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| Huawei under U.S. investigation |
4/27/2018 |
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The U.S. Department of Justice is looking into whether the world's No. 3 smartphone maker violated American sanctions targeting Iran, media outlets reported on Wednesday.
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| Taiwan, king of semiconductor material market |
4/27/2018 |
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At US$10.3 billion, Taiwan remained the largest region of the global semiconductor materials market in 2017, SEMI noted. China solidified its hold on the second spot, followed by South Korea and Japan.
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| AMD chips into Intel market share |
4/27/2018 |
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processors and graphics chips reported revenue of $1.65 billion for the quarter, up 40 percent from a year earlier. Since the PC market isn’t growing at 40 percent, and since rival Intel also isn’t growing that fast, it’s logical to conclude that AMD’s latest processors are grabbing market share.
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| Samsung put automotive class DRAM into production |
4/26/2018 |
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Samsung decided to start the mass production of the 10-nano level 16Gb LPDDR4X DRAM. Compared with the previous 20-nano level 8Gb LPDDR4 DRAM automotive chips, the new product can operate with no issues from minus 40 degrees to plus 125 degrees Celsius.
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| Tarriff waiver request pours in on Trumpt's tarriff |
4/26/2018 |
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The waiver request also indicates that a $15 million plant expansion may be at risk. Steelcase and PolyVision are on the verge of making the investment, which would create new construction and manufacturing jobs, according to the request.
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| Micron to expand Taiwan fab. |
4/25/2018 |
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The new hires are part of the US memorychip maker’s ongoing efforts to build its local operation into one of its most advanced DRAM manufacturing and 3D memorychip packaging and testing sites in the world.
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| SK Hynix warns on mobile chip prospect |
4/25/2018 |
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Increasing signs of a maturing global smartphone market have fueled expectations that last year’s boom in chip demand is moderating and so will earnings growth.
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| IoT is now taking most of the 8" wafer capacity |
4/25/2018 |
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Global tech giants and telecom operators are joining IoT application markets, and governments in many countries are injecting substantial resources into IoT infrastructure construction, showing explosive demand for IoT-related chipset solutions.
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| Qualcomm to cut 1500 jobs |
4/23/2018 |
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Qualcomm cut thousands of jobs in 2015 and has struggled with falling sales over the past few years. In January, Qualcomm was hit by a $1.2 billion fine from the EU for violating anti-trust laws in a series of deals with Apple.
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| Apple shares down as TSMC questions on forward chip demand |
4/20/2018 |
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TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker and a major Apple supplier, revised its full-year revenue target to the low end of its earlier forecast. “Apple represents nearly 20 percent of TSMC’s revenue so the outlook potentially points to weaker-than-anticipated iPhone demand,”
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| Intel continue to invest in 3D NAND development |
4/20/2018 |
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For years, Intel worked with memory maker Micron to develop new generations of NAND flash technology, a type of non-volatile memory that's commonly used for computer and data center storage. Earlier this year, though, Intel announced that it would be parting ways with Micron and going at the development of future NAND flash technologies alone.
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| Facebook to build its own chips |
4/20/2018 |
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Facebook is looking for candidates that can help build systems-on-chip (SoCs) and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). SoCs are the main processors that handle most workloads in mobile devices, while ASICs tend to be dedicated to specific tasks.
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