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| Amazon to use MediaTek chip on Echo Dot |
10/7/2016 |
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MediaTek reportedly has landed tablet chip orders from Amazon for production of its second generation smart home device, the Echo Dot. Shipments of the chips will peak in October-November.
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| Micron estimate beats analyst forecast |
10/6/2016 |
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Micron forecast first-quarter adjusted profit of 13-21 cents per share, while analysts were expecting a profit of 9 cents. It would represent the company's first profit in three quarters.
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| Samsung to fabricate Snapdragon chip for Qualcomm |
10/6/2016 |
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Samsung will make Qualcomm's Snapdragon 830 mobile processors using 10-nanometre production technology, adding that the South Korean firm agreed to use the processors in half of its next update of the Galaxy S.
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| Tech Giants formed AI development group |
10/6/2016 |
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The nonprofit Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society includes Amazon, Google, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft. Those founding members will contribute financial and research resources.
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| Cypress to stop loss by layoff |
10/5/2016 |
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The 7% cut in the workforce follows the appointment of new CEO Hassane El-Khoury who took over from founding CEO T.J.Rodgers.
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| DRAM prices hit 2 year high |
10/4/2016 |
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DRAM makers adjusted their product mixes and caused PC DRAM supply to tighten significantly. In the fourth quarter, the average contract price of PC DRAM will reach its highest point in two years due to stronger-than-expected notebook demand worldwide. The anticipated quarterly increase in the average contract price will be at almost 30%.
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| Samsung relaunch Galaxy Note 7 |
10/4/2016 |
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Samsung officially announced the relaunch of the Galaxy Note7 across the globe. The new batch of phablets is ready and has been shipped to all partners, retailers, and carriers. It should be free of defective batteries.
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| New MediaTek chip is 10nm |
10/4/2016 |
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TSMC is expected to kick off its 10nm production in the fourth quarter of 2016, paving the way for MediaTek to officially launch the Helio X30 chips at the end of the first quarter of 2017.
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| ASML holds the key to small geormetry lithograph |
10/4/2016 |
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No rival has the research-and-development budget to attempt to compete with ASML’s EUV business, but the Dutch company still faces a challenge in getting new orders, said Bernstein Research analyst Pierre Ferragu.
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| ST offers chip set for wearables recharging |
10/3/2016 |
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The chipset features 11 mm-diameter coils on the receiver side and 20 mm for the transmitter, allowing for the design of slim form factor devices. The chipset eliminates the need for a conventional charging connector and simplifies enclosure design.
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| Simplicity introduce development tool for IoT software |
9/30/2016 |
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update to its Simplicity Studio software represents a significant redesign of the software infrastructure, making the development tools faster to download and easier to install and use, while its more intuitive user interface improves the overall developer experience.
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| Qualcomm in talk to acquire NXP |
9/30/2016 |
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If completed, a deal could be valued at more than $30 billion, given NXP’s market value of roughly $28 billion as of Wednesday’s market close. Talks were continuing and could still fall apart.
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| New cache management technique speeds system by 9% |
9/30/2016 |
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Though computers store all data to be manipulated off-chip in main memory (aka RAM), data required regularly by the processor is also temporarily stored in a die-stacked DRAM (dynamic random access memory) cache that allows the data to be retrieved more quickly.
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| STT technology to propel MRAM into mainstream |
9/29/2016 |
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STT has created magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) chips with circuits that are as small as 20 nanometers apart. In the memory cells for these chips, data is stored using magnetic elements, rather than electric charges or current flows. Proponents of this technology, such as STT, say it offers advantages in speed, power efficiency, cost, reliability, and scalability.
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| Manufacturers to face shortage of skill labor ahead |
9/29/2016 |
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Because the workforce shortage is increasing demand for and the value of qualified workers, new graduates and others who have the right technical skills are likely to obtain well-paying positions.
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