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| Apple reports iPhone 8 battery issue |
10/9/2017 |
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There were reports about the Apple’s latest iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are swelling up due to faulty batteries. There have been at least six cases from Japan, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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| Intel debutes 14nm Coffee Lake |
10/9/2017 |
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Intel has released its Coffee Lake-based 14nm desktop processors including Core i7-8700K/8700, Core i5-8600K/8400 and Core i3-8350K/8100, as well as the corresponding Z370 chipsets.
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| Pure foundry demand in China |
10/9/2017 |
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In total, pure-play foundry sales in China are expected to jump by 16% this year to about $7.0 billion, more than double the rate of increase for the total pure-play foundry market.
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| It's the Foxconn train |
10/6/2017 |
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The fact that some landowners those aren't happy with the fact, hopes Foxconn will make sure that they get a fair deal for this.
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| MEMS to replace transistors in computer |
10/6/2017 |
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“Electromechanical systems offer a major advantage over existing technology in that they are leakage free; unlike electrical transistors, they only consume power when switched. They also require fewer gates per computing function, resulting in lower complexity, and they can be fabricated with higher integration densities."
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| China to take lead in Industrial robot development |
10/6/2017 |
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ABI Research projects sales of more than half a million industrial robots a year by 2020, up from about 360,000 last year. China will drive up the growth curve so sales break a million units a year in 2025
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| GM to build more affordable, long-range electric cars |
10/6/2017 |
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The giant automaker said that the first two vehicles will be “based off learnings from the Chevrolet Bolt EV.” The others will include coupes, sedans, crossovers, and SUVs. GM told Design News that it would also not rule out the possibility of a pickup truck.
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| Flash market to rebalance next year |
10/5/2017 |
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DRAMeXchange predicts that NAND flash bit growth will be about 43 percent in 2018, while bit demand growth is projected to be about 38 percent.
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| Silego Technology announced configurable mixed-signal ICs |
10/5/2017 |
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Programmability has been around for some time. But Silego theorized that if it could make its platform software-programmable so that it would be cost-effective enough to sell into the high-volume consumer space, other markets would open up as well.
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| Solar energy more promising than ever |
10/5/2017 |
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The rise was due to a boom in photovoltaic panel installations, particularly in China, thanks to a drop in costs and greater support from governments.
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| "nuclear fallout" on Western Digital shares |
10/4/2017 |
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WD shares are down 3.8% today to $83.13 a share after Baird analyst Tristan Gerra downgraded the stock to a Neutral from an Outperform and slashed its target price from $120 a share to $93 a share, describing what he called the “nuclear fallout potential” on Western Digital
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| Apple to beef up its AI chip design capability |
10/3/2017 |
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Apple ranked as the world's No. 4 chip design house by revenue at the end of 2016, trailing only Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Taiwan's MediaTek, according to research firm IC Insights.
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| Morris Chang announced retirement |
10/3/2017 |
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“I came to my decision to retire gradually. Of course it had something to do with my age,” Chang said, emphasizing he will no longer hold any positions at the company come June.
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| Uber ready for a mass layoff in London |
10/2/2017 |
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Uber remains in big trouble in London following the British government prohibited the ride-hailing company from renewing its contract. Uber is now confronted with a new dilemma that may just be scenting on the ground: massive job cuts.
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