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| Apple filed defiance motion |
2/29/2016 |
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Cook said "this moment calls for public discussion, and we want our customers and people around the country to understand what is at stake."
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| Apple joins the rank on 16nm with TSMC |
2/26/2016 |
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Apple is another key customer of TSMC's 16nm technology for 2016, the sources indicated. Orders from Apple, and TSMC's other main mobile SoC clients based in China and Taiwan, will fill the foundry's 16nm process capacity in 2016.
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| Samsung steps into 256GB UFS production |
2/26/2016 |
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The new Universal Flash Storage (UFS) boasts speed that is nine times faster than high-performance micro SD cards, or two times compared to budget solid state drives for laptops.
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| HP Inc. reports revenue drop on PC sales |
2/25/2016 |
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HP Inc, which houses former Hewlett-Packard’s legacy hardware business, reported a near 12% drop in quarterly revenue, as it struggles with weak demand for PCs and printers.
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| China is recruiting Korean engineers |
2/25/2016 |
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These days, 200 to 300 semiconductor engineers retire from Samsung Electronics a year. Most of the retirees are highly-skilled persons and high-rank managers, and their transfer to Chinese companies could result in problems with regard to the business of the Korean semiconductor manufacturers.
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| Where is memory technology going? |
2/25/2016 |
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DRAM suppliers have experienced a number of boom and bust cycles in a competitive landscape. But now, the industry faces a cloudy, if not an uncertain, future.
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| WD changed offer price for SanDisk |
2/25/2016 |
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Western Digital Corp, said on Tuesday that China's Unisplendour Corp Ltd had scrapped its planned $3.78 billion investment in the company, a move that in turn alters the terms of Western's deal for rival SanDisk Corp.
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| 5D media can store 360 terabytes of data |
2/24/2016 |
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The method, called five-dimensional data storage, encodes information in tiny nanostructures in glass with a standard-sized disc able to store around 360 terabytes of data. The glass discs have an estimated 13.8 billion year lifespan.
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| Carl Icahn unloads half of his Mentor shares |
2/23/2016 |
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In 2011, Icahn had sought to sell or break up Mentor, but despite winning a fight with the company and installing his own directors on Mentor's board he has been content to allow the business to continue operating and pocket the profits from its rising share price.
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| Applied forecast growth in semi equipment business |
2/22/2016 |
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Shares in the largest maker of machinery used to produce computer chips rose 7.1 percent to $18.38, the biggest single-day gain since May 2014, after forecasting revenue of $2.37 billion to $2.48 billion in the current three-month period.
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| Manufacturers have work to do in IoT adoptations |
2/22/2016 |
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Manufacturers have some catching up to do in order to fully capitalize on IoT’s potential. Shoring up security in the wake of newly connected systems and products and taking advantage of the newly permanent R&D credit are critical steps.”
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| A smartphone sells for only $4 |
2/19/2016 |
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Bookings for the Freedom 251 open on February 18 at 6am and close on 21 February at 8pm. The company says deliveries will be completed by 30th June 2016.
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| Revenue up at Nvidia |
2/19/2016 |
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Revenue from its core business that designs graphics cards for PCs such as GeForce rose 25.4 percent to $810 million.
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| Foundray activities to slow down |
2/19/2016 |
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Taiwan's first-tier IC design companies indicated that customers are holding relatively low inventory levels compared to those they had at the end of 2015. Nevertheless, customers are still reluctant to place orders during the current off season.
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