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| SK Hynix announced high bandwith memory (HBM) |
7/9/2015 |
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The technology involves stacking four DRAM dies and a logic die, one on top of the other, with die to die connections being made using through silicon vias (TSVs) and microbumps.
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| Toyota's female executive to release without drug charges |
7/9/2015 |
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Toyota officials said they believed Hamp did not intentionally violate any Japanese laws, but Hamp subsequently resigned due to what the company called "the concerns and inconvenience that recent events have caused our stakeholders."
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| Factory automation fuels growth in Industrial Robots |
7/9/2015 |
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According to the report, it is believed that much of the future demand for industrial robotics in the region will “come from small and medium enterprises that will take to robotic applications on a massive scale.”
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| AMD affected by slow PC sales |
7/8/2015 |
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AMD's shares fell as much as 15 percent to $2.10 in extended trading, after the company also cut its adjusted gross margin forecast for the quarter ended June 27.
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| U.S. trade deicit widened |
7/8/2015 |
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The deficit increased 2.9 percent to $41.9 billion in May, up from an April imbalance of $40.7 billion, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.
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| TrendForce Predicts downtrend on Server DRAM Prices |
7/7/2015 |
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Prices of the DDR4 products have been falling due to their robust shipments. Therefore, the end market has shifted to a wait-and-see posture by delaying order placements in order to reduce stock-up costs.
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| Samsung's EVO 850 goes faster with 3D Nand |
7/7/2015 |
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The new 850 EVO and PRO, operated by its in-house NAND chip controller, feature second-generation or 32-layer V-NAND technology and also adopted 2 gigabyte (GB) LPDDR3.
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| Intel president to move on |
7/7/2015 |
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Intel announced James' upcoming departure July 2 as part of a larger shakeup that will see other executives either being promoted, retiring or leaving the company. James will remain with Intel until January to help with the transition.
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| Google's new chromebook to use Tegra X1 processor |
7/6/2015 |
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The chip is far more powerful than the K1 used in Acer's Chromebook 13 that debuted last year mainly because it uses newer Cortex A-57 and A-53 processing cores along with 256 GPU cores.
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| Apple to use Qualcomm LTE with super download speed |
7/6/2015 |
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Qualcomm says its latest modem technology has download rates of 300 megabits per second ¡ª double the rate the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were able to achieve with Qualcomm¡¯s MDM9625 LTE modem.
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| Manufacturing sector hiring increased |
7/6/2015 |
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The average PMI for January through June (52.6 percent) corresponds to a 3 percent increase in real gross domestic product (GDP) on an annualized basis. In addition, if the PMI for June (53.5 percent) is annualized, it corresponds to a 3.3 percent increase in real GDP annually.
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| Graphene enhanced ultracap reach 4500 farads |
7/2/2015 |
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Skeleton Technologies ultracapacitors have been chosen by the European Space Agency, where their use is expected to lead to significant cost savings by reducing the volume of heavy batteries required for energy storage.
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| Holiday drivers beware! |
7/1/2015 |
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NSC estimates 409 deaths and 49,500 injuries requiring medical attention will occur on our nation's roadways this Fourth of July holiday weekend. This is the highest predicted number the Council has released for a three-day Independence Day holiday since 2008.
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| IoT manufacturer should capture after service revenue |
7/1/2015 |
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"We expect to see a considerable rise in connected service offerings in the coming years, moving from remote monitoring to predictive and eventually prescriptive services that keep products up and running with minimal interruption,"
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| Graphene coating doubles storage on Lithium batteries |
6/30/2015 |
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Silicon carbide-free graphene coating allows the full cell to reach volumetric energy densities of 972 and 700 Wh l-1 at first and 200th cycle, respectively, 1.8 and 1.5 times higher than those of current commercial lithium-ion batteries
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