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| UMC Xiamen 12' FAB will go online 2016 |
12/4/2015 |
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Citing UMC CEO Po-Wen Yen, the report indicated that the Xiamen fab will be ready to go online in the July-September quarter of 2016, one quarter ahead of the company's original plan.
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| Toyota wants to get into consumer robots |
12/4/2015 |
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Toyota last month announced a $1 billion investment in a research company headed by robotics expert Gill Pratt in Silicon Valley to develop artificial intelligence and robotics.
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| November Manufacturing Index senda mix signal |
12/3/2015 |
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November PMI indicates growth for the 78th consecutive month in the overall economy, while indicating contraction in the manufacturing sector for the first time in 36 months.
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| Semtech provides chip for wireless charging |
12/2/2015 |
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For low power wireless receiver applications up to 5W, Semtech’s high-efficiency IC range includes the TS51221 regulator that is said to have a switching frequency of 1MHz to enable the use of smaller filter components, which use less board space and reduce bill of material (BOM) costs.
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| Fed : No more Central Bank bail out |
12/2/2015 |
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The Fed spent about $2 trillion on such a program to ease a credit crunch during the financial meltdown, aiming to spark lending to consumers and small businesses.
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| HP Inc. has a tough road to regain footing after split |
11/25/2015 |
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HP Inc. executives said the PC industry is tougher than anticipated. The former PC and printer units were separated this month from the divisions that sell equipment, services, and software to businesses.
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| Samsung to supply VW Audi with memory |
11/25/2015 |
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Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will provide memory chip products to Volkswagen's (VOWG_p.DE) Audi after entering into a strategic partnership with the luxury German automaker.
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| EU approved acqisition of Broadcomm by Avago |
11/24/2015 |
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The Commission's investigation showed that the portfolios of the companies are mainly complementary since Broadcom makes "off-the-shelf" chips for the broadband and connectivity market segments, while Avago makes custom-built chips for special applications in the analog wireless integrated circuits, enterprise, storage and industrial segments.
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| China Tsinghua Unigroup CEO talked about investment into memory industry |
11/24/2015 |
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We aim to make a major breakthrough in the development of NAND flash technology, and for the DRAM industry, we will choose one of the major players for cooperation. We are still in a negotiation stage and the cooperation could be in the form of joint venture, technology licensing, or others.
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| Smartphone sales reach 353 million units |
11/23/2015 |
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"The availability of affordable smartphones in emerging markets saw consumers upgrade their 'feature phones' to smartphones more quickly because of the small price gap,"
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| Intel forcast growth in 2016 |
11/23/2015 |
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Intel expects revenue growth in the mid-single digits for fiscal 2016 -- a step in the right direction as the chip company struggles with a sluggish PC market.
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| Autonomus vehicals can push up miles driven |
11/23/2015 |
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Trips by autonomous shuttles between passengers could push the number of additional miles to up to 4 trillion. That would more than double the 3.1 trillion miles driven by U.S. vehicles in 2014.
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| Obama administration closes loophole on Tax Inversion |
11/23/2015 |
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The new rules follow an initial package of rules that the administration implemented in September 2014 in response to a wave of announcements by U.S. companies seeking to lower their taxes by moving their headquarters overseas.
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| Samsung gains share in global DRAM market |
11/20/2015 |
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Samsung took up 44.9 percent of the global dynamic random access memory chip market in the third quarter in terms of sales, rising from 39.6 percent posted in 2014, the data compiled by DRAMeXchange showed.
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