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| U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.2 percent in February |
3/15/2018 |
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The Labor Department said Wednesday that the February increase in its producer price index was half January's 0.4 percent gain. Producer prices, which show inflation before it reaches consumers, have risen 2.8 percent over the past year.
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| Intel now has interest in acquiring Broadcom |
3/14/2018 |
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Intel has been working with advisors since late last year to formulate an acquisition strategy to offset Broadcom's bid, which if ultimately successful would further redraw a semiconductor industry landscape already undergoing drastic changes.
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| Reliability is life-and-death on autonomus driving chips |
3/14/2018 |
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The landscape is rapidly changing. Traditionally, semiconductor companies designed chips for automotive electronics using older, mature technology nodes. But with the rapid rate of innovation and consumer demands, automakers are leaning to semiconductor companies that specialize in consumer electronics to accelerate innovation in this industry.
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| Littace outsed CEO Billerbaeck |
3/14/2018 |
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The company largely missed out on the broad run-up in tech stocks since the Great Recession. Lattice's share price rose 32 percent during Billerbeck's tenure; during the same period, an index of 30 other chip stocks (not including Lattice) rose nearly 240 percent.
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| Fab equipment spending to rise 5% in 2019 |
3/14/2018 |
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The report said China is expected to be the main driver of fab equipment spending growth in 2018 and 2019, increasing yearly spending by 57% in 2018 and 60% in 2019 to support fab projects from both multinationals and domestic companies.
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| Global semiconductor demand stronger than predicted |
3/13/2018 |
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Trade Statistics predicts the chip business will increase 9.5% to $451 billion in 2018, but industry sources speculate DRAM demand and the need for other chips will boost that growth rate even higher.
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| GlobalFoundries to have new CEO |
3/13/2018 |
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Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Jha is stepping down and handing the role to Senior Vice President Thomas Caulfield, the company announced late Saturday.
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| Toshiba chip unit sales can be completed by June |
3/12/2018 |
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Toshiba is in less of a rush to finalize the deal since it received injections of capital late last year from overseas investors. If it does not complete the deal by March, it has the option of walking away, sources have said.
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| Broadcom pledge $1.5 billion R&D fund on 5G |
3/9/2018 |
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The new fund Broadcom is proposing would focus on innovation to train and educate the next generation of engineers in the U.S., ensuring America’s lead in future wireless technology.
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| MediaTek ready to ship smartphone chips with AI processor |
3/9/2018 |
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AI chips are going to play a main part in MediaTek's mobile SoC portfolio for 2018. MediaTek already has its in-house developed AI technology platform dubbed NeuroPilot, and will be developing multi-core solutions specifically based on its AI technology.
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| Cree acquired Infineon RF Power Business |
3/8/2018 |
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The deal, which has already closed, will expand the Cree Wolfspeed business unit, which is positioning itself to enable faster 4G mobile networks and prepare for the launch of 5G services.
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| Manufacturing continue to recover |
3/8/2018 |
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Manufacturing expanded in February as the PMI registered 60.8 percent, an increase of 1.7 percentage points from the January reading of 59.1 percent. This indicates growth in manufacturing for the 18th consecutive month at strong levels led by continued expansion in new orders.
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| NAND memory market is settling |
3/7/2018 |
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Coming off the high seasonal demand for NAND in the fourth quarter, the NAND market is currently in a state of slight oversupply, with NAND suppliers likely to see sales suffer as they cut prices on products to spur demand, according to DRAMeXchange.
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| 5G to drive semi market growth |
3/7/2018 |
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Suppliers are poised to gain significant growth momentum from the increasing market demand for radio frequency (RF) and power amplifier (PA) components along with the efforts of chipmakers to roll out related solutions to support 5G devices in the second half of 2018 and 2019.
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| South Korean chips are not under import scrutiny |
3/7/2018 |
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It is unlikely that (the chip industry) will face heavy tariffs as such a move can impact the cost of final products," said Mun Byung-ki, a researcher at the Korea International Trade Association.
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| IoT chips to realize mass market this year |
3/7/2018 |
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Increasing realization of IoT applications, Taiwan IC design houses are ready to enjoy explosive orders from terminal IoT markets, giving them optimism about their shipment and revenue performances for the year.
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