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| Semi fab equipment order breaks record |
9/15/2017 |
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Out of the 296 Front End facilities and lines tracked by SEMI, the report shows 30 facilities and lines with over $500 million in fab equipment spending. 2017 fab equipment spending (new and refurbished) is expected to increase by 37 percent, reaching a new annual spending record.
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| Micron stock contiue to benefit from DRAM prices |
9/15/2017 |
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Because of the consolidation of DRAM to three players, the gross profit margin the three are enjoying is higher both in the troughs of memory chip cycles, and at the peaks — an over-arching change he finds favorable.
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| Trump stopped sales of Lattice |
9/15/2017 |
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It was just the fourth time in a quarter century that a U.S. president has ordered a foreign takeover of an American firm stopped on national-security concerns. Trump acted on the recommendation of a multi-agency panel, the White House and the Treasury Department said Wednesday.
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| China is despirate in developing local memory industry |
9/14/2017 |
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CHICA expects to expand its partner portfolio by attracting more memory chipmakers to participate in it, and plans to form its second sub-alliance aimed at the development of China's local DRAM and 3D NAND flash memory sector.
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| European Union is optimistic on economy |
9/14/2017 |
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Addressing lawmakers at the European Parliament, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said the EU is "bouncing back" after a tough decade that's seen much of the 28-country mired in an economic crisis and Britain vote to leave.
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| Producer price index rose |
9/14/2017 |
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Wholesale level rising in August at the fastest pace in four months. Producer price index, which measures inflation pressures before they reach the consumer, rose 0.2 percent last month.
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| Samsung's Z-NAND SSD to run 7 times faster |
9/13/2017 |
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Z-NAND is small in capacity as it is based on a single level cell (SLC). However, Z-NAND has advantages in terms of response speed, power consumption and so on. A Z-SSD has a reading speed about seven times that of solid state drives in general.
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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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