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| Windows 10 is likely to bolster PC sales |
2/2/2016 |
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Windows 10 is likely to bolster PC sales a bit this year and even next. And the world’s biggest chip maker, Intel, also predicts mid-single-digit growth this year, forecasting a PC market that is at least more stable than it was in 2015.
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| MIT won design competition on Hyperloop |
2/2/2016 |
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The Hyperloop is a high-speed ground transport concept proposed by Musk to transport "pods" of 20 to 30 people through a 12-foot diameter tube at speeds of roughly 700 mph.
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| Toyota keeps its crown |
2/1/2016 |
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Toyota, along with its Hino Motors and Daihatsu Motor units, sold 10.15 million vehicles in 2015 and was the only automaker to eclipse the 10 million threshold.
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| Xerox is breaking up on pressure from Carl Icahn |
2/1/2016 |
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The separation calls for a document technology company and a business process outsourcing company. The document technology company will handle document management and document outsourcing, while the business process outsourcing business will help companies with automating and simplifying business processes.
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| Forensic Data Analytics (FDA) becomes more important |
2/1/2016 |
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“FDA is becoming indispensable to proactive risk management. Organizations need to recognize the role FDA can play not only in their reactive investigations, but also in their proactive surveillance, compliance, anti-fraud and cyber breach response efforts.”
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| AECOM to build 1 mile Hyperloop test track |
1/29/2016 |
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The project will consist of steel tubes six feet in diameter and a non-magnetic sub-track. Design efforts are already underway and construction is expected to begin this spring.
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| Memory manufacturers are rethinking their strategies |
1/28/2016 |
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According to IC Insights, the DRAM and NAND flash market segments are predicted to shrink by 6% and 1.6% from US$46.3 billion to US$42 billion and from US$32.2 billion to US$31.7 billion, respectively.
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| ST quits Set-Top-Box business and layoff 1400 |
1/28/2016 |
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Chips for set-top boxes are part of STMicro’s digital unit, for which Chief Executive Officer Bozotti had committed to making a strategic decision early in 2016 after a lengthy and unfruitful revamp.
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| iPhone sales has probably hit limit |
1/28/2016 |
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Tuesday's forecast implies Apple doesn't expect to match the 61 million iPhones sold in last year's January-March quarter. Apple's stock has been in a slump for months, as investors worry the company won't be able to duplicate last year's growth in sales
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| Microsoft has been revamping its research unit |
1/28/2016 |
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Although the old model allowed researchers to follow long-term projects without worrying about their impact on profits, it also resulted in what University of Washington computer scientist and Microsoft Research advisor Ed Lazowska called "an internal technology transfer problem."
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| Depressed memory prices drags SK Hynix profit |
1/27/2016 |
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Prices for DDR3 4-gigabit dynamic random access memory, DRAM, chips averaged $1.93 in the quarter, compared with $3.77 a year earlier, according to data from inSpectrum Inc.
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| German Bosch to introduce gas pedal that give alert |
1/27/2016 |
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The company's active gas pedal connects to the transmission and other important vehicle functions. When its software determines that the driver hits the accelerator too aggressively, the pedal gently vibrates.
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| Ford is pulling out of Japan and Indonesia |
1/27/2016 |
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Ford will exit the countries before the end of the year and plans to explain to customers its commitment to servicing cars, providing parts and making warranty repairs.
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| Toshiba to sell part of its IC business |
1/26/2016 |
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The sale would exclude Toshiba's mainstay NAND flash memory operations, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter and one person familiar with the discussions.
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| AMD to roll out Zen-Based gaming processor this year |
1/26/2016 |
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The Zen core is touted to have a fully enhanced design with a relatively high core count. It is based on the FinFET process for improved efficiency in both client and enterprise platforms. Other features include Low Latency Cache, High-Bandwidth and Simultaneous Multithreading Support.
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| Cypress offers SPI NV-SRAM in wafer form |
1/25/2016 |
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Cypress’s NVRAM portfolio, which includes Ferroelectric-RAM (F-RAM) and nonvolatile static RAM (nvSRAM) devices, is claimed to offer reliable protection of critical data during a power failure.
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