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Analyst projects bright future for SK Hynix 8/9/2016
The company, which is the world's second-biggest memory chip supplier and a critical part of SK Group in terms of profit contribution, is expected to improve earnings in the latter half of this year.
China semiconductor companies formed alliance 8/9/2016
The HECA will cover the development of China's semiconductor industry from the set-up of the industry's architecture, chip production, software/system development and information services.
Apple spent $200 million to acquire AI company 8/8/2016
Apple has reportedly acquired a Seattle-based machine learning startup called Turi. The financial details of the deal remain undisclosed but various reports suggest the deal worth $200 million.
“Big 3” spenders to represent 45% of semi Capex outlay 8/8/2016
“Big 3” spenders are forecast to represent 45% of the total semiconductor industry outlays this year. In contrast, capital outlays by the rest of the semiconductor suppliers are forecast to shrink by 16% in the second half of this year.
Can Micron survive with China as the new memory player in town? 8/8/2016
As Micron has kept posting losses and its stock prices have falling, there are rumors that Chinese firm will acquire Micron again. Market watchers think that the U.S. government will not be able to continuously prevent the lossmaker from voluntary market reorganization.
Allwinner chipset to drive VR prices dowm 8/8/2016
Allwinner's H8VR chipset could free VR headsets from being attached to smartphones or PCs. The H8VR can fit in plastic or cardboard VR headset, and it has a CPU, 4K video processing capabilities, memory and storage.
Silicon wafer shipment broke record 8/5/2016
Total silicon wafer area shipments were 2,706 million square inches during the most recent quarter, a 6.6% increase from the 2,538 million square inches shipped during the previous quarter.
Singapore to test autonomous vehicle technology 8/5/2016
Cetran will spearhead the development of testing requirements for SDVs, as there is no existing international standard. This would allow SDVs to be integrated with existing road traffic, which is an important step for widespread deployment of SDVs.
Everspin announced perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction MRAM 8/5/2016
"The part offered the ‘highest write performance’. The technology can support 1.5million IOPs,”. “This shows how enterprises can apply it to speed applications. The DDR3 interface will make it easy to design ST-MRAM into existing applications."
Nanya share of DRAM market continue to fall 8/5/2016
But Nanya's earnings overall paint a gloomier picture. Group net profit plummeted 91% year on year to 397 million New Taiwan dollars ($12.5 million) for the quarter as sluggish demand weighed on prices, marking the fifth straight quarter of declines.
Memory chip prices up 8/4/2016
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.
Facebook opens hardware lab to build IoT infustructure 8/4/2016
"When you think about connecting the world, you have to build different types of hardware to help people connect," said Jay Parikh, Facebook's head of engineering and infrastructure.
Tesla merger with Solar City comes with high ambitions 8/4/2016
"By joining forces, we can operate more efficiently and fully integrate our products, while providing customers with an aesthetically beautiful and simple one-stop solar + storage experience,"
Manufacturing Index at 52.6% 8/4/2016
A reading above 50 percent indicates that the manufacturing economy is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates that it is generally contracting.
GlobalFoundries invested big in Saratoga County, NY 8/3/2016
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.
Macronix to overtake Cypress in NOR leadership ? 8/3/2016
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.
UMC offers 180nm process for automotive electronics 8/3/2016
This automotive grade allows for the semiconductors to offer a high reliability in vehicles where high-temperature environments are an issue for other ICs.
ARM expanded IoT team at Israel Center 8/3/2016
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.
WD's late entry to 3D NAND will help Micron position 8/2/2016
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.
Galaxy S7 put Samsung back into the limelight 8/2/2016
The Galaxy S7 has pushed Samsung back into the limelight, after a two year slump the firm is back on form. Samsung Galaxy S7 units are selling by the boatload.
MediTek enjorys high revenue growth in Q2 8/2/2016
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.
VR and AR might become the growth engine for memories 8/2/2016
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.
Qualcomm signed 3G/4G advanced CDMA license with China OPPO 8/1/2016
Under the terms of the agreement, Qualcomm has granted OPPO a royalty bearing patent license to develop, manufacture and sell 3G (WCDMA and CDMA2000) and 4G, including 3-mode (LTE-TDD, TD-SCDMA and GSM) complete terminals.
Samsung to have 64 layer 3D NAND in production by Q4 8/1/2016
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.
Rambus PHY IP reach DDR4 3200 8/1/2016
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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