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| DRAM profit to increase by 5% as shortage continue |
6/28/2017 |
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This situation is anticipated to last to 2018 since suppliers will not take on significant additional production capacity in the short term. Meanwhile, ASPs of various DRAM products will remain high.
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| Exynos has an IoT optimized version |
6/27/2017 |
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Built on low-power 28nm High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) process, the Exynos i T200 offers Wi-Fi connectivity and high processing capabilities needed for IoT use cases.
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| China willing to pay premium to get on wafer supplies |
6/27/2017 |
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Rui-Li Integrated Circuit have offered 20% higher prices than what their bigger rivals offer in order to secure more supplies of "dummy" or test wafers particularly 12-inch ones, according to sources at upstream wafer suppliers.
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| SoftBank Group to invest in quantum computing |
6/27/2017 |
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In conventional computing, information is encoded in bits that can have a value of either 0 or 1. In quantum computing, information is encoded in qubits that take advantage of quantum mechanical principals such as superposition, which allows the qubit to be both 0 and 1 simultaneously. In theory, a quantum computer could tackle complex problems in seconds or minutes.
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| ROHM to develope AI chip for IoT connected factories |
6/26/2017 |
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Predictive maintenance forecasts machine failures and involves monitoring the function and health of machines, identifying potential problems based on data received through device logs and sensors, and eventually taking counter-measures such as repairing or replacing the affected machine.
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| Powerchip resumes NOR production |
6/23/2017 |
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Powerchip said it plans to resume production of NOR flash memory chips in Taiwan to take advantage of a supply crunch.
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| Transition to 3D NAND might hit supply shortage |
6/23/2017 |
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“What we are looking at is how long it’s going to take for the last problem to be solved in order to make 3D NAND a cost effective part to build. Until that happens, we expect the shortages to grow more acute, because demand will continue to grow while production does not.”
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| Is Mentor good for Siemens ? |
6/23/2017 |
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Grindstaff made a persuasive case for the combination of the two firms at a time when Siemens PLM customers—mostly system vendors from across various industies—are increasingly designing their own chips for inclusion in their products.
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| Number of phone chips to be over PC chips this year |
6/22/2017 |
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"The ongoing slump in shipments of standard personal computers, along with the drop-off in tablets, is setting the stage for cellphone IC sales to finally surpass earnings generated in personal computing systems this year,"
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| Smart factories to grow in next 5 years |
6/22/2017 |
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a smart factory is defined as using digital technologies such as IoT, Big Data analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Robotics to increase a company’s productivity, quality and flexibility.
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| MediaTek to increase head count by 1000 this year |
6/21/2017 |
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The company plans to hire around a thousand new employees in 2017. That’s definitely good news, as it shows that MediaTek is growing and adding more employees should help the company continue to grow in the future.
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