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| ON Semi beats out Infineon to acquire Fairchild |
11/20/2015 |
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ON will pay $20 a share in cash for Fairchild, a 12 percent premium to the stock’s close in New York on Tuesday. The price is 41 percent above Fairchild’s closing level Oct. 13.
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| Five OEM's to show server solutions with ARM processor |
11/19/2015 |
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Five computer makers have announced servers with ARM processors that will challenge x86 systems in the mainstream market. The systems are largely for Internet and cloud workloads and have the 48-core Cavium ThunderX chip.
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| Microsoft tightens security |
11/19/2015 |
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The company is increasing its investments in better protection and security for its customers, while helping them improve their own security by moving to the cloud, adopting modern platforms and embracing comprehensive identity, security and management solutions.
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| U.S. manufacturing output turns the tide? |
11/18/2015 |
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Data suggested factories may be picking up a bit. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, said earlier this month that its measure of production in October rose for the first time since July.
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| Apple Watch 2 coming soon |
11/16/2015 |
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Apple Watch shipments is expected to increase substantially in the coming year as the second generation model will bring improved hardware and software which will entice more people to spend their money on an Apple smartwatch.
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| Kilopass offers extreme low power OTP NVM |
11/13/2015 |
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Using 10-times less power than other eNVM memories, Kilopass's Gusto eNVM line, showing at ARM TechCon this week, uses one-time programmable nonvolatile memory to reduce read power.
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| SK Hynix is now No. 4 in semi production |
11/13/2015 |
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Intel is expected to maintain its No. 1 status with a sales of $50.3 billion, followed by Samsung Electronics with $41.6 billion. SK hynix is anticipated to rake in US$16.9 billion in sales this year, up 4 percent from a year earlier.
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| China's NAND industry to grow in next few years |
11/13/2015 |
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Major NAND flash manufacturers have expanded operations in China. Samsung, has made significant investments in the Chinese market, including raising the capacity of its Xian, China fabrication plant, which makes 3D NAND flash chips.
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| Robot can stuff retail shelves |
11/13/2015 |
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Tally from Simbe Robotics was designed to move around retail locations, keeping track of low- and out-of-stock items. Tally can also catch pricing errors or if items have been misplaced.
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| Qualcomm officially unveiled Snapdragon 820 |
11/12/2015 |
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GPU is around 40 percent faster than the 810's graphics (making it ideal for VR); it will deliver LTE speeds of up to 600 Mbps and support 802.11ad WiFi; it's significantly more power-efficient; and it'll use machine learning to fight malware right on your device.
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| IBM has 7nm test chip |
11/11/2015 |
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In the race to 7 nm, IBM demonstrates the drive for companies to explore new avenues, get creative with transistor and gate design and exploit specialized techniques in order to meet the increasing challenges of ever-decreasing chip geometries.
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