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| Big Data intellegence to help IC design |
12/15/2017 |
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IC Manage CEO, described Big Data Labs as a “platform” on which his company hopes to “develop and customize new big-data-based design analytic tools” for customers.
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| Nvidia AI chip goes into Komatsu construction automation machine |
12/15/2017 |
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Komatsu will use image data processed by Nvidia's AI chips to monitor work sites in real time and quickly update construction plans according to the progress made. Drones will fly over large projects to capture the images via cameras equipped with the chips. Komatsu also seeks to develop autonomous construction machinery and other labor-saving services.
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| Apple invested in Finisar, an image recognition chip provider |
12/14/2017 |
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Finisar Corp clarified that Apple’s funding was not a debt or equity investment in the company. "The amount referred to by Apple represents anticipated future business between the companies over a period of time," Finisar said in a filing.
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| Manufacturing IoT to realize its power in 2018 |
12/14/2017 |
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IoT adoption and embrace the smart, digital solutions that will continue to push the industry forward. The benefits of IoT adoption for the manufacturing industry are undeniable which is why we’ll continue to see IoT speed ahead in 2018.
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| Toshiba offers JEDEC USF-2 compliant embedded NAND |
12/13/2017 |
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The devices integrate NAND chips fabricated with 15nm process technology and a controller in a single package. Five different capacities of 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB support a variety of automotive applications.
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| NAND flash to reach supply/demand balance by Q1 |
12/12/2017 |
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Thanks to increased production and the seasonal downturn, DRAMeXchange estimates that overall demand will fall by 15 percent in Q1 2018 compared to Q4 2017. The one caveat is that demand in the server market is expected to remain relatively flat.
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| Apple Watch 3 drove packaging to new height |
12/12/2017 |
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The ASE group is responsible for packaging and testing radio frequency, Wi-Fi and MEMS chips for iPhone and Apple Watch devices, and is expected to score record quarterly revenues in the fourth quarter of 2017, the sources said.
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| Micron suit UMC for leaking DRAM technology to China |
12/12/2017 |
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The sources said Micron has filed a lawsuit with a federal court in the North California District accusing UMC and JHICC of copying its DRAM trade secrets, marking the first time for Micron to extend its legal battle across the Taiwan Straits in safeguarding its DRAM IPs.
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| Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, talked architecture at IEDM |
12/12/2017 |
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Su began her address by saying that it was an honor for her to be speaking at the conference 25 years after receiving an award for best student paper at IEDM in 1992 at the age of 22.
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| Nvidia offers graphic card for AI on desktop |
12/11/2017 |
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The Titan V promises increased performance over its predecessor, the Pascal-based Titan X, while maintaining the same power requirements. The Titan V sports 110 teraflops of raw computing capability, which is 9X that of its predecessor.
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| Toshiba reached agreement to settle dispute with WD |
12/11/2017 |
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The settlement under discussion calls for Western Digital to drop arbitration claims seeking to stop the sale in exchange for allowing it to invest in a new production line for advanced flash memory chips that is slated to start next year
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| MediaTek and Qualcomm to embrace entry level Android Go |
12/11/2017 |
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Android Go is a version of the Android Oreo operating system that’s designed to run on smartphones with either 512MB or 1GB of RAM. By comparison, flagship handsets on the market today use as much as 6GB of RAM.
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| Samsung to hire 1000 "cream-of-the-crop" engineers in India |
12/8/2017 |
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“Samsung is extremely bullish on R&D in India. We have been here for over 22 years. The three R&D centres in India work on several cutting-edge technologies. The India centres not only work on innovation for Indian consumers but also contribute to global products”.
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