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| DOE research project to regain supercomputer leadership from China |
4/17/2015 |
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The fastest supercomputer in the world is currently the Chinese Tianhe-2 running at a peak of 55petaflops on Intel Xeon and Xeon Phi processors. The Collaboration of Oak Ridge, Argonne and Lawrence Livermore (CORAL) project financed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) aims to one-up the Chinese with up to 200petaflops systems by 2018.
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| Latest RFID circuit meets latest EPC standard |
4/17/2015 |
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The EM4423 simplifies adoption of EPC inventory control procedures by smaller retailers who are not willing or able to make the substantial investment required for specialised RFID equipment and software.
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| TSMC hangs in to supply A9 to Apple |
4/16/2015 |
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KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, says that he expects Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to supply 30% of the chip orders for the next-generation iPhone. This is the latest turn in what has become a back-and-forth affair in determining the companies that will supply A9 chips for next-generation iPhones.
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| EU files antitrust against Google |
4/16/2015 |
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The European Commission charges the Internet-search giant with skewing results to favor its comparison-shopping service. But the formal complaint may only be the opening salvo in a broader assault that prompts big changes at Google.
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| India to designate medical technology parks |
4/16/2015 |
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Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, the government aims to change this scenario over the next five years. This is in line with the Make in India campaign.
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| Movidius supplies vision processor to Google |
4/16/2015 |
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The new funding to push its R&D efforts forward, hire more engineers and to improve the software tools that help developers make the most out of its accelerated computer vision processor.
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| Qualcomm management responded to "breakup call" |
4/15/2015 |
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Qualcomm’s response emphasized the company’s past and continuing strengths and contributions to the tech economy. It also expressed the company’s commitment to returning shareholder value and an open-minded attitude toward investor input.
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| NVAult replaces NVDIMM and requires no battery |
4/15/2015 |
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The product line is a natural extension of its NVDIMM technology providing an alternative to flash-only options or ULLtraDIMM technology. It's not dependent on the memory bus technology, and can be integrated with both DDR3 and DDR4 hardware.
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| Nokia wants to merge Alcatel-Lucent |
4/15/2015 |
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In a brief statement, Nokia Corp. said the two companies are in negotiations "with respect to a potential full combination which would take the form of a public exchange offer by Nokia for Alcatel-Lucent."
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| Amazon to offer data analytic services |
4/15/2015 |
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The service would be available on a pay-as-you-go basis for companies, governments or other entities to quickly analyze huge amounts of data and make predictions using models.
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| Semi companies preparing to ship in water |
4/14/2015 |
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TSMC, a supplier to major electronics companies including Apple, Qualcomm, Nvidia and MediaTek, said it will use as many as 180 trucks, each with a capacity of about three metric tons, for water delivery to maintain operations at fab sites in Hsinchu,
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| GM is confident in ignition switch recall |
4/14/2015 |
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GM has fixed 1.6 million of the roughly 2.3 million recalled cars worldwide that are registered and still in use, spokesman Alan Adler said Friday. In the U.S., the completion rate is almost 71 percent.
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| Three terminal memristor opens potential for brain-like computer |
4/13/2015 |
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The normal memristor setup as two-terminal devices allows only limited control over how electrical current flows through the system, but the third electrode used by the Northwestern researchers can act as a gate, finely controlling the resistance.
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| Intel/Altera merger called off |
4/13/2015 |
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Had the deal gone through, the takeover would have been Intel's largest acquisition, topping its $7.7 billion purchase of security software maker McAfee in 2011.
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| Microsemi introduced small atomic clock module |
4/13/2015 |
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Microsemi said it designed the Quantum MAC SA.3X family specifically to meet essential frequency accuracy and stability requirements in applications that include wireless base stations, wire line network infrastructure, defence systems, and test and measurement instruments.
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| Scientists found new source of rubber from lettuce |
4/10/2015 |
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Burke and his team collected two samples of prickly lettuce and identified several genetic markers for the plant. The study, suggested scientists could use those markers to select for plants that would generate more sap, or latex, and at a higher rate.
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| IBM achieved highest density tape drive |
4/10/2015 |
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IBM Research has claimed to have set a world record in storage density on magnetic tape with 123 billion bits of uncompressed data per square inch on low cost, particulate magnetic tape made especially for the project by FujiFilm.
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| Merger represents $4 Billion automobile electronics market |
4/10/2015 |
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A combined NXP and Freescale will bring forth a $4 billion automotive giant that essentially trumps the competition with its size as well as its multi-segment chip portfolio. However, of greatest interest is what will the new company do in the advanced driver assist systems (ADAS),
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| Intel: Moore's law has at least 10 more years of life |
4/9/2015 |
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Bohr predicted that Moore's Law will not come to an abrupt halt, but will morph and evolve and go in a different direction, such as scaling density by the 3D stacking of components rather than continuing to reduce transistor size.
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