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| U.S. regulators blocked sales of Xcerra to China |
2/28/2018 |
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Xcerra said that CFIUS had blocked its proposed $580 million sale to China-backed investment fund Hubei Xinyan. Xcerra and Xinyan are discussing alternatives to pursue opportunities in new and existing markets in China.
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| Mobile DRAM revenue pulls back some after seasonal rush |
2/27/2018 |
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Global mobile DRAM revenue hit a new high of US$8 billion in 4Q17, a robust sequential growth of 23.6%. In 1Q18, global mobile DRAM revenues are expected to grow slower due to weaker demands on the smartphone market. Most smartphone brands have made adjustments to their production plans and postponed the restocking of materials.
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| Nanya predicts a good year for DRAM |
2/27/2018 |
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gThe industryfs uptrend only kicked off in the second half and is to extend into the whole of this year. The strongest demand comes from servers and data centers.h
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| South Korea's chip exports up 53% in January |
2/27/2018 |
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Exports of semiconductors soared 53.8 percent on-year to $9.86 billion in January. In September last year, exports of semiconductors soared 73.3 percent on-year to an unprecedented $9.88 billion, and subsequently surpassed $9 billion for five months in a row.
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| Demand for voice command chips to increase |
2/27/2018 |
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MediaTek's shipments for voice-assistant devices are expected to surge over 50% on year in 2018, as the chip firm has obtained orders from the world's leading smart speaker vendors, according to the sources.
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| Xiaomi announced new phone with Snapdragon 845 chipset |
2/26/2018 |
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According to previous rumors, the device will come with 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM along with 256GB of high speed UFS storage. A pair of 12MP cameras will adorn the back of the handset and an "under-the-display" fingerprint scanner will be on board.
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| Intel to collaborate with Chinese mobile chip maker |
2/23/2018 |
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Intel Corporation officially announced a long-term strategic collaboration on 5G. The companies plan to develop a 5G smartphone platform for the China market that will feature an Intel 5G modem and will be targeted to coincide with 5G network deployments in 2019.
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| Apple moves to deal direct with colbalt miners |
2/22/2018 |
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The move means Apple will find itself in competition with carmakers and battery producers to lock up cobalt supplies. Companies from BMW AG and Volkswagen AG to Samsung SDI Co. are racing to sign multiyear cobalt contracts to ensure they have sufficient supplies of the metal.
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| Samsung offers 30TB SSD |
2/21/2018 |
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It is the largest memory capacity ever for a single form factor storage device and enough to store 5,700 Full HD (1920x1080, or around 5GB) movies.
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| What is Broadcom to get off the proposed Qualcomm merger? |
2/21/2018 |
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Financial analysts agree that the $121 billion deal is in the best interests of stockholders for the short-term. But long-term, they say that it’s bad for the industry and that Broadcom’s growth-by-acquisition model will not be sustainable.
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