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| Flash market revenues expected to pass DRAM in 2020 |
9/13/2017 |
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The overall memory storage market will increase to US$120 billion in 2020, up from US$95 billion in 2017, the data showed. The NAND flash market revenues are expected to surpass the DRAM segment in 2020.
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| JEDEC to set Wide Bandgap standard |
9/13/2017 |
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JC-70 Wide Bandgap Power Electronic Conversion Semiconductors committee will focus on GaN and SiC device reliability, qualification, characterisation and testing methods
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| AT&T throws-in free HBO to its top tier wireless customers |
9/12/2017 |
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ATT launched a free-HBO offer to subscribers on the AT&T Unlimited Plus wireless plan, its most expensive tier. Now it will include HBO for current and new customers on its speed-limited AT&T Unlimited Choice plan starting Friday, Sept. 15.
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| Samsung foundry now offers 11nm process |
9/12/2017 |
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The 11-nanometre Low Power Plus, or 11LPP, was achieved from further scaling from the earlier generation 14-nanometre process. It offers 15 percent more performance and is 10 percent smaller, while power consumption is the same.
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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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