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| DRAM module demand dropped 12% in 2016 |
9/8/2017 |
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PC DRAM ASPs for all of 2016 still plunged by 34% compared to 2015. Average spot prices for PC DRAM suffered an even steeper drop. Consequently, the overall DRAM module industry took a major hit in revenues with most suppliers experiencing revenue declines in 2016.
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| Huawei to invest $250 million in integrated partner program |
9/8/2017 |
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The investment in the new Huawei Solution Partner Program includes $70 million to be spent on "co-marketing" with its partners, with Huawei to fund the technical, marketing, and sales resources needed for its partners to develop, construct, and market Huawei-based solutions.
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| Manufacturing index remains strong |
9/7/2017 |
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Manufacturing expanded in August as the PMI registered 58.8 percent, an increase of 2.5 percentage points from the July reading of 56.3 percent. This indicates growth in manufacturing for the 12th consecutive month and is the highest reading since April 2011.
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| Decision on Lattice now falls on Trump |
9/6/2017 |
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China, the largest market for chips, has been on the hunt for acquisitions in the field as it looks to build a domestic supply and rely less heavily on imports.
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| Replacing RAM with flash in cache servers |
9/5/2017 |
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Flash consumes about 5 percent as much energy as RAM and costs about one-tenth as much. It also has about 100 times the storage density, meaning that more data can be crammed into a smaller space. In addition to costing less and consuming less power.
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| Huawei to put AI chip on new Mate 10 handset |
9/5/2017 |
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Huawei has announced that its next smartphone, the Mate 10, will come with its own Kirin 970 chipset with AI processing capabilities – marking the first time a Neural Processing Unit has been used in a smartphone.
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| Samsung executive sentenced to 5 years |
9/5/2017 |
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The sentence was the mandatory minimum for Lee, who was convicted along with four other Samsung executives of charges including bribery of the former South Korea president Park Geun-hye.
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| Approval of Lattice sales is now in Trump's hands |
9/4/2017 |
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Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, gambling that the former real estate dealmaker will approve the tie-up against the advice of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which scrutinizes foreign deals for national security concerns.
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| Shenzhen Longsys to unload Lexar from Micron |
9/4/2017 |
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Micron Technology has agreed to sell its retail brand, Lexar, to Shenzhen Longsys Electronics. The Lexar portfolio includes memory cards, USB flash drives, readers, and storage drives for retail and OEM customers.
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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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