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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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| TI to convert 300mm DMOS6 to analogue productions |
2/6/2015 |
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TI is converting part of its 13-year-old DMOS6 factory to support $3 billion of 300-millimeter analog revenue from space that had been used for wireless products the company no longer makes,
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| High U.S. currency cost deficit amd jobs |
2/6/2015 |
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"Currency manipulation acts as a subsidy to all Japanese exports, and a tax on U.S. exports to Japan, and all countries where U.S. firms compete with Japanese products,"
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| Additional Manufacturing Hubs are in Obama's budget |
2/5/2015 |
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Overall, the administration's proposal would allocate $350 million in the Agriculture, Commerce, Defense and Energy departments to fund the new hubs, with $1.9 billion in funding for the 29 hubs comprising the remainder of the network.
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| New SIA chief optimistic on semi industry |
2/4/2015 |
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The global semiconductor industry posted record sales of $335.8 billion in 2014, up 9.9 per cent from 2013, according to the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics, the SIA reported Monday. DRAM performed particularly well, increasing by 34.7 per cent over the prior year.
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| ChipMOS and Accretech to develope backend automations |
2/3/2015 |
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Under the agreement, ACCRETECH will be responsible for the equipment design and manufacturing. This is expected to include, but will not be limited to, probers for wafer testing and wafer dicing equipment. ChipMOS will provide engineering resources for development, testing and evaluation.
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| Low cost Raspberry Pi gets a boost |
2/3/2015 |
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Priced at $35.33, the successor to the four million unit selling Raspberry Pi promises to be six times faster than its predecessor and boasts 1GB of RAM to run bigger and more powerful projects.
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| Samsung bets on 3D NAND memory chips |
2/3/2015 |
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A 3D NAND chip has hundreds of electrons per cell, which greatly improves memory production efficiency, density, data storage capacity and performance over existing chips.
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| Intel buys Lantig for home connections |
2/3/2015 |
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These include its fibre to the distribution point, which effectively brings fibre broadband closer to the home and faster connections to IoT devices.
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| OnePlus One smartphone has its own OS |
2/2/2015 |
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Most importantly, the OxygenOS will reportedly be open and heavily customisable. Additionally, this OS version will reportedly be free of bloatware and features that are not required or hardly used.
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| Apple announced record-breaking quarter |
2/2/2015 |
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When Cook took over the top job at Apple on August 24, 2011, Steve Jobs' health was deteriorating. Some doubted that Cook could lead the company as well has Jobs had.
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| Samsung looks to Europe to supply some components |
2/2/2015 |
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An event was held recently under the auspices of the Silicon Saxony organisation to bring Samsung purchasing and central R&D executives face-to-face with European technology companies and discuss opportunities for supply deals and cooperation.
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| Samsung reports earnings decline |
1/30/2015 |
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On the positive end, a boom in Samsung's high-margin chip sales helped offset the downturn in its mobile business. Its semi-conductor division's operating profit jumped almost 36% in the final quarter of 2014.
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