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| Obama orders study of gun safety technologies |
1/8/2016 |
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"If we can set it up so you can’t unlock your phone unless you’ve got the right fingerprint, why can’t we do the same thing for our guns?" President Obama asked during remarks at the White House on Tuesday.
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| Amazon to market its own computer chips |
1/7/2016 |
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Annapurna Labs, an Israeli company purchased by Amazon last year that is now based in Silicon Valley, said it is targeting customers designing home equipment like Wi-Fi routers, data storage gear and media-streaming devices.
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| MediaTek also looking at chips for the wearable market |
1/7/2016 |
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MediaTek claims that the MT2523 series is the first system-in-package in the world to bring GPS, dual-mode Bluetooth low energy, and MIPI-supported high resolution to the kinds of tiny mobile screens smartwatches require. The chip is optimal for long battery life.
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| China wants to establish a position in electronic memories |
1/7/2016 |
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In a series of deals Chinese buyers have paid a premium to acquire assets at the lower-tech end of the chipmaking spectrum. The country's drive to create a national chipmaking champion has propelled acquisitions to a record.
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| Federal prosecutors filed lawsuit against Volkswagen |
1/7/2016 |
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The complaint, filed on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency in Detroit federal court, alleged that the German automaker equipped nearly 600,000 vehicles with "illegal defeat devices" in violation of the Clean Air Act.
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| Intel buys its way into drone business |
1/6/2016 |
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Intel Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Krailling, Germany-based drone company Ascending Technologies GmbH, as the semiconductor manufacturer tries to spur the development of new products that use its chips.
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| Apple paid $350 million back taxes in Italy |
1/6/2016 |
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The practice, called profit-shifting, has come under attack from the European Union, which wants multinationals to pay tax where they earn their revenue, and not where they have their regional base.
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| Taiwan government subsidies green appliances and smartphones |
1/4/2016 |
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In order to push consumers to upgrade from a 2G services to 4G, the government will provide NT$200 subsidy on the monthly service fee for the first three months. For home appliances, the government is also issuing up to NT$2,000 in subsidies to consumers, helping related brand vendors to see over 50% growth on year in sales.
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| Chinese's love for Fairchild does not cease |
1/4/2016 |
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Fairchild, which agreed to a merger last month with ON Semiconductor Corp., said it received a revised, unsolicited acquisition offer of $21.70 a share in cash. That would value the company’s equity at $2.46 billion. The amended proposal from a bidder from the same group led by China Resources’ semiconductor arm.
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| Qualcomm's Snapdragon found its way into drones |
1/4/2016 |
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The company has begun teasing its drone-related news to be announced at CES 2016 next week, and has demoed Snapdragon Flight, its new drone system, complete with an autopilot mode.
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| Samsung to mass produce 14nm NAND |
12/30/2015 |
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While everybody else is finishing up designs on flat NAND memory chips measuring an incredible 14nm, Samsung is already preparing to enter mass production on their own design.
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| Samsung up $2 billion investment into Vietnam |
12/30/2015 |
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A Ho Chi Minh City government official said the Vietnamese government had given a green light to Samsung Asia Pte Ltd [SAMECP.UL] increasing its investment in the city's Saigon Hi-Tech Park.
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| Samsung dedicated processor for wearable health monitoring |
12/30/2015 |
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According to Soreon Research, the wearables market could be worth more than $41 billion in 2020, which is why some companies are planning to get a piece of the billion-dollar pie by offering high-tech products with sophisticated capabilities.
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| Chairman of China Telecom being investigated |
12/29/2015 |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ongoing corruption investigations have already included leading politicians, bosses of state enterprises and senior bankers. The party watchdog cracked down on more than 70 senior officials at state firms in 2014.
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| Intel completd merger of Altera |
12/29/2015 |
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In August, Jason Waxman, vice president of Intel’s cloud platform group, said he expected that FGPAs could represent a third of the processors running all data center operations in 2020.
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