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| Powertech outlook excellent - thanks to memory |
1/31/2018 |
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Optimism builds on increasing adoption of DRAM and NAND memory chips in more applications, including Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency mining, this year.
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| Renesas denies rumor to acquire Maxim |
1/31/2018 |
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Earlier, CNBC reported that discussions were ongoing for a deal that could be valued at up to $20 billion. The report, however, also said that the deal was not imminent and may not happen.
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| Google acquired HTC for smatphone telents |
1/31/2018 |
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Google officially closed its $1.1 billion deal with HTC Corp., adding more than 2,000 smartphone specialists in Taiwan to help the search giant chase Apple Inc.
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| Mobile NAND flash market continue to grow |
1/30/2018 |
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NAND Flash market is expected to grow in the near future due to rise in use of NAND flash memory to lower the additional storage costs for memory. The North America and Europe market is expected to grow significantly in the near future owing to heavy demand for mobile and smartphones with reasonable rates.
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| Qualcomm work with Chinese smartphone manufacturer on 5G |
1/30/2018 |
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“Qualcomm Technologies has close relationships within China’s mobile and semiconductor ecosystem, and we’ll continue to work with this ecosystem to drive innovation as we move from the 3G/4G era to the 5G era," said Qualcomm President.
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| Price hike slows for Mobile DRAM |
1/29/2018 |
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Contract prices for mobile DRAM are forecast to rise by only three percent in the first quarter of 2018, according to DRAMeXchange.
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| Intel prospect looks good |
1/29/2018 |
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Intel Corp. gave an upbeat quarterly and annual sales forecast, signaling optimism that demand will persist even as the industry scrambles to fix vulnerabilities in its PC and server chips.
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| Western Digital attends record revenue quarter |
1/29/2018 |
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"We continued our strong financial performance in the December quarter, with nine percent year-over-year revenue growth, driven by each of our major end-market categories and solid execution by our team,"
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| Foundary competition to intensify with China into the game |
1/27/2018 |
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TrendForce estimates that China’s production capacity of 300mm wafer will reach nearly 700,000 pieces per month by the end of 2018, a 42.2% increase from the end of 2017; the revenue from China’s entire wafer fabrication industry is expected to reach RMB 176.7 billion in 2018, an annual growth of 27.12%.
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| FTC examining Broadcom's bid for Qualcomm |
1/27/2018 |
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U.S. Federal Trade Commission has made a second request for information on chipmaker Broadcom Ltd’s $103 billion hostile bid for Qualcomm Inc, Broadcom said in a statement on Friday.
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| Toshiba to consider IPO if sale of company falls through |
1/22/2018 |
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Hong Kong-based activist investor, Argyle Street Management Ltd, a hedge fund with $1.2 billion under management, has voiced opposition to the sale (to Bain Group) , saying it was no longer necessary and that the board should consider an IPO instead.
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| EUV is now ready for 7nm process |
1/22/2018 |
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“The main pieces for EUV at 7 nm are in place, and we will see some volume of wafers this year … but photoresist defects are still an order of magnitude too high for 5 nm,”
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| EU sets terms for Qualcomm's take over of NXP |
1/22/2018 |
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The European Commission, said in a statement on Thursday it had identified a number of competition concerns that had led to an in-depth investigation, but was now satisfied with the deal.
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| Texas Instruments to change CEO in June |
1/22/2018 |
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Rich Templeton, who took the helm of the semiconductor company in 2004 and became chairman four years later, is being succeeded as CEO by Brian Crutcher, a 22-year veteran of the company
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| Samsung offers 16Gb GDDR6 DRAM |
1/19/2018 |
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Built in a 10-nanometre process, has double the performance speed of a GDDR5 DRAM and consumes 35 percent less power.
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| Apple is looking to build another campus |
1/18/2018 |
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"The company plans to establish an Apple campus in a new location, which will initially house technical support for customers," Apple said in a statement Wednesday. "The location of this new facility will be announced later in the year."
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