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| Microsoft insist that Windows phone is not dead |
7/16/2015 |
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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.
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| Imec and Panasonic jointly developed stable RRAM |
7/16/2015 |
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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.
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| Micron acquisition could lead to memory price competition |
7/16/2015 |
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"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,"
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| DRAM prices dropped 30% |
7/16/2015 |
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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).
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| China moved to acquire Micron |
7/14/2015 |
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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
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| MediaTek to invade Qalcomm LTE Market in China |
7/13/2015 |
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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.
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| Silicon Motion SSD controller supports Micron TLC Nand |
7/13/2015 |
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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.
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| SK Hynix engaged in UFS2 development |
7/13/2015 |
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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.
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| Breakthrough in wireless charging |
7/10/2015 |
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"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."
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| IBM made 7nm transistor |
7/10/2015 |
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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.
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| Proposed overtime rule will change work landscape |
7/10/2015 |
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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.
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| SK Hynix announced high bandwith memory (HBM) |
7/9/2015 |
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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.
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| Toyota's female executive to release without drug charges |
7/9/2015 |
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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."
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| Factory automation fuels growth in Industrial Robots |
7/9/2015 |
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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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| AMD affected by slow PC sales |
7/8/2015 |
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AMD's shares fell as much as 15 percent to $2.10 in extended trading, after the company also cut its adjusted gross margin forecast for the quarter ended June 27.
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| U.S. trade deicit widened |
7/8/2015 |
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The deficit increased 2.9 percent to $41.9 billion in May, up from an April imbalance of $40.7 billion, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.
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| TrendForce Predicts downtrend on Server DRAM Prices |
7/7/2015 |
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Prices of the DDR4 products have been falling due to their robust shipments. Therefore, the end market has shifted to a wait-and-see posture by delaying order placements in order to reduce stock-up costs.
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| Samsung's EVO 850 goes faster with 3D Nand |
7/7/2015 |
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The new 850 EVO and PRO, operated by its in-house NAND chip controller, feature second-generation or 32-layer V-NAND technology and also adopted 2 gigabyte (GB) LPDDR3.
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| Intel president to move on |
7/7/2015 |
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Intel announced James' upcoming departure July 2 as part of a larger shakeup that will see other executives either being promoted, retiring or leaving the company. James will remain with Intel until January to help with the transition.
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