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| Foundries, Flash, and DRAM memory accounts for most 2017 Capex |
9/4/2017 |
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Silicon foundries are expected to account for 28% of this year's capital expenditures. Flash memory will invest $19 billion to expand production capacity during 2017, while DRAM/SRAM manufacturers will spend $13 billion on capital improvements.
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| Lattice offer new IP cores to strengthen its FPGA |
9/1/2017 |
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The IP cores are said to bridge between MIPI and other traditional or legacy display and camera interfaces, allowing customers to support image capture and display applications for delivering augmented and virtual reality, embedded vision and other intelligence at the edge solutions.
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| Probe card demand up as memory supply tightens |
9/1/2017 |
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Major probe card suppliers including FormFactor and Micronics Japan (MJC) has enjoyed strong demand from their memory clients including Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Micron Technology, Nanya Technology and Winbond Electronics in 2017.
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| It's the Golden Age for memory vendors |
9/1/2017 |
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DRAM oligopoly, slow bit growth, and sluggish fab expansion results in a long-term, tight supply. Ultimately, DRAM prices could increase without any improvements in supply.
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| Harvey to cause gasoline shortage |
8/31/2017 |
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Motiva Enterprises said Tuesday that its big refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, was dealing with restrictions in the flow of crude oil coming in and products like gasoline going out through pipelines and ports.
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| Mark Sept. 12 as Apple's new product announcement date |
8/29/2017 |
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Wall Street Journal says that Apple has scheduled a product announcement event on that rumored date of September 12th. The event is supposedly going to take place at the new Steve Jobs theater on Apple's campus. The new venue seats 1,000 people.
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| AMD and Baidu to optimize GPUs software for datacenters |
8/29/2017 |
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"Together, AMD and Baidu will leverage the two companies' world-class technology and software engineering capabilities to create a comprehensive and open ecosystem to address the growing demand for datacenter workloads and provide more intelligent human-computer interaction."
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| Broadcom Q2 revenues up 18% |
8/28/2017 |
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Broadcom is expected to have won multiple slots in the iPhone8 which will boost its calendar Q3 numbers.
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| Qualcomm president resigned |
8/28/2017 |
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Aberle, 47, is bowing out as Qualcomm’s president at a time when the company’s $7.7 billion patent licensing business is under a fierce legal assault from Apple and anti-trust regulators.
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| Amazon to close Whole Foods buyout Monday |
8/25/2017 |
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Starting Monday, Whole Foods will offer lower prices on bananas, eggs, salmon, beef, and other products. Looking ahead, the Seattle company hopes to give Amazon Prime members special savings and other in-store benefits.
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