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| Close of a chapter in computer history |
5/16/2017 |
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Itanium processor had very high hopes: the 64-bit chip was supposed to do nothing less than kill off the x86 architecture that had dominated PCs for over two decades. Things didn't quite pan out that way, however, and Intel is officially calling it quits.
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| Apple to invest $1 billion on Reno data center |
5/12/2017 |
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Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval said it was “the first major economic development success in northern Nevada and helped place this region on the technology and innovation map.”
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| Coventor created EDA tool to unify MEMS in IoT design |
5/12/2017 |
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"Our new unified MEMS platform, CoventorMP, integrates our older separate platforms -- CoventorWare and MEMS+ for separate design-modeling and device-simulation -- into a single platform that integrates with Cadence and specific foundry PDK's [process design kits] for modeling, design, simulation and test."
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| TSMC takes 12nm order |
5/12/2017 |
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TSMC's 12nm process is a smaller version of the foundry's 16nm technology, which is already offered in three process variants, and comes with lower leakage and better cost characteristics.
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| TSMC to spend $1.27 billion on upgrades |
5/11/2017 |
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TSMC has approved capital appropriations of US$1.269 billion for the purpose of upgrading and expanding capacity for advanced-node manufacturing.
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| Tablet market continue to dwindle |
5/11/2017 |
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Worldwide tablet shipments declined by 8.5 percent in the first quarter of 2017, marking the tenth consecutive quarter in which the market contracted on a year-over-year basis.
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| Danger of losing control on industrial robots |
5/11/2017 |
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If a hacker was able to physically access the robot or get onto the same local network, they could rewrite the device’s firmware. This would allow the hacker to wield the robot even though it would appear as though the operator was in control.
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| Thinfilm to produce chip using inkjet printing tecnology |
5/10/2017 |
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The new Thinfilm plant will make electronic article surveillance tags, theft-prevention devices often used in retail, and near-field communication chips, which go into product labels and can detect if a bottle or box is opened prior to purchase.
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| MIPI forms group for interface security |
5/10/2017 |
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The initiative takes the form of the Security Birds of a Feather (BoF) group which is open to MIPI Alliance member companies as well as non-member security experts.
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| ON Semi reports robust earning |
5/10/2017 |
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ON reported net income of $78.2 million, or 18 cents per share, on revenue of $1.4 billion for the quarter ended March 31. That compares to net income of $36 million, or 9 cents per share, on revenue of $817.2 million for the same quarter a year ago.
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| Infineon gets life from automotive chips |
5/10/2017 |
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As in previous quarters, Infineon’s automotive segment was the strongest, growing 11 percent over last quarter to 783 million euro (about $855 million) in revenue.
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| Apple’s iPhone 8 Will Retail In October |
5/9/2017 |
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“TSMC will begin to fabricate the wafer starts needed for the production of A11 processes on June 10 and to deliver the chips in volume quantity in the second half of July, the report indicated”.
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| LPDDR4/LPDDR-4x to be mainstream memory for smartphones |
5/9/2017 |
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Total bit shipments of mobile DRAM products is projected to surpass that of LPDDR4 this second quarter. Not only has LPDDR4X reached price parity with LPDDR4, its price difference with LPDDR3 has narrowed down to less than 5% on average.
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| The trend continue on removing earphone jack from smartphones |
5/8/2017 |
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Apple saw it as a century old technology that was holding the company back from making improvements to the smartphone. Xiaomi similarly states its reasons to remove the port as being able to fit a larger battery in its newest flagship, the Xiaomi Mi 6.
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| Cell phone makers to trim Mobile DRAM content |
5/8/2017 |
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A rally in mobile DRAM prices will hold back the growth of average per device memory content for smartphones in 2017, according to TrendForce. Average DRAM content in smartphones is forecast to reach 3.2GB per device in 2017.
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| SMIC calls on Taiwan for partnership |
5/8/2017 |
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IC industries in China and Taiwan could team up as a powerful IC industry supply chain globally, said Chiu o SMIC, adding that the Taiwan government should implement an open policy enabling China-based enterprises to cooperate with their Taiwan-based peers.
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