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| Memory chip prices up |
8/4/2016 |
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Production cuts initiated by the top-three vendors Samsung Electronis, SK Hynix and Micron Technology in the first and second quarters have resulted in tight supply of commodity DRAM chips recently, boosting contract prices.
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| Manufacturing Index at 52.6% |
8/4/2016 |
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A reading above 50 percent indicates that the manufacturing economy is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates that it is generally contracting.
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| GlobalFoundries invested big in Saratoga County, NY |
8/3/2016 |
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GlobalFoundries has invested $1.03 billion over the past seven years to purchase building materials and manufacturing equipment for its Malta, New York, factory, as the company competes to produce the most advanced computer chips in the world.
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| Macronix to overtake Cypress in NOR leadership ? |
8/3/2016 |
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Dr. Chih-Yuan Lu emphasized that with the continual stability of Macronix’s market share, he is confident that they will take the top spot in global market share at the end of the year.
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| ARM expanded IoT team at Israel Center |
8/3/2016 |
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ARM has recruited about 40 engineers in Israel and continues to grow the design centre. Will position it as a leading global IoT engineering research centre.
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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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