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| Intel - the quiet NAND producer |
5/19/2017 |
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Intel is stepping up investment in 3D Xpoint, another non-volatile memory technology that promises to serve as a storage product as well as a DRAM replacement. The 3D Xpoint memory technology is said to offer vast improvements in speed and endurance.
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| Texas Instruments puts automotive radar on a chip |
5/18/2017 |
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Typically, they are boxes measuring inches across that house multiple components and require watts of power. A new range of chips from Texas Instruments, reduces that to a postage-stamp sized part
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| Samsung to spin off foundry division |
5/17/2017 |
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The separation of Samsung’s contract chipmaking from its branded semiconductor business would remove a conflict of interest with potential customers such as Nvidia and MediaTek, and create a new threat to dedicated foundries such as TSMC.
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| Gartner confirms 2.6% on IC growth in 2016 |
5/17/2017 |
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Gartner (Stamford, Conn.) concluded that global semiconductor sales reached $343.5 billion last year, an increase of 2.6 percent compared to 2015. The growth rate is higher than that estimated by other market watchers previously.
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| Close of a chapter in computer history |
5/16/2017 |
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Itanium processor had very high hopes: the 64-bit chip was supposed to do nothing less than kill off the x86 architecture that had dominated PCs for over two decades. Things didn't quite pan out that way, however, and Intel is officially calling it quits.
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| Apple to invest $1 billion on Reno data center |
5/12/2017 |
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Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval said it was “the first major economic development success in northern Nevada and helped place this region on the technology and innovation map.”
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| Coventor created EDA tool to unify MEMS in IoT design |
5/12/2017 |
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"Our new unified MEMS platform, CoventorMP, integrates our older separate platforms -- CoventorWare and MEMS+ for separate design-modeling and device-simulation -- into a single platform that integrates with Cadence and specific foundry PDK's [process design kits] for modeling, design, simulation and test."
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| TSMC takes 12nm order |
5/12/2017 |
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TSMC's 12nm process is a smaller version of the foundry's 16nm technology, which is already offered in three process variants, and comes with lower leakage and better cost characteristics.
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| TSMC to spend $1.27 billion on upgrades |
5/11/2017 |
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TSMC has approved capital appropriations of US$1.269 billion for the purpose of upgrading and expanding capacity for advanced-node manufacturing.
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| Tablet market continue to dwindle |
5/11/2017 |
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Worldwide tablet shipments declined by 8.5 percent in the first quarter of 2017, marking the tenth consecutive quarter in which the market contracted on a year-over-year basis.
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| Danger of losing control on industrial robots |
5/11/2017 |
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If a hacker was able to physically access the robot or get onto the same local network, they could rewrite the device’s firmware. This would allow the hacker to wield the robot even though it would appear as though the operator was in control.
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| Thinfilm to produce chip using inkjet printing tecnology |
5/10/2017 |
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The new Thinfilm plant will make electronic article surveillance tags, theft-prevention devices often used in retail, and near-field communication chips, which go into product labels and can detect if a bottle or box is opened prior to purchase.
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| MIPI forms group for interface security |
5/10/2017 |
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The initiative takes the form of the Security Birds of a Feather (BoF) group which is open to MIPI Alliance member companies as well as non-member security experts.
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| ON Semi reports robust earning |
5/10/2017 |
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ON reported net income of $78.2 million, or 18 cents per share, on revenue of $1.4 billion for the quarter ended March 31. That compares to net income of $36 million, or 9 cents per share, on revenue of $817.2 million for the same quarter a year ago.
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| Infineon gets life from automotive chips |
5/10/2017 |
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As in previous quarters, Infineon’s automotive segment was the strongest, growing 11 percent over last quarter to 783 million euro (about $855 million) in revenue.
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