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| TI is out shopping for companies |
6/23/2015 |
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Driving TI's appetite for M&A, according to the sources, is a desire to improve on its profitability and increase its share in the fragmented market for analog chips, which process signals such as sound, light and temperature and convert them into digital signals, and are central to smart phones and devices connected to the Internet
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| Google Sidewalk Labs to make better urban living |
6/22/2015 |
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"Sidewalk [Labs] will focus on improving city life for everyone by developing and incubating urban technologies to address issues like cost of living, efficient transportation, and energy usage," said Google CEO Larry Page.
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| JEDEC updates SSD standard to include 3D NAND |
6/22/2015 |
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In March, Micron and Intel said they would be second to Samsung with ultra-dense 3-D NAND flash chips that will sell as chips and in SSDs; Micron will pack 256 Gbits into vertical NAND chips using two-bit per MLC technology and 384 Gbits in TLC versions.
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| Cypress tops bid again on battle for ISSI |
6/22/2015 |
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Cypress increased its bid to $21.25 a share from $20.25, saying it was superior to an offer from Uphill Investment, according to a Cypress statement issued Thursday. The San Jose-based company's $707 million offer also includes a "ticking" fee that would add 10 cents a share for each additional quarter required to obtain regulatory approval for the deal.
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| Planar NAND will be scaled down to 10nm |
6/19/2015 |
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There is a consensus that planar NAND will end near the 10 nm node, that is, one or two generations into the future from the 15/16 nm NAND flash that we are now.
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| AMD put HBM memory on new Radeon card |
6/19/2015 |
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Radeon Fury X uses 4GB of HBM memory, delivering up to 512Gb/s of memory bandwidth, an increase of around 63 per cent over the previous generation Radeon R9 290X, principal analyst Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights & Strategy wrote, to reach a 1.5x improvement in performance per watt.
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| Airbus ahead of Boeing on orders from Paris Show |
6/19/2015 |
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Airbus racked up $57 billion worth of business for 421 aircraft. The announcement of a provisional deal by European low-cost carrier Wizz Air for 110 A321neos — worth more than $12.5 billion at list prices — put the Toulouse, France-based plane maker over the top Thursday against Boeing in financial terms.
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| Amazon asked for fair and speedy Drone regulations |
6/19/2015 |
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FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Whitaker told the House panel that although more research is needed before the agency authorizes the widespread use of commercial drones, its regulations should be finalized within a year.
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| China to invest $96 billion in semiconductors |
6/18/2015 |
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China aims to have 50% of its domestic demand for semiconductors produced locally, the sources noted. The target percentage does not take into account chips made at the plants of foreign companies such as Samsung' NAND flash wafer plant in Xian and SK Hynix' DRAM fab in Wuxi.
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| Spectacular LED light show at Taylor Swift concert |
6/18/2015 |
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Each audiance was given a spiffy PixMob LED wristband with integrated RFID chip that makes everyone feel a part of the show. It's a technology that rouses all to wave their wrists in the air, as if they really care. And to literally get a glow on.
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| Airbus race to build satelite internet system |
6/18/2015 |
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Airbus will construct about 900 satellites for OneWeb, a privately owned project funded by billionaire Richard Branson and housed in the U.K.'s Channel Islands. About 700 will be launched into space beginning in 2018 to beam high-speed Internet access back to underserved populations.
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| Researcher talks about semiconductors in healthcare industry |
6/17/2015 |
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Toumazou has developed an approach to healthcare technology called U+ Life which he says can provide personalised healthcare for early detection, point of care diagnostics and therapeutics to help tackle chronic disease in a consumer-oriented way.
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| 10nm notes likely cost less than at 20nm |
6/17/2015 |
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The lower gate cost at 10nm is due to the higher gate density that can be obtained compared to the increase in wafer cost. To attain lower gate cost at 10nm, there will be the need for high systemic and parametric yields, but this is achievable.
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| Highlights at Paris Airshow |
6/17/2015 |
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As Boeing and Airbus battle it out for orders at the Paris Air Show, hostility between airlines is making headlines.
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| HTC not interested in take over by Asusteck |
6/17/2015 |
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David Chang, Asustek's CFO, told Reuters that Shih discussed the topic "internally" but that "the chances of an actual takeover are not big as Asustek is a company that has depended on organic growth."
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| PC chips shipment down 20% |
6/16/2015 |
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The iPhone supply chain and the automotive market continue to remain the only bright spots. Chip demand also is weak for tablets, TVs and many Android phones, according to the report that gave the chip sector a neutral ranking overall.
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| Smart homes and Wearables likely initiators to IoT |
6/16/2015 |
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Three or four years down the line, you’ll see lots of different people using wearables. For home IoT devices, use cases are developing rapidly in China, according to MediaTek, the world’s third-largest chip designer.
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| Major brands are moving jobs back to the U.S.A. |
6/16/2015 |
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Ford ranked second to Walmart among companies reshoring over the previous five years. The world's largest retailer reportedly moved 4,444 jobs back to the U.S. from a variety of countries.
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| Bidding for ISSI goes on |
6/15/2015 |
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Integrated Silicon said Thursday that Uphill has upped its bid to $21 a share or $698.7 million, a big increase over its original bid of $19.25 a share, or $639.5 million that ISSI's board had accepted in March, before Cypress jumped in to make an offer.
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| BlackBerry to adopt Android OS |
6/15/2015 |
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The move might be part of a new focus on software and device management rather than owing the OS from top to bottom for BlackBerry.
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| Manufacturers Alliance projects slower manufacturing growth this year |
6/15/2015 |
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Rough winter weather curbed industrial production in the first quarter of 2015, while the conditions that fostered growth in 2014 changed this year. In particular, falling energy prices, a strong dollar, high inventory levels and muted consumer confidence led to the reduced 2015 forecast.
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