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| China,s Canyon Bridge to bid for Immigination |
9/25/2017 |
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The offered price of 182p per share has hardly moved the Imagination share price which was 123p before the bid and is 129p now, suggesting that the bid may fail because of regulatory issues.
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| GlobalFoundries asked EU to investigate TSMC |
9/25/2017 |
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GlobalFoundries has told the European Commission that TSMC is unfairly using loyalty rebates, exclusivity clauses and bundled rebates and even penalties to discourage customers from switching to rivals.
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| Tesla is working with AMD on automotive AI chips |
9/22/2017 |
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A more power-efficient purpose-built chip could help Tesla get closer to delivering totally autonomous driving. Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised this year that capability will be available to consumers in 2019.
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| Rambus reported to have DDR5 driver chips |
9/22/2017 |
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DDR5 driver chips are the next major interface for DRAM dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs). The register clock drivers and data buffers could help double the throughput of main memory in servers, probably starting in 2019
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| Jedec's new xSPI standard allows instant on NOR applications |
9/21/2017 |
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Developed by a task force comprised of representatives from most NOR flash device manufacturers and several PC and microcontroller companies, the xSPI standard establishes mechanical, electrical and transactional guidelines for developing high-throughput octal devices.
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| Phison predicts flash shortage to continue |
9/21/2017 |
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Major chip providers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have recently adjusted upward their prices for eMMC, eMCP and SSD devices by 10-20% to reflect their tight supplies. Meanwhile, Toshiba and Micron Technology have also informed their customers that the supply of their NAND flash chips will be reduced in the third and fourth quarters.
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| China demonstrates trade secret enforcement |
9/21/2017 |
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The four-month campaign will attack theft of foreign trade secrets and violations of patents, copyrights and trademarks, according to a Ministry of Commerce announcement this month. It says the goal is to "increase foreign investment."
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| Eurozone to grow as much as the U.S. this year |
9/21/2017 |
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In a forecast update Wednesday, the OECD is now predicting eurozone growth this year of 2.1 percent. That's 0.3 percentage point more than its previous prediction in June and means the region will match the expected growth rate of the U.S.
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| Intel shows 10nm technology for up coming “Falcon Mesa”. FPGA |
9/20/2017 |
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Since Intel acquired Altera, it seems appropriate that FPGAs would be the perfect fit here. Large-scale FPGAs, due to their regular repeating units, can take advantage of the smaller manufacturing process and still return reasonable yields by disabling individual gate arrays with defects and appropriate binning.
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| Intel has plan to double its value by 2021 |
9/19/2017 |
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Intel’s datacentre business will grow 10% annually till 2021, its memory business will grow 33% annually and its IoT business will grow 13% annually. PC is expected to shrink 1% annually.
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| Toshiba wants to quickly tide up the Bain deal |
9/19/2017 |
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Toshiba Corp. is aiming to finalize a deal to sell its memory chips business to a group led by Bain Capital at a Sept. 20 board meeting, despite opposition from partner Western Digital Corp.
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| Samsung Electronics quarterly to reach new height |
9/18/2017 |
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>"Samsung will record its highest-ever financial results in the third quarter -- an operating profit of 14.5 trillion won on sales of 62 trillion won," Shinhan Investment analyst Choi Do-yeon said.
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| IC Insighs said DRAM market remains volatile |
9/18/2017 |
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according to IC Insights, adding that the average selling price (ASP) for DRAM has more than doubled in just one year. IC Insights' latest forecast indicates the 2017 price per bit of DRAM will register a greater than 40% jump.
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| Semi fab equipment order breaks record |
9/15/2017 |
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Out of the 296 Front End facilities and lines tracked by SEMI, the report shows 30 facilities and lines with over $500 million in fab equipment spending. 2017 fab equipment spending (new and refurbished) is expected to increase by 37 percent, reaching a new annual spending record.
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