|
 |
|
| Semi sales hit soft spot January |
3/8/2016 |
|
Global chip sales totaled $26.9 billion in January, down 3% from the previous month and down 6% compared with January 2015, according to the sales numbers, compiled by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization.
|
|
|
| Autonomous cars come with serious hacking risk |
3/8/2016 |
|
Every new car that hits the road likely offers some form of connected technology that could be exploited by hackers, and regulators currently have no method to test vehicles' vulnerability to cyberattacks.
|
|
|
| New merged Broadcom to layoff 1900 |
3/7/2016 |
|
Hock Tan organized what is now Broadcom Ltd. into about 24 profit/loss divisions, considered the new company’s core businesses. Each has its own set of market and technology goals and a general manager reporting to him.
|
|
|
| With 3D printing, there comes counterfeit parts |
3/7/2016 |
|
The hardware needed is easily acquired and is priced at only $500 for a basic printer system — the materials for making counterfeit items are readily available, making it possible for counterfeiters to get started at a minimal investment.
|
|
|
| More notebooks to install SSD |
3/4/2016 |
|
Based on DRAMeXchange’s analysis, the price difference between 128GB SSDs and 500GB HDDs will shrink to less than US$3 in 2016. The price difference between 256GB SSDs and 1TB HDDs is also expected to be less than US$7 before the end of the year.
|
|
|
| Google found SLC drives have no advantage over MLC |
3/4/2016 |
|
Google found that SLC drives do not perform better for those measures of reliability that matter most in practice, like lower repair or replacement rates, and don’t typically have lower rates of non-transparent errors.
|
|
|
| Invitations to test hack the Pentagon |
3/4/2016 |
|
Defense Department officials on Tuesday announced the “Hack the Pentagon” pilot program, which is modeled on similar security tests conducted by numerous large companies.
|
|
|
| Gear up at TSMC signals the comig of iPhone 7 |
3/3/2016 |
|
TSMC is moreover rumored to be the primary or sole manufacturer of "A10" processors for next-generation iPhones, which could be churned out using the firm's 16-nanometer FinFET process.
|
|
|
| State of the economy |
3/3/2016 |
|
“We’ve had a soft start for the year, but the underlining demand is still there and its starting to show up again. Production simply has to follow suit in order to materialize those new orders into product.”
|
|
|
| EU approved Dell/EMC merger |
3/2/2016 |
|
European Commission said on Monday it had cleared Dell Inc's planned $67 billion acquisition of data storage company EMC Corp EMC.N.
|
|
|
| Ford is developing anti-pothole system |
3/2/2016 |
|
The system works through onboard computers that analyze signals from 12 high-resolution sensors and adjust the dampers to their stiffest setting when a pothole is detected.
|
|
|
| Chinese eying on Lattice Semi |
3/1/2016 |
|
Lattice Semiconductor is working with investment bank Morgan Stanley (MS.N) to review interest from potential buyers, including a Chinese party, the people said on Friday.
|
|
|
| Simple initiative to encourage science study |
3/1/2016 |
|
More than 50 national labs in 20 states are opening their doors this week to approximately 5,000 elementary, middle and high school students to help spark interest by exposing them to the scientists, engineers and lab employees who carry out important work and research at facilities in their communities.
|
|
|
| Smartwatch taken over Swiss watches |
3/1/2016 |
|
Global smartwatch shipments surpassed Swiss watch shipments for the first time. Worldwide smartwatch shipments amounted to 8.1 million, just beating the Swiss watch industry’s total of 7.9 million.
|
|
|
| Renesas provides SOC for automobile 3D instrument clusters |
2/29/2016 |
|
In the future, the company believes, display size and resolution are expected to continue increasing, even in low to mid range models. But it notes that, for these systems to become more mainstream, the ability to create displays that make full use of 3D graphics will be required.
|
|
|
| IBM unwraps super secured server |
2/29/2016 |
|
“The z13s is another example of IBM’s ongoing investment in security,” Barlow said. “It represents innovative security technology at every level – from system and processor design to software.
|
|
|
|
