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| Rambus analysed the need for memory bandwidth |
7/28/2016 |
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Over the next five years, it is estimated that the total memory bandwidth will need to increase approximately 33% per year to keep pace with processor improvements. Given this projection, DRAM of all variants should achieve speeds of over 12Gbps by 2020 for optimal performance.
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| White House to promote EV charging infustructure |
7/28/2016 |
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The White House announced that nearly 50 entities signed onto a document of "Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure," including state governments, electric utilities and companies such as automakers Ford, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Tesla.
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| LG to invest $1.75 billion into flexible display |
7/28/2016 |
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The South Korean company said mass production of flexible displays will start in late 2018, at a scale that will supply enough 5.7-inch sized flexible screens for 3 million handsets per month.
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| Samsung to expand Austin R&D center |
7/27/2016 |
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Samsung Austin R&D Center, which develops system large-scale integration for premium mobile devices, would be relocating its offices from its current location at Ladera Bend to a new, larger and updated 112,000-square-foot space in northeast Austin.
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| China's LeEco to acquire Vizio |
7/27/2016 |
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Under the $2 billion agreement, LeEco will acquire all of Vizio's hardware and software operations, technology, and intellectual property. Vizio's data business, Inscape, will spin off as a separate, privately owned company.
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| ADI to take over Linear Tech at $14.8 billion |
7/27/2016 |
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Linear Technology shareholders will receive $46 a share in cash plus 0.2321 of a share of Analog Devices for each share of Linear Technology. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of next year.
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| DHL test out parcel delivery by drone |
7/26/2016 |
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The parcelcopter dealt with heavy loads, long distances, and delivery to an alpine region conquering geographical and meteorological challenges.
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| Smartwatch market missing its mark |
7/26/2016 |
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IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker showed that smartwatch vendors shipped 3.5 million units in the second quarter of 2016, which was down substantially from the 5.1 million shipped a year ago.
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| Korea needs more fabless company for innovations |
7/26/2016 |
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Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are global leaders in the memory semiconductor sector but in the fabless sector, a semiconductor design sector, they are not. According to IC Insights, last year, Korean fabless companies accounted for less than one percent of the entire market.
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| Nokia to go at it again |
7/25/2016 |
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Nokia is reportedly planning for a comeback to the smartphone market with two new smartphones powered by Google's latest Android Nougat operating system version 7.0. The handsets are expected towards the end of 2016.
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| Verizon to get Yahoo for $4.83 Billion |
7/25/2016 |
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Parties as diverse as Warren Buffett and The Daily Mail were interested in buying Yahoo. But after a sale process that dragged on for months, Verizon (VZ, Tech30), long viewed as the frontrunner, is walking away with Yahoo's more than one billion monthly active users.
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| Storage startup gets investment from major players |
7/25/2016 |
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The Auburn-based company, which launched in December 2014, has developed technology to allow cloud data center servers to quickly access solid-state memory that is not physically in or near the server.
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| Flash prices rebounded |
7/22/2016 |
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Buoyed by a significant demand increase as Chinese and Taiwanese smartphone makers introduce products with larger memory capacity, prices of NAND flash memory chips have rebounded significantly.
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| Semi automated Bus will serve the public |
7/22/2016 |
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The bus requires specially equipped bus lanes, so-called BRT lanes (bus rapid transit). It drives at speeds up to 70 kmph autonomously. During the ride, a driver is required to monitor the system, but as long as he does not intervene, the bus can maneuver automatically.
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| Intel revenue increased while profit dropped |
7/22/2016 |
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Intel said that for the quarter ended July 2, it earned $1.3 billion, or 27 cents a share, less than half the $2.7 billion, or 55 cents a share, it earned in the same period a year ago. However, revenue rose to $13.5 billion from last year's second-quarter sales of $13.2 billion.
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| Toshiba to go 64 layer 3D NAND |
7/21/2016 |
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Toshiba is planning to start the manufacturing of the world’s first 64-layer 3D NAND flash memory chips in the third quarter of this year.
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| VR sales to heat up this Christmas season |
7/21/2016 |
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The VR device market is set to heat up in the fourth quarter of 2016 with more new products from Google (Cardboard), Samsung (Gear VR) and Sony (PlayStation VR.
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