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| TrendForce predict NAND prices to level out |
6/1/2016 |
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Yang, research director of TrendForce’s memory division DRAMeXchange, was at the Computex to offer the attendees his insights on the NAND Flash market for this year’s second half.
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| Samsung made 512GB SSD in Dime size |
6/1/2016 |
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The Nonvolatile Memory Express PCle SSD features an extremely compact package containing all essential SSD components, including NAND flash memory, DRAM and controller, while delivering outstanding performance
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| Globalfoundries to form JV on China fab |
6/1/2016 |
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Chongqing is furnishing land and the existing facility, while the company will provide tools to upgrade it to 300-millimeter from 200-millimeter wafer production, making it more efficient.
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| Top online companies support EU code of conduct |
5/31/2016 |
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As part of the pledge agreed with the European Commission, the web giants will review the majority of valid requests for removal of illegal hate speech in less than 24 hours and remove or disable access to the content if necessary.
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| Samsung Q1 look good thanks to mobile and memory |
5/31/2016 |
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The Semiconductor business will continue to maintain solid earnings by improving the high-value added memory product mix, such as V-NAND SSD for servers and by expanding the supply of System LSI components for premium smartphones.
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| Intel's 200 series chipset to support DDR4-2400 |
5/27/2016 |
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The Core i7-6950X, is quite the beast featuring 10 cores and 20 threads. The processor supports DDR4-2400 RAM and will be released on the exciting X99 chipset based motherboards.
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| Qualcomm wants to work with China on server chip development |
5/27/2016 |
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Earlier this year, Qualcomm formed a 1.85-billion-yuan ($280 million) joint venture with the Guizhou provincial government, as part of its efforts to build up presence in the server chip sector, which is now dominated by Intel Corp.
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| ASE soften strategy on merger talk with SPIL |
5/26/2016 |
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ASE¡¯s proposal, if accepted, would put an end to a nine-month ownership fight, as SPIL has resisted a ¡°hostile¡± takeover bid by the world¡¯s biggest chip tester and packager.
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| NAND shortage on the horizon? |
5/26/2016 |
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A shortage of NAND flash chips will be caused by robust growth in the SSD market, according to Silicon Motion president and CEO Wallace Kou. SSD storage demand for data centers will be huge in 2016, said Kou.
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| Rumors for Qualcomm to acquire Xilinx |
5/25/2016 |
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Street Insider first reported the rumor of the offer, citing sources familiar with the matter, but didn’t identify the bidder. Xilinx stock shot up 5.7% near the close Tuesday and was up a fraction in after-hours trading.
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| Global Foundries' SiGe process now good for 5G RF |
5/25/2016 |
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The technology is optimized for customers who need improved performance solutions for automotive radar, satellite communications, 5G millimeter-wave base stations and other wireless and wireline communication network applications.
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| Smartphone chip shipment to step up in China |
5/25/2016 |
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About 150 million application processors will be shipped to the China smartphone market in the second quarter of 2016, up 11.3% sequentially, according to Digitimes Research.
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| NAND revenue fell |
5/24/2016 |
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The overall decrease in average selling prices (ASPs) is much greater than the total bit shipment growth for the first quarter. Consequently, branded NAND Flash manufacturers suffered an average quarterly revenue drop 2.9%, marking two consecutive quarters of decline.
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| Kaysight beats estimate |
5/24/2016 |
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Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) on May 19 reported 2016 fiscal-year second-quarter profit of $88 million, equivalent to 61 cents a share, exceeding expectations of many analysts.
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