|
 |
|
| SanDisk contemplating sale to Micron or WD |
10/15/2015 |
|
SanDisk had a market value of about $12.6 billion as of Tuesday’s close. The company’s shares rose 11 percent to $68.70 at the close Wednesday in New York, the highest price since May 28.
|
|
|
| Is OLED the next wave on display technology? |
10/14/2015 |
|
“OLED is a completely different device. You get rid of the backlight. And you now have a red, green and blue OLED material that is deposited on the glass. When you put current through it, it lights up all by itself,”
|
|
|
| Dall offer $67B to buy EMC |
10/13/2015 |
|
The deal will combine EMC’s dominance in devices that store data with closely held Dell’s No. 2 position in servers, the powerful machines that help companies handle big computing challenges.
|
|
|
| New discovery can lead to more secure magnetic memories |
10/12/2015 |
|
Under extreme conditions, certain magnetic materials can develop spots where the moments curve and twist, forming a ring-like configuration. These unusual objects possess an elasticity that protects them from outside influence, meaning the data they store would not be corrupted easily, even by stray magnetic fields or physical defects within the material.
|
|
|
| BlackBerry's John Chen has a lot of faith on upcoming "Priv" |
10/9/2015 |
|
BlackBerry hopes to change that with the Priv, which will be launched on the market by the end of the year. John Chen has confirmed that his company is working directly with carriers in the US and the rest of the world to make the Priv available through their official retail channels.
|
|
|
| Micron disclosed more details on XPoint Memory |
10/9/2015 |
|
It isn't meant to fully replace either DRAM or NAND flash. But it does promise to combine many of their best features. The primary target for 3D XPoint is "massive in-memory databases," but it could be used in any application that requires a large pool of high-performance memory.
|
|
|
| Volkswagen AG goes into belt-tightening stage |
10/8/2015 |
|
Workers at Volkswagen's German factories at the very least face a possible reduction in their profit-sharing checks. They received 5,900 euro bonuses for 2014, when the company made net profit of 10.8 billion euros.
|
|
|
| Boeing forms new lab to study analytics |
10/8/2015 |
|
Boeing Co. hopes that a new lab hosted by Carnegie Mellon University will enable analytics and artificial intelligence to dramatically improve aircraft maintenance and safety.
|
|
|
| Atom-thin transistor operates down to 0.1V |
10/7/2015 |
|
The new device, which is made from a 2D semiconducting crystal and a bulk germanium substrate, can be switched on at just 0.1 V. It could be used in ultradense and lower-power integrated circuits and to make ultrasensitive bio- and gas sensors.
|
|
|
| Skyworks to acquire PMC-Sierra |
10/7/2015 |
|
“With our acquisition of PMC, Skyworks will be uniquely positioned to capitalize on the explosive demand for high performance solutions that seamlessly connect, transport and store Big Data,”
|
|
|
|
