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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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| BlackBerry's John Chen has a lot of faith on upcoming "Priv" |
10/9/2015 |
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BlackBerry hopes to change that with the Priv, which will be launched on the market by the end of the year. John Chen has confirmed that his company is working directly with carriers in the US and the rest of the world to make the Priv available through their official retail channels.
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| Micron disclosed more details on XPoint Memory |
10/9/2015 |
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It isn't meant to fully replace either DRAM or NAND flash. But it does promise to combine many of their best features. The primary target for 3D XPoint is "massive in-memory databases," but it could be used in any application that requires a large pool of high-performance memory.
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