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| iPhone to be tariff exempted |
6/20/2018 |
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Such a promise would be significant in light of recent moves by the Trump Administration that move the U.S. and China closer to an all-out trade war.
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| MediaTek to increase spending on 5G and AI |
6/20/2018 |
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Two years ago, MediaTek disclosed plans to invest a total of NT$200 billion (US$6.64 billion) in the R&D of chip technology for 5G, AI and other emerging applications in the next five years. The company will "invest more" to step up its efforts in the advanced technology R&D
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| Analog Devices offer 44GHz switches |
6/19/2018 |
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The switches are broadband, with the ADRF5024 yielding flat frequency response from 100MHz to 44GHz, while the ADRF5025 from 9kHz to 44GHz, with repeatable characteristics better than 1.7dB insertion loss and 35dB channel to channel isolation.
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| ITC judge to ban import of some iPhones |
6/19/2018 |
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The San Diego chipmaker filed a complaint against Apple nearly a year ago, asking the commission to ban the import of iPhones containing rival chipmaker Intel Corp’s (INTC.O) so-called modem chips, which help mobile phones connect to wireless data networks.
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| U.S. chip firms largely oppose tariffs and trade war |
6/19/2018 |
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Electronics supply chain, has voiced support for the administration’s efforts to protect intellectual property, but said that it does not believe the tariffs will do anything to address U.S. concerns over China’s trade practices.
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| China to challenge Korean semiconductor industry |
6/18/2018 |
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If China succeeds in localizing its semiconductor production, Korean exports could feel the effects. Last year, China was responsible for a fourth of Korea’s outbound shipments, of which nearly 80 percent were intermediary goods like semiconductors, displays and chemicals.
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| Need for 8 inch foundry out paces supply |
6/18/2018 |
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This is because suppliers of automotive electronics, IoT chips, MCUs, MOSFET chips, fingerprint recognition chips, sensor chips and LCD chips have rushed their foundry orders to the fabs since the beginning of 2018, but capacity expansions at the fabs are undermined by the growing difficulty in buying foundry equipment.
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| 55% of all connections to go wireless |
6/15/2018 |
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"WLAN, Bluetooth and Zigbee are already entrenched in the home automation and consumer electronics segments. And in the coming years, wireless is going to have a huge impact on industries such as healthcare, where providers will lean heavily on wireless connectivity to track and trace costly equipment across large sites and to monitor the condition of patients within domestic settings."
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| Producer price inches up |
6/14/2018 |
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Producer price index rose 3.1 percent from May 2017. The index rose 0.5 percent from April, biggest one-month increase since January. In April, producer prices rose just 0.1 percent.
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| EV cars are getting more entrenched |
6/14/2018 |
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current growth rates are immense. With big manufacturers jumping on the electrified bandwagon and e-car champion Tesla guiding the whole development.
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| Winbond offers automotive grade serial flash |
6/13/2018 |
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The new Winbond 1.8V W25N01JW chip can replace SPI NOR flash memory in automotive applications, such as data storage for instrument clusters or the center information displays (CIDs), the company indicated.
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| Globalfoundries to layoff 900 |
6/13/2018 |
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The company informed workers of the cuts on Monday (June 11). It will offer a voluntary separation program that it expects many people will accept.
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