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| Samsung to announce new phones on August 13 |
7/29/2015 |
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We’re expecting to see the next phone in Samsung’s Note line at this event, which many believe will be called the Galaxy Note 5. Rumours have also suggested that Samsung is planning to announce an entirely new phone called the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus,
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| Major joint announcement pending between Intel and Micron |
7/28/2015 |
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"Since Intel's JV with Micron (IM Flash-IMF) only includes the Utah fab and NOT Singapore at present, we do not rule out some form of closer relationship between Micron and Intel and to be announced tomorrow - to better safeguard supply of NAND (from Micron into Intel),"
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| Skylake to offer 30% power saving |
7/28/2015 |
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According to the leaked slide, Broadwell capped out at 8.5 hours with the test configuration while the Skylake chips will deliver 11.3 hours hours of performance with the same test configuration.
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| Fairchild to sell Penang plant |
7/28/2015 |
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Fairchild Semiconductor was one of the eight comnpanies that set up operations in Penang in the 1970s, together with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Hewlett Packard (now called Agilent Technologies), Clarion, Intel, Hitachi (now called Renesas), Litronix (now called Osram Opto Semiconductor) and Robert Bosch.
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| Qualcomm to layoff 4700 |
7/27/2015 |
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Amid an industry slowdown in smartphone growth, the company forecast its fourth quarter revenue would be down 15-30 per cent from the prior year to $4.7 to $5.7 billion.
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| Reflector Chip improves battery life on wearables |
7/27/2015 |
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"The idea is if the wearable device only needs to reflect the Wi-Fi signal from a router or cell tower, instead of generate it, the power consumption can go way down (and the battery life can go way up),"
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| SK Hynix looks to advanced memories to boost profit |
7/27/2015 |
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"To respond to the rapidly changing market condition, we will boost the production of DDR4 and LPDDR4 memory chips to meet expanding demand while reducing the manufacturing of DDR3 products," SK hynix President Kim Joon-ho said during a conference call.
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| 200 Tarriffs abolished |
7/27/2015 |
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"The deal will open markets, create jobs and spur economic growth around the world, as well as bring down costs for consumers."
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| Microsoft posts record loss |
7/23/2015 |
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The company took a charge of $7.5 billion in the fourth quarter related to the restructuring of its Nokia handset business, which it bought last year.
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| Intel issued bond to fund Altera take over |
7/23/2015 |
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Intel Corp. tapped the bond market for $7 billion to finance part of its $16.7 billion takeover of Altera Corp. at lower rates than initially offered to investors.
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| ARM failed to reach estimates |
7/23/2015 |
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Second-quarter revenue rose 22 percent to 228.5 million pounds ($356 million), the Cambridge, England-based company said Wednesday. Analysts had predicted 234.9 million pounds on average.
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| Apple profits up but forecast down |
7/22/2015 |
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Apple said on Tuesday it sold 47.5 million iPhones in the third quarter, up 35 percent from a year ago. But some analysts had expected around 49 million.
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| Qualcomm to reduce headcounts |
7/21/2015 |
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Qualcomm is reportedly planning to cut more than 10% of its 30,000-employee workforce, according to a report on Monday in the Information. The Information expects Qualcomm will announce these cuts during its upcoming third quarter earnings report this Wednesday.
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| EU probes Qualcomm for antitrust |
7/20/2015 |
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EU would investigate whether Qualcomm, one of the world’s largest chip makers, had abused its dominant market position in the region by offering financial incentives to potential customers if they bought equipment solely from the American company.
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| Semi equipment spending to increase |
7/20/2015 |
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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.
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| TSMC foundary growth slows |
7/20/2015 |
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“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.”
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| Prices for MEM parts dropped |
7/20/2015 |
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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
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