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| Next MacBook to feature 3D XPoint SSD |
11/9/2016 |
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Optane SSDs are purported to have 1,000 times the performance of typical flash drives. It will be compatible with the newest PCIe SSDs that use the NVM Express (NVMe) or Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface Specification -- a logical device interface for accessing flash storage via the PCIe bus.
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| SK Hynix to pump up 48 layer NAND production |
11/9/2016 |
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With the planned production, the company’s NAND chip output is expected to more than double from the current 10,000 units of the 12-inch wafers per month to some 20,000 to 30,000 units at the end of this year.
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| SMIC looking for 5% growth on Q4 |
11/9/2016 |
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"In 2016, SMIC is growing in excess of 28% year on year. We are forecasting growth for both 4Q16 and 1Q17 given current visibility."
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| Cypress offers hardware platform for IoT development |
11/9/2016 |
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development platform provides a single tool for Designs with multiple wireless protocols, streamlining the design process and allowing our customers to get their innovative connected products to market faster.
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| Chip business projected to rise through 2017 |
11/8/2016 |
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“There continues to be significant risks to the semiconductor market in 2018 because of the potential for a decline in global GDP, but 2017 has high probability for growth at the 4.6% level,”
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| Foxconn moved with Sharp on chip making venture |
11/8/2016 |
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"If Sharp can integrate with Foxconn, we can create a lot of room for growth by leveraging Sharp's know-how, Taiwan's own semiconductor manufacturing expertise, and young engineers in China,"
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| Graphene can make fresh water process more efficient |
11/8/2016 |
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key advantage of graphene in this context is its strength. By adding a lot of very small holes or pores to the sheet, you get a nanoporous graphene filter. Pores should be around 0.5nm, which is large enough to let water molecules through but small enough to block salt ions. This filter doesn’t require the high pressures required by RO on the seawater side to achieve high levels of throughput.
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| Apple may bypass iPhone 7SE upgrade |
11/7/2016 |
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Apple would look for ways to bring down the production and shipment quantities of iPhones to around 35-40 million units from 51.2 million units in 2016. Such a feat is possible by dropping the launch of an iPhone SE upgrade in 2017.
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| New TI MCU have built-in Ferro-RAM and DSP |
11/7/2016 |
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MSP430FR5994 microcontrollers have 256kbyte of FRAM and DSP capability from the firm’s low energy accelerator (LEA) which computes fast Fourier transforms (FFTs), finite impulse response (FIR) filters, infinite impulse response (IIR) filters and other maths functions.
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| Marvell to layoff 900 |
11/7/2016 |
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The company said it intends to cut costs by cutting some R&D programs, streamlining engineering processes and consolidating R&D sites for greater efficiency, all of which will lead to the layoffs.
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| Lattice agreed to be sold to Chinese |
11/7/2016 |
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Chinese suitors have faced intense scrutiny from regulators in their pursuit of U.S. chip makers, resulting in some failed deals this year. In general, China's aggressive push into overseas acquisitions this year has sparked opposition from governments from Australia to Germany.
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| SMIC to build 12 inch fab in Shenzhen |
11/4/2016 |
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The company said in a press release that the new fab is aimed at meeting demand for internet of things (IoT) chips using mature technology and some second-hand equipment for production.
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| Qualcomm has an up quarter |
11/4/2016 |
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Net income attributable to Qualcomm rose to $1.60 billion, or $1.07 per share, in the fourth quarter ended Sept. 25, from $1.06 billion, or 67 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose to $6.18 billion from $5.46 billion.
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| DRAM prices jumped 20% |
11/3/2016 |
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average contract price of 4GB PC DRAM modules increased over 20% between September and October from US$14.5 to US$17.5 as DRAM suppliers completed their fourth-quarter contract negotiations with first-tier PC-OEMs.
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| Microsoft shown next gen server spec with 50G Ethernet |
11/3/2016 |
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The Project Olympus design specifies a new motherboard, server and rack. It defines a 945mm x 441mm server with room for two CPUs, 32 DDR4 DIMMs, 50G networking, eight M.2 NVMe SSD slots, three PCI Express x16 cards and a 12V power supply.
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| Ford choose QNX software system from BlackBerry |
11/3/2016 |
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Under the agreement, a dedicated BlackBerry team will work with the automaker to expand applications of QNX Neutrino as well as BlackBerry's QNX hypervisor, QNX audio processing software and Certicom security technology.
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| Manufacturing index up for October |
11/3/2016 |
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Manufacturing expanded in October as the PMI registered 51.9 percent, an increase of 0.4 percentage point from the September reading of 51.5 percent, indicating growth in manufacturing for the second consecutive month.
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| Macronix predicts NOR memory shortage next year |
11/2/2016 |
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In the past, the memory capacity was limited for the use of embedded memory in structures; however, today’s enhanced controller functions and the switch to plug-in memory have significantly increased the demand for memory.
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| DRAM prices shoot up |
11/2/2016 |
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Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips rose at its fastest pace in nearly four years in October, thanks to better-than-expected demand for personal computers (PC) and a cut in DRAM supply.
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| Cypress beats estimate |
11/2/2016 |
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Cypress shares have climbed roughly 5 percent since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $10.26, a rise of 3 percent in the last 12 months.
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