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| WD's late entry to 3D NAND will help Micron position |
8/2/2016 |
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Western Digital's Q4 concall was mostly bad news for the company, confirming that it is probably a year late in the 3D business. WDC's problems are Micron's opportunities, especially in 3D NAND. The outlook for Micron's NAND business is considerably brighter.
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| MediTek enjorys high revenue growth in Q2 |
8/2/2016 |
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MediaTek has announced pre-tax profits of NT$7.75 billion (US$245.2 million) for the second quarter of 2016, up 46.8% sequentially. Pre-tax EPS for the quarter came to NT$4.93.
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| VR and AR might become the growth engine for memories |
8/2/2016 |
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Industry sources say that the expansion of the VR and AR market is primarily to increase the demand of NAND flash which keeps storing data when a device’s DRAM and power are shut off. To realize 3D VR contents through VR devices, like the Gear VR, requires a lot of memory.
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| Samsung to have 64 layer 3D NAND in production by Q4 |
8/1/2016 |
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When Samsung releases a 64-layer V NAND-based SSDs, they will be able to mass-produce 15.32-plus TB SSDs for servers. Since A 15.32TB product fetches about 10 million won, demand will lopsided toward Samsung Electronics, further boosting profitability.
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| Rambus PHY IP reach DDR4 3200 |
8/1/2016 |
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Rambus Inc. said it has developed the first production-ready 3200 Mbps DDR4 PHY available on Globalfoundries Inc.'s FX-14 ASIC platform using its power-performance optimized 14nm LPP process.
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| ST to buy NFC/RFID IP from Ams |
8/1/2016 |
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Included in the deal are NFC front end and antenna boost solutions, as well as integrated HF/UHF RFID reader assets. Around 50 employees will transfer to ST.
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| 10nm Snapdragon 830 might fill Samsung S8 |
7/29/2016 |
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Next-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 830 chip will be based on 10nm process and come with Kyro 200 core design, Adreno 540 GPU, X16 modem with download speeds of up to 980 Mbps, and LPDDR4X memory that can support 4K x 2K video recording.
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| Rambus analysed the need for memory bandwidth |
7/28/2016 |
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Over the next five years, it is estimated that the total memory bandwidth will need to increase approximately 33% per year to keep pace with processor improvements. Given this projection, DRAM of all variants should achieve speeds of over 12Gbps by 2020 for optimal performance.
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| White House to promote EV charging infustructure |
7/28/2016 |
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The White House announced that nearly 50 entities signed onto a document of "Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure," including state governments, electric utilities and companies such as automakers Ford, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Tesla.
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| LG to invest $1.75 billion into flexible display |
7/28/2016 |
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The South Korean company said mass production of flexible displays will start in late 2018, at a scale that will supply enough 5.7-inch sized flexible screens for 3 million handsets per month.
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| Samsung to expand Austin R&D center |
7/27/2016 |
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Samsung Austin R&D Center, which develops system large-scale integration for premium mobile devices, would be relocating its offices from its current location at Ladera Bend to a new, larger and updated 112,000-square-foot space in northeast Austin.
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| China's LeEco to acquire Vizio |
7/27/2016 |
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Under the $2 billion agreement, LeEco will acquire all of Vizio's hardware and software operations, technology, and intellectual property. Vizio's data business, Inscape, will spin off as a separate, privately owned company.
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| ADI to take over Linear Tech at $14.8 billion |
7/27/2016 |
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Linear Technology shareholders will receive $46 a share in cash plus 0.2321 of a share of Analog Devices for each share of Linear Technology. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of next year.
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| DHL test out parcel delivery by drone |
7/26/2016 |
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The parcelcopter dealt with heavy loads, long distances, and delivery to an alpine region conquering geographical and meteorological challenges.
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| Smartwatch market missing its mark |
7/26/2016 |
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IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker showed that smartwatch vendors shipped 3.5 million units in the second quarter of 2016, which was down substantially from the 5.1 million shipped a year ago.
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| Korea needs more fabless company for innovations |
7/26/2016 |
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Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are global leaders in the memory semiconductor sector but in the fabless sector, a semiconductor design sector, they are not. According to IC Insights, last year, Korean fabless companies accounted for less than one percent of the entire market.
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| Nokia to go at it again |
7/25/2016 |
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Nokia is reportedly planning for a comeback to the smartphone market with two new smartphones powered by Google's latest Android Nougat operating system version 7.0. The handsets are expected towards the end of 2016.
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