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| Koreans have 3/4 of DRAM market |
2/16/2015 |
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The combined share of Samsung and SK moved down 4.2 percentage points to 74.1 percent in the fourth quarter. In contrast, Micron saw its share jump 4.3 percentage points to 23.3 percent over the cited period, narrowing its gap with the No. 2 player.
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| Solar to electricfy the U.S. in next 15 years |
2/16/2015 |
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Due to dramatic declines in the price of solar modules, along with market and regulatory factors, the economics of solar energy have already reached "grid parity" — or matching the costs of conventional sources — in some regions of the U.S.
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| Innovation on CMOS image sensor advances |
2/16/2015 |
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The technology breakthroughs seem to be growing exponentially, doubling with each new innovation, thus surpassing the traditional interpretation of Moore's Law, argues Yole Développement (Lyon, France) in a new paper. Yole calls this effect "More than Moore."
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| Atmel introduced rad-hard mix signal ASIC platform |
2/16/2015 |
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According to the company, this flexible and highly integrated ASIC delivers an overall lower bill of materials for space applications. The ATMX150RHA ASIC platform is supported by a combination of modern third-party and proprietary design tools.
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| U.S. to take unfair trade complaint to WTO |
2/13/2015 |
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China offers free and discounted services, as well as cash grants and other incentives, to industrial clusters across seven sectors, including textiles, metals, light industry, specialty chemicals, medical products, building materials and agriculture.
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| Synopsys offers DDR memory subsystem optimizer |
2/13/2015 |
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Using DDR Explorer, designers can analyse their DDR memory sub-system and optimise their architecture to increase efficiency by up to 20 per cent, while achieving 10 times faster turnaround time compared to RTL analysis.
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| 2% sequencial growth on NAND in Q4 |
2/12/2015 |
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In addition, with seasonal factors dragging down demand, the global supply of NAND flash memory will exceed demand in the first quarter of 2015, DRAMeXchange predicted.
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| UK to start tesing driverless cars |
2/12/2015 |
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Transport Minister Claire Perry says the project was "still in the early days" but said the new technology can be "a real game-changer."
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| IBM works with SoftBank to bring Watson to Japan |
2/12/2015 |
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Watson is the first commercially available cognitive computing capability. The system, delivered through the cloud, analyses volumes of data, understands complex questions posed in natural language, and proposes evidenced-based answers.
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| Samsung bets $3.6 billion on OLED |
2/12/2015 |
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The new production line will begin by producing curved panels like those on the Galaxy Note Edge but will aim to help win Samsung Electronics external customers to drive future earnings growth as sales of the smartphone business decline.
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| SK Hynix jumps ahead to supply LPDDR4 chips |
2/11/2015 |
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The low-power double data rate 4, an 8-gigabit dynamic random access memory mainly produced for mobile phones and digital cameras, has been installed in LG's G Flex 2, the curved-style handset that hit local shelves in late January.
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| 12 way MEMS switch for LTE-A |
2/11/2015 |
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Performance, of capped switches made in industrial foundries, is -0.2dB insertion loss and -45dB isolation at 2GHz. Typical linearity of high throw-count switches is claimed to be >90dBm
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| Robots to push labor costs down |
2/11/2015 |
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Robots will cut labor costs by 33 percent in South Korea, 25 percent in Japan, 24 percent in Canada and 22 percent in the United States and Taiwan. Only 10 percent of jobs that can be automated have already been taken by robots. By 2025, the machines will have more than 23 percent.
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| More applications deveoped for drones |
2/10/2015 |
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Both Google and Amazon have been experimenting with the use of drones for rapid delivery of goods, BP is using drones for oil pipeline inspection, and drones are helping farmers monitor vast acres of cropland as well as assess growth characteristics so as to better target fertilising and watering efforts.
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| Spanson to develope 3D NAND |
2/10/2015 |
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3D NAND is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of over 180 per cent by 2018. The increase in memory requirements and demand for low form factors for NAND flash is contributing to this growth.
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| Qualcomm to pay $1 billion to settle antitrust in China |
2/10/2015 |
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While heavy fines are on the table, the results of the antitrust investigation may also have far-reaching consequences -- for example, Qualcomm's "reverse patent license" practice may be targeted and Chinese officials may attempt to force Qualcomm to change its business model.
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| Is Cuba ready for manufacturing? |
2/10/2015 |
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A strong manufacturing sector is unlikely to develop without aggressive action on a number of fronts, including domestic investment, inward investment, trade, workforce development, and access to capital markets.
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| TSMC to invest $16B to build new fab |
2/9/2015 |
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TSMC is increasing spending this year to boost production and win orders amid increased competition with Samsung Electronics Co. The company produces chips for Apple Inc.
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| New solar cell achieved 21.5% record efficiency |
2/9/2015 |
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The record-setting research cell was constructed at the company's Perrysburg, Ohio manufacturing factory and research & development centre using processes and materials suitable for commercial-scale manufacturing.
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