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| Next generation Apple Watch goes into trial production |
1/14/2016 |
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Trial production is deliberately small-scale, meant to iron out any problems. It's often an immediate harbinger of mass production, which in this case would suggest that Apple is hoping to launch the new Watch within just a few months.
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| Qualcomm forms joint venture to develope RF chips |
1/14/2016 |
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Qualcomm is teaming up with Japan’s TDK Corp. to create a Singapore-based joint venture that will make components for the growing market for radio-frequency chips used in handsets, robotics, cars and drones. TDK surged.
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| Nanya reports record monthly earning |
1/13/2016 |
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Revenue expanded 5.56 percent to NT$3.56 billion (US$105.79 million) last month, compared with NT$3.37 billion in November last year.
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| Samsung established policy for employee health |
1/13/2016 |
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The South Korean company said Tuesday it and two groups called The Family Committee and the Supporters for the Health And Rights of People in the Semiconductor industry (SHARPS) had agreed to set up an independent ombudsman committee that will inspect Samsung’s facilities and suggest improvements
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| Garner see tough year ahead for semiconductors |
1/13/2016 |
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Weakening demand for such devices as PCs and smartphones, coupled with the continued strength of the U.S. dollar and bloated inventory, took its toll on the global semiconductor market in 2015 and promises to slow spending on equipment by chip manufacturers this year.
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| Tesla software update to give semi-autonomous driving |
1/13/2016 |
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The update puts new speed limits on Tesla's semi-autonomous Autopilot mode and makes several enhancements, including automatically slowing when the car is approaching a curve and keeping the car in its lane even when the lane markings are faded.
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| Micron : 3D NAND is conforming to Moore's Law |
1/12/2016 |
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"3D gets NAND back on a regular scaling curve. Our first generation is 32 layers in the vertical direction while relaxing the x-y design rules back several generations."
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| Manufacturers forcast slower growth |
1/12/2016 |
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The overall economic picture has become more complex as management teams navigate slower growth in China, coupled with a stronger dollar and weak energy prices.
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| Lenovo to terminate the Motorolar brand name |
1/11/2016 |
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Moto phones will soon no longer carry the Motorola branding. They will instead be known as Lenovo phones, while maintaining the "Moto" nickname and the winged "M" logos. Lenovo bought the Motorola mobile division from Google back in 2014.
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| Apple to offer data migration path from iOS to Android |
1/11/2016 |
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It would strengthen Apple’s positioning of iOS. It would be seen as an operating system that users could easily move to, but also to switch away from – with Apple’s legendary customer satisfaction scores it’s unlikely that Apple would see a mass exodus of users from the platform.
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| EDA and IP sales up 7.1% in Q3 |
1/11/2016 |
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Solid growth in a number of categories, including analog/mixed signal, formal verification, logic verification, physical verification, and new packaging technology.
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| Federal Marshals raid Chinese hoverboard booth at CES |
1/11/2016 |
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The raid on the show floor, which involved federal law enforcement, was the result of a weekslong effort by Future Motion, a Silicon Valley startup that said it invented and patented a self-balancing electric skateboard that looks strikingly similar to the ones the marshals confiscated.
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| Broadcom's new GPS chip improves automobile navigations |
1/8/2016 |
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The BCM89774 provides better location and positioning while lowering power consumption for in-vehicle applications and reducing costs for car makers. It does so through simultaneous tri-band reception of all visible GNSS satellites, which access satellites deployed by the U.S., Russia, China, and Europe.
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| Obama orders study of gun safety technologies |
1/8/2016 |
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"If we can set it up so you can’t unlock your phone unless you’ve got the right fingerprint, why can’t we do the same thing for our guns?" President Obama asked during remarks at the White House on Tuesday.
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| Amazon to market its own computer chips |
1/7/2016 |
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Annapurna Labs, an Israeli company purchased by Amazon last year that is now based in Silicon Valley, said it is targeting customers designing home equipment like Wi-Fi routers, data storage gear and media-streaming devices.
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| MediaTek also looking at chips for the wearable market |
1/7/2016 |
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MediaTek claims that the MT2523 series is the first system-in-package in the world to bring GPS, dual-mode Bluetooth low energy, and MIPI-supported high resolution to the kinds of tiny mobile screens smartwatches require. The chip is optimal for long battery life.
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| China wants to establish a position in electronic memories |
1/7/2016 |
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In a series of deals Chinese buyers have paid a premium to acquire assets at the lower-tech end of the chipmaking spectrum. The country's drive to create a national chipmaking champion has propelled acquisitions to a record.
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| Federal prosecutors filed lawsuit against Volkswagen |
1/7/2016 |
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The complaint, filed on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency in Detroit federal court, alleged that the German automaker equipped nearly 600,000 vehicles with "illegal defeat devices" in violation of the Clean Air Act.
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