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| The new TimeSync Wi-Fi |
1/10/2017 |
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TimeSync, as it is called, would let devices work in alignment on tasks like streaming audio into different rooms of a house without distortion.
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| ARM push for open source on vehicals |
1/10/2017 |
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ARM noted that the next big solutions will involve open vehicle platforms, software-defined cars, security, and built-in connectivity for over-the-air software updates.
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| Inventec warns about cost to produce in the U.S. |
1/9/2017 |
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Inventec, the electronic contract manufacturer which supplies HP, Dell and Apple, said on Friday it would move some production to the U.S. if its customers agreed, in response to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's vow to increase local jobs.
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| LG likely to post a $29.6 million lost |
1/9/2017 |
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“The profit loss of the mobile communication (MC) business unit is expected to become bigger while the profits of home entertainment business unit and H&A business unit are likely to decrease due to the price rise of LCD panels and sales promotion expenses in the end of the year,”
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| Automotive MEMS to increase |
1/9/2017 |
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IHS Markit estimates that the value of this market in 2016 was $2.8 billion, with automotive MEMS use growing at a compound annual growth rate of 6.9% from 2015 to 2022, to reach $3.2 billion in 2022.
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| Huawei's Mate 9 to use some help from Alexa |
1/6/2017 |
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This is a big step for Huawei and for Amazon: Huawei gets to sell the first properly Alexa-enabled smartphone, while Amazon gets the chance to forge a partnership with one of the biggest smartphone makers in China by volume.
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| Memory prices to jump 30% in Q1 |
1/6/2017 |
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DRAMeXchange expected an average contract price of DRAM chips for personal computers to jump 30 percent in the first quarter of this year.
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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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