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Increase in EDA sales shows growth in semiconductor technology 1/17/2018
Part of this is due to growth in new markets, particularly automotive and AI. Mentor is tracking 330 companies involved with electric vehicles, and 107 companies with autonomous vehicles.
UMC sue Micron in China for infringement 1/17/2018
After conducting an in-depth review, UMC claims it found that Micron's products sold in China infringed upon the patent rights of the company.
Gartner predicts semi market to increase 7.5% 1/17/2018
>“Favourable market conditions for memory sectors that gained momentum in the second half of 2016 prevailed through 2017 and look set to continue in 2018, providing a significant boost to semiconductor revenue,”
Semiconductor companies continue to emerge 1/16/2018
The semiconductor sector is one of a handful of markets that has been heavily embroiled in merger/acquisition activity over the past decade or so.
TSMC sales dropped in 1st quarter 1/16/2018
The global smartphone market is saturated, TSMC’s sales this year could be affected, as its chips used in smartphones and related devices account for about 50 percent of the company’s total sales.
HBM2 goes into mass production at Samsung 1/16/2018
It is 9.6 times faster data transmission than an 8GB GDDR5 high-performance graphics DRAM chip with 8Gbps.
Memory prices to decline gradually in 2018 1/16/2018
High-end flash memory chips, which are widely used in smartphones, dropped nearly 5 percent in the fourth quarter - some analysts now expect the industry’s growth rate will fall by more than half this year to 30 percent.
Samsung and Western Digital rocked by clouded memory market 1/15/2018
Samsung Electronics shares were rocked by the latest update, appearing on course to notch up another weak of losses. The stock is already down by nearly 6% this year.
Foxconn posted 50% revenue growth on height of iPhone X production 1/15/2018
The growth in monthly revenue to NT$675 billion (US$30.47 billion) was attributed mainly to the price of the new iPhone X was 20 per cent higher than iPhone 8 Plus.
IC Insights forecasts analogue IC market to grow 1/15/2018
Report forecasts that revenues for analogue products—including both general purpose and application-specific devices—will increase by a CAGR of 6.6% to $74.8 billion in 2022 from $54.5 billion in 2017.
ST Micro to use FD-SOI (22FDX) process technology from Globalfoundries 1/15/2018
"FD-SOI is ideally suited for cost-sensitive applications requiring significant processing and connectivity capabilities at lower power consumption,"
Fujitsu offers die shrinked 2 Mbit FRAM 1/12/2018
Die shrink offers a series of technical advantages. The maximum operating frequency has been increased from 25 MHz up to 40 MHz at 3 V supply. The  device consumes max 2.0 mA active current at 40 MHz.
Texas Instruments applies DLP technology to adaptive headlampss 1/12/2018
The system can turn off the part of the headlight that would project into the windshields of oncoming cars. The new system can also project images and signs onto the road ahead of you, like lane markings during a road closure or navigation directions.
TSMC reports higher than expected revenue 1/12/2018
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co yesterday posted a 10.1 percent growth in revenue for last quarter to NT$277.57 billion (US$9.38 billion), surpassing its projection.
Samsung to open off-air FM radio free to its smartphone users 1/12/2018
Unlocked FM radio chip in a smartphone not only provides free access to local radio stations, but also, in emergency situations, access to important information.
Intel/Micron announced folding of IM Flash JV 1/11/2018
In a joint statement issued Monday (Jan. 8), Intel and Micron said they would "work independently" on future 3D NAND after completing development of their third generation of 3D NAND late this year and into 2019.
AT&T dropped plans to sell Huawei smartphones 1/11/2018
>Huawei suffered a setback in the U.S. market when a congressional report in October 2013 said it was a security risk and warned telecom carriers not to use its equipment.
Regulators investigate Intel for possible insider trading 1/11/2018
There were a series of stock sales that Intel CEO Brian Krzanich completed Nov. 29. The trades were made at time that Intel knew about security bugs that weren't disclosed until last week.
Microsoft "Spectre" security fix rander some AMD systems inoperable 1/11/2018
Microsoft has temporarily stopped fixing a serious security flaw on personal computers powered by certain chips from Advanced Micro Devices because the repair is crippling the affected machines.
MIcron CFO optimistic about memory market in 2018 1/10/2018
Maddock says that the expected amount of increase in “bit supply,” the basic measure of how much is produced by the industry in total, is 40% to 50% this year, and that such a level of production can easily be absorbed by rising demand.
NVM Express takes hold in 2018 1/10/2018
In June, the NVMe specification got its first major update in nearly three years, putting it on the cusp of becoming the defacto standard for SSD interfaces.
Compettion and legal challenges makes it difficult for smartphone chip vendors 1/10/2018
The top-three third-party AP suppliers have been forced to compete laboriously in the entry-level and mid-tier AP segments as Apple, Samsung and Huawei are developing APs for their flagship models.
Is the memory boom ending? 1/10/2018
Samsung guidance fell short of consensus estimate, spooking investors already worried that a memory chip boom could be ending sooner rather than later.
Micron call quit on 3D stack NAND cooperation with Intel 1/9/2018
However, the parting of the ways does not apply to the phase-change based 3D-XPoint memory. The two companies said they will continue to cooperate on 3D-XPoint memory at the Intel-Micron Flash Technologies (IMFT) joint venture fab in Lehi, Utah.
Intel processor to include AMD Radeon graphic core 1/9/2018
The new Core H processors work with High Bandwidth Memory 2 (HBM2), a more power-efficient stacked memory technology that AMD pioneered and has since been turned into an industry standard.
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