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| Powerchip to build new 12 inch fab in China |
10/20/2015 |
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Powerchip in mid-2015 announced the company had reached an agreement with Hefei Construction Investment and Holding to invest in a wafer foundry in Hefei in the Chinese province of Anhui. The foundry will be a 12-inch fab running 0.15-micron, 0.11-micron and 90nm manufacturing processes initially for LCD driver
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| AMD sold package plant in Asia |
10/20/2015 |
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The deal is consistent with AMD’s strategy to “focus the company on improving our long term financial performance by building great products and simplifying our business model."
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| Intel purchased VIA Telecom for modem technology |
10/16/2015 |
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“CDMA is required for any smartphone on Verizon’s huge network. Without CDMA. CDMA is also required elsewhere in some networks in Taiwan, Korea, and for China Telecom. Intel cannot be a major player in the LTE modem market.”
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| TSMC introduced lower cost version of 16nm FinFET process |
10/16/2015 |
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TSMC president and co-CEO CC Wei suggested previously that the 16FFC process will be ready for volume production in the second half of 2016. Wei also estimated that TSMC's 16nm FinFET technology will receive a total of about 50 product tape-outs covering different chip products.
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| Counterfeit is blooming, thanks to the online world |
10/16/2015 |
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"Counterfeiters have proven every bit as adaptable and creative as big business, with the Internet allowing them to refine approaches, increase reach and target the lucrative world of online buyers,"
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| SanDisk contemplating sale to Micron or WD |
10/15/2015 |
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SanDisk had a market value of about $12.6 billion as of Tuesday’s close. The company’s shares rose 11 percent to $68.70 at the close Wednesday in New York, the highest price since May 28.
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| Is OLED the next wave on display technology? |
10/14/2015 |
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“OLED is a completely different device. You get rid of the backlight. And you now have a red, green and blue OLED material that is deposited on the glass. When you put current through it, it lights up all by itself,”
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| Dall offer $67B to buy EMC |
10/13/2015 |
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The deal will combine EMC’s dominance in devices that store data with closely held Dell’s No. 2 position in servers, the powerful machines that help companies handle big computing challenges.
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| New discovery can lead to more secure magnetic memories |
10/12/2015 |
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Under extreme conditions, certain magnetic materials can develop spots where the moments curve and twist, forming a ring-like configuration. These unusual objects possess an elasticity that protects them from outside influence, meaning the data they store would not be corrupted easily, even by stray magnetic fields or physical defects within the material.
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