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| New memory can work in processor capacity also |
1/5/2017 |
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Instead of storing information, ReRAM can be used to process data. Current devices and computers have to transfer data from the memory storage to the processor unit for computation.
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| Qualcomm reported to be investor in the SoftBank Tech Fund |
1/5/2017 |
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With the inclusion of Qualcomm and Apple, the fund, which was created by Softbank and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, the venture gets even more credibility. It’s aimed at investing in next-generation technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality and robotics.
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| Smart Retail technologies to unviel at Las Vegas |
1/5/2017 |
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Tomorrow's retail stores want to take a page from their online rivals by embracing advanced technology — everything from helpful robots to interactive mirrors to shelves embedded with sensors.
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| Amazon envisions an "airborne fulfillment center" |
1/5/2017 |
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Illustrations in the filing show a warehouse carried by a large airship, which would remain at high altitudes as drones fly back and forth between the warehouse and nearby shipping destinations.
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| China memory fab. breaks ground |
1/4/2017 |
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Yangtze River Storage Technology recently broke ground on a new memory semiconductor fabrication plant located in the Donghu New Technology Development Zone, Wuhan (Hebei province, China). Total investment in the plant is estimated at US$24 billion.
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| Apple to cut iPhone production by 10% |
1/4/2017 |
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iphones have sold more sluggishly than expected. Information on production of the latest models and global sales suggests cuts in both the 7 and 7 Plus lines in the coming quarter.
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| Consumer robots to roam CES Show |
1/2/2017 |
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Seriously, robots are cool. They are fun. And thanks to the newly released "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," public sentiment toward droids is off the charts.
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| NAND prices can rise 10% in 2017 |
12/29/2016 |
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Market researcher DRAMeXchange predicted that spot prices of NAND flash memory chips could rise by about 10 percent next year.
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| Qualcomm fined $853 million for antitrust in Korea |
12/29/2016 |
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The agency said Qualcomm coerced its customers into signing patent license contracts when selling its chips used in mobile phones in the country, and it didn’t fairly pay for the use of patents held by other phone makers.
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| China to soft land a probe on the moon as soon as 2018 |
12/29/2016 |
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Achieving mankind's first soft landing on the far side of the moon is a newly stated goal. It indicates that China has mastered the underlying technology needed to land on a specific area of the lunar surface.
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| Tesla to roll out Enhanced Autopilot software |
12/28/2016 |
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Tesla announced that all of its new vehicles would include the hardware for full autonomy, which sets the stage for such a service to be rolled out later in 2017 or in 2018.
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| Nokia midrange Android phone to hit market 2017 |
12/28/2016 |
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Nokia E1 handset is expected to come with Android 7.0 Nougat out-of-the-box. It will be reportedly powered by a 4GB RAM and a Snapdragon 600 chipset. It may also have 64GB internal storage.
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