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| Western Digital to get into 3D ReRAM |
8/16/2016 |
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While Western Digital didn’t reveal any fixed timeline for when these products will launch or their specifications, they have confirmed their decision to use SanDisk’s Resistive RAM technology alongside 3D manufacturing to create these special purpose SSDs.
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| China is now number one in Supercomputer with their own chips |
8/16/2016 |
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The Sunway TaihuLight claimed the top slot on the latest edition of the Top500 list, which ranks supercomputers in terms of calculation speed. No other supercomputer came close to China's new system, whose theoretical peak performance is 93 petaflops.
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| Korea to take 75% of DRAM market |
8/15/2016 |
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According to DRAM Exchange,Samsung Electronics’ DRAM sales rose 8.7 percent in the second quarter to $4.32 billion (about 4.75 trillion won) from $3.97 billion in the first quarter. SK Hynix also recorded $2.41 billion in the second quarter in sales, up 4 percent from $2.32 billion in the first quarter.
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| AMD moving back from ARM server to x86 |
8/15/2016 |
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Instead of ARM-based servers, AMD is relying again on x86 chips, this time based on the promising Zen architecture, to take market share from Intel.
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| El-Khoury replaces Rogers as CEO at Cypress |
8/15/2016 |
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El-Khoury is a nine-year veteran of Cypress, and helped shepherd the company's acquisition of chipmaker Spansion in 2015, and this year's purchase of Broadcom's internet of things operations.
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| Samsung talked about 1 terabit 3D NAND with 100 layers |
8/15/2016 |
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"1 terabit NAND flash will soon hit the market, and that means a chipmaker can stack up 100 layers of cells inside a chip,” Kim Ki-nam, the chief of Samsung’s chip business division, said at the Flash Memory Summit
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| TSMC July revenue down 6.1% |
8/12/2016 |
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TSMC estimated previously that revenues would climb to between NT$254 billion and NT$257 billion in the third quarter of 2016 representing sequential growth of 14.5-16%.
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| Seagate to ship 60TB SSD in 2017 |
8/11/2016 |
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The drive will be aimed at servers and flash arrays, where it could help meet the growing demand for storage fueled by mobile devices, online video and the emerging internet of things.
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| Samsung factory safetly questioned |
8/11/2016 |
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An Associated Press investigation has found South Korean authorities have repeatedly withheld from workers and bereaved families crucial information about chemicals used at Samsung's computer chip and liquid crystal display factories.
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| Manufacturing orders up in June |
8/11/2016 |
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Orders are likely to get a boost from the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) happening in September, but sustained recovery is not anticipated in the immediate future.
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| 512GB SSD in SIM card package |
8/10/2016 |
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The Toshiba BG SSD Family will be available in 128GB, 256GB or 512GB capacities in both a 16mm x 20mm package (M.2 Type 1620) or a removable M.2 Type 2230 module.
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| India to be 14% of the smartphone market |
8/9/2016 |
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India is fastest-growing market for mobile handsets and globally contributed nearly 7.6% to the global smartphone market in 2015 and is expected to touch 13.5% by 2019 with increasing popularity of smartphones, better availability of data services etc.
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| Surface Pro 5 to have Intel's Kaby Lake chipset |
8/9/2016 |
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The Surface Pro 5 was initially scheduled to be unveiled this June. Considering the device did not debut in June, it seems Microsoft has opted to go ahead with the Kaby Lake processor-powered Surface Pro 5 and, therefore, pushed back the tablet's release to next year.
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| Analyst projects bright future for SK Hynix |
8/9/2016 |
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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.
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| China semiconductor companies formed alliance |
8/9/2016 |
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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.
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| Apple spent $200 million to acquire AI company |
8/8/2016 |
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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.
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| “Big 3” spenders to represent 45% of semi Capex outlay |
8/8/2016 |
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“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.
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