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| VW emmissions probe extends to employees |
3/10/2016 |
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In May 2014, the company denied allegations that it misled investigators and attributed the problem to a group of lower-level employees "whose identity is still being determined."
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| Sloppy corporate data management caused Apple to hesitate |
3/10/2016 |
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“We see this everyday where government and private agencies hand out mobile devices to employees and then fail to install the simple mobile device management software that could keep the company or agency itself safe from attack."
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| U.S. put Chinese ZTE under restrictions |
3/9/2016 |
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The sanctions took effect Tuesday after ZTE was found to be "acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests" of the U.S., the Commerce Department said. The department released documents it said showed ZTE set up front companies to evade U.S. controls on high-tech exports to Iran.
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| Memory industry see hopes emerging |
3/9/2016 |
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gThe second quarter will be a stable period compared with the first quarter. Prices are is still under great pressure. The price decline next quarter would be in a similar range to that of the current quarter."
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| MediaTek revenue down 37% |
3/9/2016 |
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Revenue contracted 37.9 percent to NT$13.24 billion (US$401.1 million) last month, compared with Januaryfs NT$21.33 billion.
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| Semi sales hit soft spot January |
3/8/2016 |
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Global chip sales totaled $26.9 billion in January, down 3% from the previous month and down 6% compared with January 2015, according to the sales numbers, compiled by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization.
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| Autonomous cars come with serious hacking risk |
3/8/2016 |
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Every new car that hits the road likely offers some form of connected technology that could be exploited by hackers, and regulators currently have no method to test vehicles' vulnerability to cyberattacks.
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| New merged Broadcom to layoff 1900 |
3/7/2016 |
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Hock Tan organized what is now Broadcom Ltd. into about 24 profit/loss divisions, considered the new company’s core businesses. Each has its own set of market and technology goals and a general manager reporting to him.
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| With 3D printing, there comes counterfeit parts |
3/7/2016 |
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The hardware needed is easily acquired and is priced at only $500 for a basic printer system — the materials for making counterfeit items are readily available, making it possible for counterfeiters to get started at a minimal investment.
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| More notebooks to install SSD |
3/4/2016 |
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Based on DRAMeXchange’s analysis, the price difference between 128GB SSDs and 500GB HDDs will shrink to less than US$3 in 2016. The price difference between 256GB SSDs and 1TB HDDs is also expected to be less than US$7 before the end of the year.
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| Google found SLC drives have no advantage over MLC |
3/4/2016 |
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Google found that SLC drives do not perform better for those measures of reliability that matter most in practice, like lower repair or replacement rates, and don’t typically have lower rates of non-transparent errors.
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| Invitations to test hack the Pentagon |
3/4/2016 |
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Defense Department officials on Tuesday announced the “Hack the Pentagon” pilot program, which is modeled on similar security tests conducted by numerous large companies.
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| Gear up at TSMC signals the comig of iPhone 7 |
3/3/2016 |
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TSMC is moreover rumored to be the primary or sole manufacturer of "A10" processors for next-generation iPhones, which could be churned out using the firm's 16-nanometer FinFET process.
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| State of the economy |
3/3/2016 |
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“We’ve had a soft start for the year, but the underlining demand is still there and its starting to show up again. Production simply has to follow suit in order to materialize those new orders into product.”
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