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| iPhone 8 to have revolutionary wireless charging |
11/14/2016 |
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According to a report in BGR, the Cupertino giant is working with Energous to introduce wireless charging technology for iPhone 8. If rumours are anything to go by, the wireless technology being developed by Apple is like no other we’ve seen yet.
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| DRAM market predicts to grow in 2017 |
11/14/2016 |
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The research report, released by Market information advisory firm TrendForce Corp. (W–M‰È‹Z), indicated that dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips would continue to grow in 2017.
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| Nvidia registered record revenue |
11/14/2016 |
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Revenue rose 53.6 percent to $2.00 billion in the third quarter, blowing past analysts' expectations of $1.69 billion.
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| Trump win creates uncertainty in Tech Industry |
11/11/2016 |
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The Semiconductor Industry Association has long advocated free trade such as the Trans Pacific Partnership and other trade deals and relaxed immigration for foreign nationals with advanced STEM degrees.
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| Everspin showed off 1Gbit MRAMs |
11/11/2016 |
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It went from a 90nm 64Mbit currently in production to a 40nm 256Mbit which is sampling to this 1Gbit which has just got into silicon. All three generations were made by GliFo’s fab in Singapore.
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| Nanya buys 5% in Micron to secure DRAM license |
11/11/2016 |
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Nanya plans to acquire a 5 percent stake in Micron Technology Inc for about NT$31.46 billion (US$1 billion), making the local DRAM chipmaker the largest shareholder of the US memorychip giant.
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| Toshiba forecast up on strong NAND demand |
11/10/2016 |
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Toshiba Corp raised its annual operating profit forecast by 50 percent on Tuesday, saying it expects demand for its NAND flash memory chips to remain strong for the rest of the business year.
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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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