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| DRAM supply see sign of loosening |
8/21/2017 |
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DRAMeXchange, which tracks memory chip prices, said the DRAM shortage was not as severe in the second quarter as it was in the first quarter. Downstream OEM customers were able to gradually extend their DRAM inventories.
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| IP right investigation is getting China and Korea nervous |
8/21/2017 |
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According to industry sources on August 17, John Neuffer, president & CEO of the US Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said in a statement on August 14 (local time), "We are ready to work with the Trump administration to prevent intellectual property rights and core technology from being stolen.
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| ARM predicts IoT chip growth in China |
8/21/2017 |
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Demand for ARM-based chips for IoT and connected devices will be growing robustly in China. Development of new IoT-based products will be driving the penetration of IoT over the next several years.
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| Applied Material beats estimate |
8/18/2017 |
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Q3 revenue and profit that topped analysts' expectations, and forecast this quarter's revenue and profit comfortably above consensus, sending its shares higher in late trading.
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| Taiwan's massive blackout calls for review on infrastructure |
8/18/2017 |
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The blackout was caused by “structural problems” and human error involving the replacement of equipment at state-owned gas supplier CPC Corp, which ultimately affected the operations of a power plant owned by state-run Taiwan Power Co.
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| Graphic card VRAM prices up 30% |
8/18/2017 |
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Both Samsung and SK Hynix have bumped up their VRAM prices by more than 30% this month alone due to spiraling demand from phone manufacturers.
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| NAND prices drives up SSD cost |
8/17/2017 |
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Prices of solid-state drives used for data storage in personal computers and servers climbed for a 14th consecutive month in July, underpinned by higher costs for a core component.
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| Denmark shiper said: cyber attack costs them $200 to $300 millions |
8/17/2017 |
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"In the last week of the quarter we were hit by a cyber-attack, which mainly impacted Maersk Line, APM Terminals and Damco. Business volumes were negatively affected for a couple of weeks in July. The businesses "were significantly affected," but there was "no data breach or data. loss."
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| Japan sets model for automated manufacturing |
8/17/2017 |
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The debate over machines snatching jobs from people is muted in Japan, where birth rates have been sinking for decades, raising fears of a labor shortage. It would be hard to find a culture that celebrates robots more, evident in the popularity of companion robots for consumers.
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| With memory prices and profit up it also creates shortage of telents |
8/16/2017 |
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Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are looking to hire experienced workers, but also high school graduates. On the company’s recruitment website, Samsung Electronics recently posted a hiring notice for experienced workers to join the company’s memory chip businesses at its device solution department.
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| ChipMOS finds market on display driver packaging |
8/15/2017 |
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Customers are benefiting from a recovery in demand for small displays used in smartphones, as most handset vendors have completed new designs by adding extra features, such as slim-barrel screens, or OLED displays.
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| China appoints provincial government to watch over Apple cloud center |
8/15/2017 |
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China has started to police the Internet more closely and introduced a new cyber security law on June 1 that imposes tougher controls over data than in Europe and the United States, including mandating that companies store all data within China and pass security reviews.
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| DRAM Q3 contract prices up |
8/15/2017 |
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Contract prices for PC DRAM modules rose nearly 40% sequentially to US$24 in the first quarter of 2017, and grew another 10% to US$27 in the second quarter. Prices for July alone increased 4.6% on month.
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| Toshiba's preferred bidder might have on time cash problem |
8/15/2017 |
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Toshiba Corp.’s talks to sell its chips business to a consortium led by Bain Capital hit an impasse over the timing of payments for the business and governance issues, casting doubt on the company’s ability to complete a deal quickly.
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| Using NFC on your phone as smartkey for your car |
8/14/2017 |
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To prevent the risk of smartkey hacking, South Korean automotive supplier Hyundai Mobis has developed an integrated smartkey system where a user installs an app on an NFC-supported smartphone and utilises it as a smartkey for their vehicle.
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| TSMC to spend $3.15 billion on new capacity |
8/14/2017 |
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TSMC recently decided to make a new capital investment of US$3.153 billion in order to increase its production capacity. US$528 million is scheduled to be spent on the construction of new manufacturing facilities and the rest goes to facility expansion and renovation.
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| Toshiba reconsidering Foxconn and WD |
8/14/2017 |
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On Thursday, Toshiba Chief Executive Satoshi Tsunakawa revised description, saying: "In addition to the (Japanese) consortium, we are also in talks with Western Digital and Hon Hai" Precision Industry Co.,
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