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| Samsung invests in startup AI company |
11/2/2016 |
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Graphcore said its processors will be up to 100 times better than current solutions in the market when it comes to how quickly the AI can learn, as well as the amount of energy consumed.
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| Status of the smartphone market |
11/1/2016 |
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Despite the recall of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7, global smartphone shipment volume is still up 1% with a total of 362.9 million in the third quarter of 2016, compared to the same period in 2015 when vendors shipped 369.3 million.
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| MediaTek wants to be in auto chips aslo |
11/1/2016 |
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"The lucrative margin of more than 40% in making chips for automobiles is very attractive for MediaTek," said C.Y. Yao, an analyst at Topology Research Institute.
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| Samsung is invesment heavy on 3D-NAND and Display |
10/31/2016 |
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Samsung is said to be investing 13.2 trillion won in the production of V-NAND chips, which are used for business servers that handle large amounts of data. The South Korean company will spend 10.9 trillion won for OLED displays – twice the sum that Samsung invested in displays last year.
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| AI to expand on many applications |
10/31/2016 |
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Identifying, understanding, and acting on the use cases, technologies and growth opportunities for cognitive/AI systems will be a differentiating factor for most enterprises and the digital disruption caused by these technologies will be significant."
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| Microsemi integrates the control module on electric aircraft |
10/31/2016 |
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Increases in the demand for higher reliability and integrated components in the aerospace industry is leading the move toward more electric aircraft (MEA), and Microsemi’s PCM will play a role in future power- conversion applications, such as landing systems, de-icing systems, wheels and braking systems, and high lift- and primary and secondary flight-control actuation systems.
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| Analog buys Innovasic for Industrial Automation |
10/31/2016 |
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The move will give its customers immediate access to industrial Ethernet applications, as well as creating a roadmap for future connectivity needs. The deal is said to complement its existing industrial automation solutions.
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| Fujitsu PC to alliance with Lanovo |
10/28/2016 |
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The end result will include Fujitsu's keeping its brand on PCs. According to a Reuters report, the alliance with Lenovo "is aimed at strengthening our brand and business,"
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| Texas Instruments has a great quarter |
10/28/2016 |
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Fourth-quarter net income will be 76 cents to 86 cents a share, the Dallas-based company said in a statement Wednesday. Revenue will be $3.17 billion to $3.43 billion.
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| Touch screen to include z-axis sensing |
10/27/2016 |
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UK-based Peratech wants to add a touch of force-sensing technology to give smartphone and tablet users a more intuitive experience, while at the same time, provide more creative opportunities for product and app developers by adding new ways for consumers to interact with their devices.
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| Toshiba offers updated embedded eMMC and UFS controller |
10/26/2016 |
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The e•MMC and UFS devices are able to combine flash memory and the corresponding controller in a single package. By doing this they are able to save space and relieve host processors of key memory management functions.
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| Memory "Row Hammer" effect magnified in Android systems |
10/26/2016 |
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Researchers tested 27 Android devices from different manufacturers, 21 using ARMv7 (32-bit) and six using ARMv8 (64-bit) architectures. They managed to flip bits on 17 of the ARMv7 devices and one of the ARMv8 devices, indicating they are vulnerable to the attack.
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| Mentor CEO: Semi market too volatile |
10/26/2016 |
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“Despite the semiconductor industry’s maturity, it remains very volatile and revenue forecasting combines two variables – the unit volume and average price – which can change rapidly.”
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| SK Hynix beats estimate |
10/25/2016 |
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Prices of benchmark DDR3 4-Gb dynamic random access chips rose to $2.01 as of Sept. 30 compared with $1.73 a quarter earlier, according to InSpectrum Tech Inc. The flash NAND market will sustain a positive trend, company said.
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| Smartwatch market might not survive |
10/25/2016 |
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the third quarter of 2015 was the first time the Apple Watch had widespread retail availability after a limited online launch, while the second generation of the device was only available in the last two weeks of the third quarter of 2016. This led to a 71.6 percent year-over-year fall in Apple Watch shipments in the latest quarter.
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