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| China foundry SMIC to enter 7nm race |
3/15/2017 |
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China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is looking to start R&D for 7nm process technology later in 2017. SMIC spent nearly US$2.7 billion in 2016 capex which was relatively high compared to previous years levels
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| SK hynix's quarterly profit to double |
3/15/2017 |
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The price hikes of both its DRAM and NAND chips are sharper than expected and despite being the off-season, the revenue and operating profit will increase from the same period last year.
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| Samsung to spend $6.98 billion on expanding small geometry productions |
3/15/2017 |
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Samsung Electronics has decided to extend 10-nano system semiconductor production lines in empty space of 17 Line, which is located in Hwasung-si, and ordered equipment from major domestic and foreign partners. Investments will take place starting from next month and equipment will be brought in during first half of this year. Starting from second quarter, it will produce 10-nano chips, which are already being produced from S1 Line in Giheung from 17 Line.
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| New Apple iPad Pro might be launched next week |
3/15/2017 |
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MacRumors reported on Monday that Apple is "most likely" to launch new products next week. While no specific products were named, it's expected that the company's iPad Pro lineup will receive a refresh soon, making them likely candidates for an update.
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| Galaxy S8 to include face recognition feature |
3/13/2017 |
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It appears that iris feature doesn’t work fast enough to make it something consumers might actually find practical to use. According to a report from phoneArena, Samsung is planning to add facial recognition technology to its S8 lineup to either complement the iris scanner or replace it altogether.
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| Smart antenna to play an important role in automobiles |
3/13/2017 |
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As the industry waits for 5G, antenna vendors are busy perfecting the adoption of smart antenna constructs across power values, operating distances and frequency ranges. They predict the global antenna market should grow from $16.8 billion in 2016 to $22.5 billion by 2021, demonstrating a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.0%.
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| Winbond to become Siemen's key memory supplier |
3/10/2017 |
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“Siemens needs a memory supplier that can meet our stringent quality requirements, and make contributions to our successes with progressive products and solutions, as well as strong customer supports.“
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| Imagination has new GPU processor for mobile graphics |
3/10/2017 |
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Imagination expects Furian to deliver about 30% power savings at the same performance or about 35% performance at the same power. It should support 35% more GFLOPs, an 80% higher fill rate and 70% to 90% better performance on games.
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| MediaTek to go to TSMC for 7nm process |
3/10/2017 |
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TSMC will enter risk production for a MediaTek chip on the newer 7nm process in the second quarter, adding that the SoC incorporates 12 CPU cores.
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| Microsoft to develop Windows for ARM based server |
3/10/2017 |
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Microsoft has developed a version of its Windows operating system for servers using ARM processors, working with Qualcomm Inc. and Cavium Inc. The software maker is now testing these chips for tasks like search, storage, machine learning and big data.
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| Xilinx once again claim "King of FPGA" |
3/8/2017 |
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The year saw lots of changes in FPGA land. Most obvious is that Intel completed its acquisition of Altera at the end of 2015, meaning there is now a full year of numbers under the new ownership.
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| Malaysia wants to catch up on Digital transformation |
3/7/2017 |
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Some enterprises are focused on internal transformation, where technologies such as enterprise mobility, data warehousing and security technologies remain highly relevant. Others, however, want to focus more on building new external applications and services, using tools such as augmented reality/virtual reality.
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| Global semiconductor market grown 14% |
3/7/2017 |
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"The global semiconductor industry is off to a strong and encouraging start to 2017, posting its highest-ever January sales and largest year-to-year sales increase in more than six years,"
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