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Semi equipment spending to increase 7/20/2015
The equipment market is poised to continue to expand for the next two years. Key drivers for equipment spending are investments by memory and foundry fabs. Front-end wafer processing equipment is forecast to grow 10 percent in 2015 to $32.1 billion, up from $29.3 billion in 2014.
TSMC foundary growth slows 7/20/2015
“We expect customer and market demand will improve in the second half,” Liu said. “Growth is expected to come from industrial and automotive (segments), and new iPhone launches and new Android high-end phones.”
Prices for MEM parts dropped 7/20/2015
Price war triggered by China-based players has led to fierce competition in the market for 2D accelerometers and gyros, the sources indicated. Suppliers engaged in the entry-level and mid-range MEMS sensor market segment have been adversely affected and suffered substantial profit decreases as a result of the price falls
New iPad to have less performance compared to iPhone 6 7/17/2015
Apple's newest iPod Touch uses an A8 CPU, the same system-on-a-chip used in the iPhone 6. It runs around 1.1 gigahertz, compared with the iPhone's 1.4Ghz, and includes 1 gigabyte of RAM. The display is smaller and has a lower resolution than those of the latest iPhones.
Slower growth of PC and Smartphones to affect semi sales 7/17/2015
Chips sales will be rise a mere 2.2% this year and be nearly flat at 1.3% growth next year. Chip growth will return to a more typical 4-5% from 2017-2019.
Tesla energy storage pack could save manufacturer energy costs 7/17/2015
"Because electricity rates for factories are often based on peak levels of consumption, battery storage technologies can help to reduce peak power loads and thus reduce costs,"
Alcor IO pad library supports DDR,LVDS and memory cards 7/17/2015
Universal DDR IO pad library supports all popular DDR standards like DDR4, DDR3/3U/3L, LPDDR3, LPDDR2, HSTL class-I and RLDRAM-3 etc. This library works at a maximum speed of 2.667Gbit/s.
Microsoft insist that Windows phone is not dead 7/16/2015
If no other smartphoone manufacturers stand up to build Windows devices, Microsoft will build them. Ultimately, Microsoft wants to get Windows 10 on as many devices as possible.
Imec and Panasonic jointly developed stable RRAM 7/16/2015
Imec and Panasonic have fabricated a 2Mbit resistive RAM (RRAM) cell based on TaOx technology on a 40nm process. The approach, said to have precise filament positioning and high thermal stability.
Micron acquisition could lead to memory price competition 7/16/2015
"The bigger worry for the market right now is the risk of market oversupply. Micron hasn't been that aggressive in capital expenditure, but there's greater uncertainty as to what happens after a Chinese buyer takes over,"
DRAM prices dropped 30% 7/16/2015
The continued fall in the DRAM price is attributable primarily to shrinking demand caused by sluggish sales of PCs. PC shipments slipped 6.7 percent year-on-year (yoy) to 68,585,000 units in the first quarter (Q1).
Researcher built network computer to prove Flash memory advantage on Big Data severs 7/14/2015
Researchers at MIT, however, have built a server network that proves for big data applications, flash is just as fast as RAM and vastly cheaper.
China moved to acquire Micron 7/14/2015
Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd. will bid $21 a share, or about 19 percent more than Monday’s closing price in New York, and present the offer as soon as Tuesday, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private
5G testing to start early as soon next year 7/13/2015
5G are not expected until 2020, but demos, trials and work on specifications all start within the next few months.
MediaTek to invade Qalcomm LTE Market in China 7/13/2015
MediaTek’s LTE market share is likely to double to 40-45% in the second half of this year from 20% in the fourth quarter of last year. Its LTE shipments will fall in a range of 160 million to 165 million units this year, exceeding MediaTek’s own expectations for 150 million unit shipments in 2015.
Silicon Motion SSD controller supports Micron TLC Nand 7/13/2015
Micron's new high capacity 16nm TLC NAND said enables the same capacity as MLC NAND with a 28% savings in the die area, the company said, and is aimed at applications where performance and reliability are important, but cost per GB is critical.
SK Hynix engaged in UFS2 development 7/13/2015
The SK Group's semiconductor affiliate said the solution represents a groundbreaking leap in performance by enabling "high-speed gear 3" interface with dual data lanes.
Breakthrough in wireless charging 7/10/2015
"Our transmitter system is safe for humans and compatible with other electronic devices. We have solved three major issues of short charging distance, the dependence on charging directions, and plane coil structures of both Tx and Rx, which have blocked the commercialisation of WPT."
IBM made 7nm transistor 7/10/2015
IBM's move forward is a significant leap ahead of today's 22-nanometer chips, allowing for the potential production of more advance chips in the future, impacting everything from mobile devices to cloud computing.
U.S. Commerce Departemtn named dozen more regions under partnership program 7/10/2015
An IMCP designation is an important signal to potential investors that these communities are a good place to spend their money, and this is smart government at work,"
Proposed overtime rule will change work landscape 7/10/2015
In California, even if you read the email ... now you're working. One expert suggested companies across the country could take similar steps or elect to shut down email servers altogether after hours.
SK Hynix announced high bandwith memory (HBM) 7/9/2015
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.
Toyota's female executive to release without drug charges 7/9/2015
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."
It is important for congress to renew the charter on Export-Import Bank 7/9/2015
Supporters counter that the bank supports billions in economic activity at no cost to taxpayers while returning interest and fees to the Treasury. They also touted the impact of the loans for Boeing, GE and Caterpillar on those companies’ massive supply chains.
Factory automation fuels growth in Industrial Robots 7/9/2015
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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