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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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| 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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