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| MediaTek wants to be in auto chips aslo |
11/1/2016 |
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"The lucrative margin of more than 40% in making chips for automobiles is very attractive for MediaTek," said C.Y. Yao, an analyst at Topology Research Institute.
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| Samsung is invesment heavy on 3D-NAND and Display |
10/31/2016 |
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Samsung is said to be investing 13.2 trillion won in the production of V-NAND chips, which are used for business servers that handle large amounts of data. The South Korean company will spend 10.9 trillion won for OLED displays – twice the sum that Samsung invested in displays last year.
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| AI to expand on many applications |
10/31/2016 |
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Identifying, understanding, and acting on the use cases, technologies and growth opportunities for cognitive/AI systems will be a differentiating factor for most enterprises and the digital disruption caused by these technologies will be significant."
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| Microsemi integrates the control module on electric aircraft |
10/31/2016 |
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Increases in the demand for higher reliability and integrated components in the aerospace industry is leading the move toward more electric aircraft (MEA), and Microsemi’s PCM will play a role in future power- conversion applications, such as landing systems, de-icing systems, wheels and braking systems, and high lift- and primary and secondary flight-control actuation systems.
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| Analog buys Innovasic for Industrial Automation |
10/31/2016 |
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The move will give its customers immediate access to industrial Ethernet applications, as well as creating a roadmap for future connectivity needs. The deal is said to complement its existing industrial automation solutions.
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| Fujitsu PC to alliance with Lanovo |
10/28/2016 |
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The end result will include Fujitsu's keeping its brand on PCs. According to a Reuters report, the alliance with Lenovo "is aimed at strengthening our brand and business,"
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| Texas Instruments has a great quarter |
10/28/2016 |
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Fourth-quarter net income will be 76 cents to 86 cents a share, the Dallas-based company said in a statement Wednesday. Revenue will be $3.17 billion to $3.43 billion.
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| Touch screen to include z-axis sensing |
10/27/2016 |
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UK-based Peratech wants to add a touch of force-sensing technology to give smartphone and tablet users a more intuitive experience, while at the same time, provide more creative opportunities for product and app developers by adding new ways for consumers to interact with their devices.
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| Toshiba offers updated embedded eMMC and UFS controller |
10/26/2016 |
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The e•MMC and UFS devices are able to combine flash memory and the corresponding controller in a single package. By doing this they are able to save space and relieve host processors of key memory management functions.
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| Memory "Row Hammer" effect magnified in Android systems |
10/26/2016 |
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Researchers tested 27 Android devices from different manufacturers, 21 using ARMv7 (32-bit) and six using ARMv8 (64-bit) architectures. They managed to flip bits on 17 of the ARMv7 devices and one of the ARMv8 devices, indicating they are vulnerable to the attack.
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| Mentor CEO: Semi market too volatile |
10/26/2016 |
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“Despite the semiconductor industry’s maturity, it remains very volatile and revenue forecasting combines two variables – the unit volume and average price – which can change rapidly.”
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| SK Hynix beats estimate |
10/25/2016 |
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Prices of benchmark DDR3 4-Gb dynamic random access chips rose to $2.01 as of Sept. 30 compared with $1.73 a quarter earlier, according to InSpectrum Tech Inc. The flash NAND market will sustain a positive trend, company said.
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| Smartwatch market might not survive |
10/25/2016 |
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the third quarter of 2015 was the first time the Apple Watch had widespread retail availability after a limited online launch, while the second generation of the device was only available in the last two weeks of the third quarter of 2016. This led to a 71.6 percent year-over-year fall in Apple Watch shipments in the latest quarter.
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| China Le Eco wants to be the next Google |
10/24/2016 |
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At an event on Wednesday in San Francisco, LeEco is showing off a selection of products, including UHD TVs, smartphones, virtual reality goggles and electric bikes, which will soon go on sale to US consumers.
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| TSMC designated U$12.75 million for employee bonus |
10/24/2016 |
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Speaking at the companyfs annual sports day in Hsinchu, TSMC chairman Morris Chang (’£’‰–d) said that the company will distribute the bonuses as a reward for employeesf contributions to the firm.
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| Artificial Intellegence to analyse and adjust traffic flows |
10/24/2016 |
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Fujitsu Laboratories and Fujitsu Research and Development Centre have developed what they described as a highly accurate vehicle-recognition technology that tolerates changes in the surrounding environment, including changes in light, time of day and fog, and another technology for efficiently identifying complex incidents, such as traffic accidents.
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| Singapore to test self-driving bus |
10/24/2016 |
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LTA will partner the Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N) to develop autonomous bus technologies, which include conducting a self-driving bus trial for fixed and scheduled services for intra- and inter-town travel.
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