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| Galaxy S8 to include face recognition feature |
3/13/2017 |
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It appears that iris feature doesn’t work fast enough to make it something consumers might actually find practical to use. According to a report from phoneArena, Samsung is planning to add facial recognition technology to its S8 lineup to either complement the iris scanner or replace it altogether.
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| Smart antenna to play an important role in automobiles |
3/13/2017 |
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As the industry waits for 5G, antenna vendors are busy perfecting the adoption of smart antenna constructs across power values, operating distances and frequency ranges. They predict the global antenna market should grow from $16.8 billion in 2016 to $22.5 billion by 2021, demonstrating a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.0%.
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| Winbond to become Siemen's key memory supplier |
3/10/2017 |
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“Siemens needs a memory supplier that can meet our stringent quality requirements, and make contributions to our successes with progressive products and solutions, as well as strong customer supports.“
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| Imagination has new GPU processor for mobile graphics |
3/10/2017 |
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Imagination expects Furian to deliver about 30% power savings at the same performance or about 35% performance at the same power. It should support 35% more GFLOPs, an 80% higher fill rate and 70% to 90% better performance on games.
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| MediaTek to go to TSMC for 7nm process |
3/10/2017 |
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TSMC will enter risk production for a MediaTek chip on the newer 7nm process in the second quarter, adding that the SoC incorporates 12 CPU cores.
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| Microsoft to develop Windows for ARM based server |
3/10/2017 |
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Microsoft has developed a version of its Windows operating system for servers using ARM processors, working with Qualcomm Inc. and Cavium Inc. The software maker is now testing these chips for tasks like search, storage, machine learning and big data.
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| Xilinx once again claim "King of FPGA" |
3/8/2017 |
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The year saw lots of changes in FPGA land. Most obvious is that Intel completed its acquisition of Altera at the end of 2015, meaning there is now a full year of numbers under the new ownership.
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| Malaysia wants to catch up on Digital transformation |
3/7/2017 |
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Some enterprises are focused on internal transformation, where technologies such as enterprise mobility, data warehousing and security technologies remain highly relevant. Others, however, want to focus more on building new external applications and services, using tools such as augmented reality/virtual reality.
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| Global semiconductor market grown 14% |
3/7/2017 |
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"The global semiconductor industry is off to a strong and encouraging start to 2017, posting its highest-ever January sales and largest year-to-year sales increase in more than six years,"
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| Cypress to sell Bloomington 200mm fab. |
3/7/2017 |
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Under the terms of the deal, Cypress will sell a subsidiary that owns the fab to a startup foundry, SkyWater Technology Foundry, backed by a Minnesota-based holding company.
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| Samsung NAND sales increased 34% |
3/7/2017 |
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Samsung Electronics succeeded in the mass production of 3D NAND flash memories for the first time in the world in 2013. It started the manufacturing of 64-layer 3D NAND chips in December last year and released 512 Gb products last month.
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| Let the bidding process begin |
3/6/2017 |
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Toshiba demands that bidders value the chip unit at a minimum of 2 trillion yen ($17.4 billion). The company hopes to earn a profit of at least 1 trillion yen in order to make up for the loss suffered by its American nuclear business.
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