prefer to refocus on PC |
6/7/2018 |
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People really need to get things done, over 80% turn to their PC. At the same time, users are more distracted than ever. The nature of where, how and why peoplework is also changing. And the way people connect with one another has changed, with technology being a key driving force.
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| Intel introduced 5GHZ computer and more at Computex |
6/6/2018 |
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Intel will be looking to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary (and the 40th anniversary of Intel’s x86 architecture) by releasing a limited edition 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8086K processor with a 5.0 GHz turbo frequency.
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| Morris Chang retired |
6/6/2018 |
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Chang is handing off TSMC to two successors: C.C. Wei, who will serve as chief executive, and Mark Liu, who will serve as chairman. They’ll face significant challenges.
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| ARM China to go IPO |
6/6/2018 |
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Headquartered in Shenzhen, Arm China is 49% owned by ARM and 51% owned by a fund with China-based investors. Arm China was formed according to a MoU signed between the parties in May 2017, and started operations in April 2018.
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| Sharp to acquire Toshiba PC business |
6/5/2018 |
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Sharp, controlled by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., will pay ¥4 billion for an 80.1 percent stake in Toshiba Client Solutions Co., a PC-related subsidiary of Toshiba that once held the biggest share of the global laptop market but has since lost out to overseas rivals.
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| Samsung to announce triple camera system with S10 |
6/5/2018 |
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Samsung won’t be the first company to bring mobile with three lenses (Huawei P20 beat Samsung in that race), it claimed that it will provide a better user experience and will introduce new technology.
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| Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 to get radical upgrade |
6/4/2018 |
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Bloomberg’s ever-reliable Mark Gurman has confirmed an exclusive I broke last month: for the first time in its history, Samsung will upgrade its flagship cameras twice in one year.
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| Bain completes $18 billion Toshiba purchase |
6/4/2018 |
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The completion of the deal, initially aimed for by end-March, had been delayed due to a prolonged review by Chinese antitrust authorities. China approved the deal last month.
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| ARM to offer CPU chip challenging Intel X86 |
6/1/2018 |
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Arm announced a new mobile CPU core that it said can deliver performance within 10% of Intel’s latest Skylake chips. Analysts praised the architecture’s leap forward but said that they doubt Arm will take a significant share of today’s x86-based notebooks.
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| Samsung offers 32GB DDR4 modules for game computers |
6/1/2018 |
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Samsung started production of the industry's first 10-nano level 32GB DDR4 small outline dual in-line memory module (SODIMM). Samsung said the product provides optimized performances for premium gaming laptops, allowing users to play various titles more smoothly.
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| Nvidia CEO Claims AI revolve around GPU |
6/1/2018 |
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Huang detailed a "Cambrian explosion" of technologies driven by GPU-powered deep learning. In less than a decade, the computing power of GPUs has grown 20-fold, representing a 1.7-fold growth per year, far outstripping Moore's law.
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| China's complain on DRAM prices can shoot a hole on Micron stock prices |
5/31/2018 |
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Recent report from TrendForce's DRAMeXchange claims that China's Ministry of Commerce -- which focuses on antitrust probes -- recently met with Micron to express concerns about rising DRAM prices. This doesn't mean that China will launch an antitrust probe into Micron, but it raises some troubling questions about the chipmaker's future.
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| Qualcomm offers dedicated VR/AR chip |
5/31/2018 |
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The company says the XR1 can output video up to 4K resolution at 60 frames per second, that it’ll keep motion-to-photon latency “well below” 20 milliseconds, and that it can handle both 3DoF and 6DoF tracking for headsets and accompanying controllers if needed.
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| Trade talk goes into deadlock with China |
5/31/2018 |
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Trump's administration announced plans Tuesday to slap $50 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese technology while taking steps to impose new investment restrictions and export controls, aimed at pushing China to remove trade barriers.
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| Q1 economic growth revised down |
5/31/2018 |
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The U.S. economy grew at a weaker 2.2 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year. But given the economy's recent performance, analysts are still looking for a solid rebound in the current quarter.
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