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| Intel/Micron announced new memory 1000 times faster than NAND |
7/30/2015 |
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If the memory lives up to its promise of being up to 1000 times faster than NAND flash and eight to 10 times denser than DRAM, and therefore lower cost, it could bring a major transformation in the electronics industry and to computer architectures for data centres and with possible application in solid-state drives (SSDs).
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| DRAM slumps on PC while NAND continue to grow |
7/30/2015 |
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With the DRAM market for PCs sluggish, SK Hynix said it will increase its focus on high-performance memory chips by expanding production on DDR4, LPDDR4 and NAND flash for mobile and SSDs, as well as 10nm triple level cell (TLC) NAND flash memory chips and its second-generation 3D product.
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| Your Android phone is at risk |
7/29/2015 |
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Malicious code executed by hackers could take control of smartphones and plunder contents without owners knowing. Stagefright imperils some 95%, or an estimated 950 million
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| Best Buy to carry Apple Watches |
7/29/2015 |
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Best Buy will become the first national retailer besides Apple to stock the Apple Watch. It will be available in more than 100 Best Buy stores and on BestBuy.com. By the time holiday season arrives, an additional 200 stores will feature the Watch.
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| Samsung to announce new phones on August 13 |
7/29/2015 |
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We’re expecting to see the next phone in Samsung’s Note line at this event, which many believe will be called the Galaxy Note 5. Rumours have also suggested that Samsung is planning to announce an entirely new phone called the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus,
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| Major joint announcement pending between Intel and Micron |
7/28/2015 |
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"Since Intel's JV with Micron (IM Flash-IMF) only includes the Utah fab and NOT Singapore at present, we do not rule out some form of closer relationship between Micron and Intel and to be announced tomorrow - to better safeguard supply of NAND (from Micron into Intel),"
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| Skylake to offer 30% power saving |
7/28/2015 |
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According to the leaked slide, Broadwell capped out at 8.5 hours with the test configuration while the Skylake chips will deliver 11.3 hours hours of performance with the same test configuration.
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| Fairchild to sell Penang plant |
7/28/2015 |
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Fairchild Semiconductor was one of the eight comnpanies that set up operations in Penang in the 1970s, together with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Hewlett Packard (now called Agilent Technologies), Clarion, Intel, Hitachi (now called Renesas), Litronix (now called Osram Opto Semiconductor) and Robert Bosch.
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| Qualcomm to layoff 4700 |
7/27/2015 |
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Amid an industry slowdown in smartphone growth, the company forecast its fourth quarter revenue would be down 15-30 per cent from the prior year to $4.7 to $5.7 billion.
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| Reflector Chip improves battery life on wearables |
7/27/2015 |
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"The idea is if the wearable device only needs to reflect the Wi-Fi signal from a router or cell tower, instead of generate it, the power consumption can go way down (and the battery life can go way up),"
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| SK Hynix looks to advanced memories to boost profit |
7/27/2015 |
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"To respond to the rapidly changing market condition, we will boost the production of DDR4 and LPDDR4 memory chips to meet expanding demand while reducing the manufacturing of DDR3 products," SK hynix President Kim Joon-ho said during a conference call.
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| 200 Tarriffs abolished |
7/27/2015 |
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"The deal will open markets, create jobs and spur economic growth around the world, as well as bring down costs for consumers."
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| Microsoft posts record loss |
7/23/2015 |
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The company took a charge of $7.5 billion in the fourth quarter related to the restructuring of its Nokia handset business, which it bought last year.
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| Intel issued bond to fund Altera take over |
7/23/2015 |
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Intel Corp. tapped the bond market for $7 billion to finance part of its $16.7 billion takeover of Altera Corp. at lower rates than initially offered to investors.
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| ARM failed to reach estimates |
7/23/2015 |
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Second-quarter revenue rose 22 percent to 228.5 million pounds ($356 million), the Cambridge, England-based company said Wednesday. Analysts had predicted 234.9 million pounds on average.
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| Apple profits up but forecast down |
7/22/2015 |
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Apple said on Tuesday it sold 47.5 million iPhones in the third quarter, up 35 percent from a year ago. But some analysts had expected around 49 million.
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| Qualcomm to reduce headcounts |
7/21/2015 |
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Qualcomm is reportedly planning to cut more than 10% of its 30,000-employee workforce, according to a report on Monday in the Information. The Information expects Qualcomm will announce these cuts during its upcoming third quarter earnings report this Wednesday.
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