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| Russians created MEMS diamond resonator that run at 20GHz |
6/6/2016 |
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The breakthrough claimed by the Technology Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials (TISNCM) in conjunction with the Siberian Federal University, is diamond substrate MEMS resonators whose speed exceeds 20GHz while maintaining a quality factor (Q) over 2,000.
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| Broadcom lost $1.2 billion on post merger quarter |
6/6/2016 |
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Broadcom posted a net loss of $1.2 billion, or $3.02 per diluted share, for its second quarter. That’s compared to net income of $377 million, or $1.30 per diluted share for the company’s previous quarter.
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| Huawei vowed to continue investment in Thailand |
6/3/2016 |
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Thomas Liu, president for Southeast Asia of Huawei Consumer Business Group, said the company aimed for a 15-per-cent share of Thailand's smartphone market in 2017, from just 2 per cent last year.
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| AMD expects to return to profit in 2H |
6/3/2016 |
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The company indicated that second-quarter revenue could grow from the same period a year earlier, which would end a run of six straight quarters of decline.
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| Taiwan government approved Micron's acquisition of Inotera |
6/2/2016 |
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The commission said it approved Micron¡¯s plan to wire NT$28.78 billion to its local unit, Micron Semiconductor Taiwan Co (̨ž³ÃÀ¹â), which would then apply for a NT$80 billion loan from banks to fund its acquisition of Inotera.
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| TrendForce predict NAND prices to level out |
6/1/2016 |
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Yang, research director of TrendForce’s memory division DRAMeXchange, was at the Computex to offer the attendees his insights on the NAND Flash market for this year’s second half.
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| Samsung made 512GB SSD in Dime size |
6/1/2016 |
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The Nonvolatile Memory Express PCle SSD features an extremely compact package containing all essential SSD components, including NAND flash memory, DRAM and controller, while delivering outstanding performance
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| Globalfoundries to form JV on China fab |
6/1/2016 |
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Chongqing is furnishing land and the existing facility, while the company will provide tools to upgrade it to 300-millimeter from 200-millimeter wafer production, making it more efficient.
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| Top online companies support EU code of conduct |
5/31/2016 |
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As part of the pledge agreed with the European Commission, the web giants will review the majority of valid requests for removal of illegal hate speech in less than 24 hours and remove or disable access to the content if necessary.
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| Samsung Q1 look good thanks to mobile and memory |
5/31/2016 |
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The Semiconductor business will continue to maintain solid earnings by improving the high-value added memory product mix, such as V-NAND SSD for servers and by expanding the supply of System LSI components for premium smartphones.
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| Intel's 200 series chipset to support DDR4-2400 |
5/27/2016 |
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The Core i7-6950X, is quite the beast featuring 10 cores and 20 threads. The processor supports DDR4-2400 RAM and will be released on the exciting X99 chipset based motherboards.
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| Qualcomm wants to work with China on server chip development |
5/27/2016 |
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Earlier this year, Qualcomm formed a 1.85-billion-yuan ($280 million) joint venture with the Guizhou provincial government, as part of its efforts to build up presence in the server chip sector, which is now dominated by Intel Corp.
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| ASE soften strategy on merger talk with SPIL |
5/26/2016 |
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ASE¡¯s proposal, if accepted, would put an end to a nine-month ownership fight, as SPIL has resisted a ¡°hostile¡± takeover bid by the world¡¯s biggest chip tester and packager.
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| NAND shortage on the horizon? |
5/26/2016 |
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A shortage of NAND flash chips will be caused by robust growth in the SSD market, according to Silicon Motion president and CEO Wallace Kou. SSD storage demand for data centers will be huge in 2016, said Kou.
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