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| NAND flash sales up 3.4% |
9/15/2016 |
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Consequently. branded NAND flash vendors saw their combined revenues rise in the second quarter ending a 2-quarter streak of sequential decreases.
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| Europe wants to deploy 5G by 2025 |
9/15/2016 |
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The European Union wants to make fifth-generation telecommunications technology available around the bloc and have free wireless connections in every city and major public venue within the next decade.
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| Manufacturing equipment order dropped |
9/15/2016 |
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The U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report for July 2016 shows that orders dropped 24.8 percent for the month compared to June. Year over year, monthly orders were down 23.0 percent compared to July 2015.
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| VR requirements to push up DDR4 demand and prices |
9/14/2016 |
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In general, using DDR4 modules instead of prior-generation DDR3 variations helps PCs boost processing speed and consume less power. PC makers have stepped up efforts to secure DDR4 machines will grow as VR games become more popular.
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| Apple,s tax bill from EU could be up to $21 Billion |
9/14/2016 |
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Jeroen Dijsselbloem, The Dutch Finance Minister, said: "International tax loopholes are a thing of the past. Apple will have to pay back taxes both in the United States and Europe, so get ready to do that."
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| Samsung to spend $2.26B to build new 3D NAND production |
9/14/2016 |
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Samsung has reportedly invested 2.5 trillion won (US$2.26 billion) to build the chip production line in a bid to meet the increasing demand for 3-D NAND flash memory chip, which stacks storage cells vertically, compared to conventional planar memory chips.
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| Renesas offered $3.2B for Intersil |
9/14/2016 |
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Renesas is paying a 14 percent premium to Intersil’s closing price on Monday, or $22.50 per share, according to a statement to the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
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| HP Inc. agreed to buy Samsung printer business |
9/13/2016 |
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The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close within 12 months, the companies said Monday. After it is completed, Samsung has agreed to make an equity investment of $100 million to $300 million in HP through open-market stock purchases.
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| 5.1 quake hit South Korea |
9/13/2016 |
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The concerned factory is one of indirect processing plants that produce small plastic cases for Galaxy S smartphone and tab series. LG Display’s production lines in the same district also temporarily stopped the automatic moving line for LCD panels as the earthquake outbreak can break the large and thin panels.
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| Infineon introduced MOSFET with 280 mohm |
9/13/2016 |
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The 800 V CoolMOS P7 series offers up to 0.6% efficiency gain which translates into 2 to 8 °C lower MOSFET temperature compared to the CoolMOS C3 or to competitor parts tested in typical flyback applications.
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| DRAM supply can fall short without continuous investment |
9/13/2016 |
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DRAM market will experience a slight supply excess in the first half of 2017 while it will be in short supply in the second half. This is largely due to the fact that DRAM manufacturers are reducing the excessive investment.
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| IBM P8 server employs Nvidia's NVLink interconnect technology |
9/12/2016 |
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The large data requirements of AI applications means that memory access and inter-processor communications can quickly become a bottleneck. So IBM is also using Nvidia’s proprietary NVLink interconnect technology to address that problem.
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| Backend manufacturer ASE see revenue increase |
9/12/2016 |
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Market watchers expect ASE to generate consolidated revenues of between NT$73.5 billion and NT$74 billion in the third quarter of 2016 representing sequential growth of 17-19%.
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| Weebit Nano to develope commercial ReRAM |
9/12/2016 |
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ReRAM technology (advanced resistive random-access memory) is based on silicon oxide (SiOx) and the partners said that they will be looking to develop SiOx ReRAM memory that is scalable to 40nm, which could open up significant opportunities.
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| iPhone 7 boost Broadcom sales |
9/9/2016 |
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The outlook came as Broadcom reported revenue of ₹25,427.48 crore ($3.792 billion), up 7% from the prior quarter.
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| Dell finalized EMC acquisition |
9/9/2016 |
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The merger between Dell and EMC is a response to overall declining markets in both Dell’s and EMC’s core businesses as technology shifts to mobile devices and toward lower-margin hardware such as servers and storage used in cloud computing. Together, the two companies can presumably sell far more of Dell’s products to EMC’s customers, analysts say.
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| DRAM contract prices to go up |
9/8/2016 |
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DRAM and NAND flash memory prices are forecast to increase in the fourth quarter of 2016, with contract prices for DRAM set to rise more than 10% sequentially.
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| GE quietly acquired two 3D printing companies |
9/8/2016 |
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GE is upping its old-school manufacturing capabilities with technology that will allow it to quickly punch out components for the automotive, airline and health industries at the whim of any client.
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| U.S. car sales down |
9/8/2016 |
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General Motors and Ford saw their sales numbers decline by 5 percent and 8 percent, respectively, between August 2015 and August 2016.
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