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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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| Verizon to get Yahoo for $4.83 Billion |
7/25/2016 |
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Parties as diverse as Warren Buffett and The Daily Mail were interested in buying Yahoo. But after a sale process that dragged on for months, Verizon (VZ, Tech30), long viewed as the frontrunner, is walking away with Yahoo's more than one billion monthly active users.
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| Storage startup gets investment from major players |
7/25/2016 |
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The Auburn-based company, which launched in December 2014, has developed technology to allow cloud data center servers to quickly access solid-state memory that is not physically in or near the server.
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| Flash prices rebounded |
7/22/2016 |
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Buoyed by a significant demand increase as Chinese and Taiwanese smartphone makers introduce products with larger memory capacity, prices of NAND flash memory chips have rebounded significantly.
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| Semi automated Bus will serve the public |
7/22/2016 |
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The bus requires specially equipped bus lanes, so-called BRT lanes (bus rapid transit). It drives at speeds up to 70 kmph autonomously. During the ride, a driver is required to monitor the system, but as long as he does not intervene, the bus can maneuver automatically.
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| Intel revenue increased while profit dropped |
7/22/2016 |
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Intel said that for the quarter ended July 2, it earned $1.3 billion, or 27 cents a share, less than half the $2.7 billion, or 55 cents a share, it earned in the same period a year ago. However, revenue rose to $13.5 billion from last year's second-quarter sales of $13.2 billion.
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