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| IDC predicts a down semi market |
5/18/2016 |
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An economic pause in China and emerging markets, and a softening of the overall outlook in the US are key factors that will affect global semiconductor demand in 2016, says IDC.
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| Mobile DRAM taken over 40% DRAM market |
5/17/2016 |
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it is expected that mobile DRAM will continue to take up over 40% of the overall DRAM shipments throughout 2016, outpacing commodity and specialty DRAMs."
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| IC market dropped in Q1 |
5/17/2016 |
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According to the latest report from IC Insight, eight of the top 10 semiconductor suppliers logged annual declines in 1Q16 sales compared with 1Q15, with several seeing sales fall by 25% or more.
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| Apple invested $1 billion in Chinese version Uber |
5/17/2016 |
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That cool billion is likely to buy Apple everything it needs to know about ride-sharing, an installed base of customers for its future robo-cars, and a stronger foothold, both political and economic, in China.
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| AMD named new chairman |
5/16/2016 |
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Advanced Micro Devices announced today that board member John Caldwell has been appointed chairman. Caldwell succeeds Bruce Claflin as chairman of the board.
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| Intel to change focus to Data Center and IoT |
5/13/2016 |
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Intel CEO Brian Krzanich recently announced the company’s business direction via its official website. He said that Intel will reduce the PC sector, which used to be its major business, and withdraw from the mobile chip sector, which show no significant results.
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| Samsung has launched 256GB microSD card |
5/13/2016 |
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The storage space allows for recording of a 12-hour 4K (3840x2160) video without stopping and is optimized for graphic-intense videos such as VR.
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| Modern workload calls for advanced flash algorithm |
5/12/2016 |
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It’s been clear for some time now that storage is no longer just a question of cost vs. capacity. Modern workloads require highly specialized functionality and architectural support in order to provide optimal user experiences.
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| Proper allocation of memory leads to cost and power saving |
5/12/2016 |
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By offloading the storage of programs to less expensive solid-state drives (SSDs) and only using a small amount of expensive DRAM to cache the active processes, the amount of DRAM can be cut dramatically along with power consumption. That, in turn, can spark the development of a new class of lower-cost and lower-power products and cut the DRAM needed in a system by as much as 10X
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| Microsoft acquired Italian IoT firm |
5/12/2016 |
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Solair's work with fellow Italian company Rancilio Group, which allowed Rancilio to remotely monitor espresso machines and bolster efficiency, cost savings and revenue.
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| WD clears last huddle to take over SanDisk |
5/11/2016 |
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>“We are pleased that the final regulatory approval has been received and we can now proceed with the planned combination with Western Digital,” said Sanjay Mehrotra, president and chief executive officer, SanDisk.
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| Broadcom to sell off wireless division to MaxiLinear |
5/11/2016 |
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Broadcom has slashed more than 700 employees at its Irvine campus since Broadcom Corp. was sold for $37 billion to Avago Technologies Inc. in February, creating the world’s third largest chipmaker, with annual sales of about $15 billion.
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| Virtium brings on ultra low profile DRAM DIMM |
5/11/2016 |
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Although Virtium is touting its smaller form factor as a differentiator, Handy said it's not all that significant. What's more advantageous is selling into harsh environments that require high reliability such as telecom and automotive.
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| Samsung to use UEV lithograph for 7nm process |
5/11/2016 |
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announced today that they’ve purchased the NXE3400 tool from ASML, Netherlands-based semiconductor equipment manufacturer. NXE3400 is an EUV lithography tool, enabling Samsung Electronics to start manufacturing seven nano-meter (7nm) chips in the fourth quarter of 2017.
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| NXP, the new leader on automotive chips |
5/10/2016 |
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Following its takeover of Freescale, NXP Semiconductor has been declared the leading automotive chip vendor for 2015 by market research firm Strategy Analytics.
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| Qualcomm to take LTE-U into trial with T-Mobile |
5/10/2016 |
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Qualcomm is trying to establish that LTE and cable Wi-Fi can coexist, something cable operators have argued needs more verifying before trusting. The new authority is for 24/7 tests in Washington, California, Texas and Nevada.
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| Gartner ranks global foundries by revenue |
5/10/2016 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) retained its number one position in the worlds semiconductor foundry ranking in 2015, followed by the U.S.’ Globalfoundries, Taiwan’s UMC, Samsung Electronics, China’s SMIC, Taiwan’s Powerchip Technology, Israel’s Tower Jazz, Japan’s Fujitsu, Taiwan’s Vanguard and China’s Hua Hong Semi.
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| Companies racing to put AI onto System-on-a-chip |
5/10/2016 |
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Companies are starting to embed deep learning software into their chips, particularly for mobile vision applications. In fairly short order, that’s likely to lead to much smarter phones, drones, robots, cameras, wearables and more.
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