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| Auto sales slowed in March |
4/6/2017 |
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General Motors reported a 5 percent increase in sales last month as Detroit counterparts Ford and Fiat Chrysler reported declines of 7 percent and 5 percent, respectively.
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| Montana to write their own Internet laws in defiance of Congress |
4/6/2017 |
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States have started writing their own legislation to protect broadband privacy after Congress voted to repeal regulations that would have required internet providers to obtain their customers' consent before collecting their personal information.
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| Blackberry surprises industry on positive notes |
4/5/2017 |
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Blackberry topped Wall Street expectations with its latest earnings report announced this morning. For the fourth fiscal quarter which ended on February 28th, the company grew its top line by 12.2% to $193 million.
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| Apple to dump Imagination grapgics chip design |
4/5/2017 |
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Apple is developing its own graphics technology for iPhones, iPads and watches and will soon stop using PowerVR graphics processors made by British chip designer Imagination Technologies, Apple's largest customer.
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| Taiwan recruiting companies to join IoT Center |
4/5/2017 |
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Taiwan's Asia Silicon Valley Development Agency (ASVDA) has started negotiations with five to six U.S. high-tech firms, including semiconductor giant Intel Corp., networking services provider Cisco System Inc. and IT services firm Hewlett Packard Enterprise on working with Taiwan to develop IoT Center.
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| IC Insights think that memory industry growth will be outstanding for the year |
4/4/2017 |
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IC Insights Inc. said it now expects IC revenue to increase by 11 percent this year due to a substantial upgrade to the forecasts for DRAM and NAND, which the market research firm now expects to grow by 39 percent and 25 percent, respectively. IC Insights had previously forecast that the chip market would grow 5 percent in 2017.
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| Investor brought Cypress wafer plant to operate independently |
4/4/2017 |
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The plant, built in the 1980s by Control Data, has 80,000 square feet of clean-room space and chiefly makes wafers that are 200 millimeters in diameter. Cypress produced about 17,000 wafers a month at the plant, shipping them to other factories around the world for use as the basic substrate for chips.
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| Toshiba said it will keep its defense semiconductor unit |
4/4/2017 |
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Toshiba assured the ministry's Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency that its defense semiconductor business will not be sold and that the conglomerate will keep working to retain engineers even after spinning off and selling its memory operations.
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| Dell released upbeat results |
3/31/2017 |
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The company reported operating income of $63 million, reversing an operating loss in the year-ago quarter, and achieved non-GAAP operating income of $752 million, an improvement of 32 percent year-over-year.
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| Intel said its 10nm FinFET will be "full generation ahead" |
3/31/2017 |
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Thanks to "hyper scaling" that squeezes in twice as many transistors. That will yield CPUs with 25 percent more performance and 45 percent lower power use than its current Kaby Lake chips when they ship towards the end of 2017.
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| Bidders are plenty for Toshiba chip business |
3/30/2017 |
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Bidders include U.S concern Western Digital, which partners with Toshiba on NAND flash memory production, and South Korean competitor SK Hynix. Other reported suitors include Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, known as Foxconn, as well as European and U.S. investment funds.
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| Europe invests in photonic integrated circuits |
3/30/2017 |
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“The consortium involved in PIXAPP, has an unmatched record of excellence in delivering many world ‘firsts’ in PICs. We will establish ‘best in class’ PIC packaging technologies that are cost-effective and scalable to high volume manufacture.
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| Toshiba put its Westinghouse unit in bankrupcy |
3/30/2017 |
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Toshiba said in a statement that it filed its U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse Electric Co. in Chapter 11 petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of New York to stop the flow of massive red ink.
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| Cypress to adjust its memory price upward |
3/29/2017 |
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Cypress has informed its customers of new prices for certain flash products including NOR flash, RAM MCP solutions, NAND flash and SLC NAND chips that will become effective from April 25, 2017
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| Intel to ship SSD with 3D Xpoint on April |
3/29/2017 |
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The new SSD does not replace DRAM. For example, if a game requires 8GB of DRAM, you can't use 4GB of DRAM and 16GB of Intel's Optane memory to meet the game's requirement. DRAM continues to be needed for regular PC functions.
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| China's SMIC offers mature process for IoT applications |
3/29/2017 |
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SMIC already offers 55nm process technology for the manufacture of chips for IoT applications. SMIC's 55nm processes for IoT-related devices are avalabile in both low power and storage integration versions, and the portfolio is helping the foundry to grow its business in the IoT field.
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| Samsung to refurbish and sell Galaxy Note 7 inventories |
3/28/2017 |
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Analysis from Samsung and independent researchers found no other problems in the Note 7 devices except the batteries, raising speculation that Samsung will recoup some of its losses by selling refurbished Note 7s.
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| Infineon is counting on automobile chips for 2017 |
3/28/2017 |
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Chips made by Infineon are used by carmakers including Tesla (TSLA.O) and Hyundai (005380.KS) as well as auto parts suppliers Continental (CONG.DE) and Bosch [ROBG.UL] to enable cruise control and cut emissions.
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| TSMC to volume produce A11 for Apple |
3/28/2017 |
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TSMC will prepare a capacity for production of 50 million units of the chip before July. The A11 chips, which will power the upcoming iPhone series slated for launch in September 2017, will be built on a 10 nm FinFET process.
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