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| MEMS device can detect the volume of a heart beat |
5/12/2015 |
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The BCG approach is contactless and allows the measurement of even more information regarding the volume of every heart stroke. Since the major blood flow around the body is along its length a single axis MEMS sensor is suitable for BCG use.
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| Samsung new memory card plus is ready for 4K video |
5/11/2015 |
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PRO Plus is a memory card with performance and capacity which meet conditions required by digital devices, where 4K UHD video filming is possible, such as DSLR cameras, action cameras, digital camcorders and smartphones.
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| Obama pitches trade agreements |
5/11/2015 |
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President Barack Obama's case for international trade agreements is built on three main arguments: The right trade deal can create jobs at home, counter China's economic influence abroad and raise labor and environmental standards by U.S. trading partners.
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| U.S. could become a major cruide exporter |
5/11/2015 |
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The analysis, conducted by Dallas-based Turner, Mason & Company on behalf of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, predicted the country could eventually move 2.4 million barrels of crude oil abroad per day in that scenario.
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| CFO changes in industry |
5/8/2015 |
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Micron in November said Ronald Foster would retire from the CFO role, according to a news release. Mr. Foster received compensation valued at $4.3 million including a salary of $582,654 in the company’s 2014 fiscal year, according to a proxy filing.
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| 3D machine vision technology advancing |
5/8/2015 |
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Relatively inexpensive 3D image sensors is opening doors for many new vision applications. From automating truck loading to enhancing factory safety, depth perception is empowering new vision opportunities in industrial automation.
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| TI makes progress in automobile chips |
5/7/2015 |
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Microprocessors created by TI are in lots of cars, including Fords and BMWs, where they help control everything from car windows to power steering.
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| EPA to relax testing on formaldhyde |
5/7/2015 |
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A recent article in The New York Times attributed the changes to complaints by a wide array of critics, from furniture industry lobbyists and flooring retailers to the Chinese government and lawmakers from across the political spectrum.
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| Oversupply affect prices on TV panel |
5/6/2015 |
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The rising inventory of TV panels will lead to lower prices in Q2 and Q3 of this year. The LCD TV panel production/demand ratio rose from two per cent undersupply in 3Q14 to one per cent oversupply in 4Q14 and four per cent oversupply in 1Q15 and is expected to continue growing to six per cent in 2Q15.
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| LED industry is going through consolidation |
5/6/2015 |
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the global LED industry is following steps that the semiconductor industry experienced a few years earlier. After bankruptcies and exits, the chip industry is now being controlled by three players.
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| Korean FTC likely to fine Qualcomm for breaking FRAND terms |
5/6/2015 |
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Qualcomm currently collects royalty payments from clients that are calculated based on the price of the handset, not the price of the chip. The company reportedly collects around 5 percent of the sales price of smartphones that use its chips.
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| U.S. factory orders up |
5/6/2015 |
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Economists are hoping that U.S. manufacturing is beginning to emerge from a long soft patch, bolstered by stronger domestic demand that will offset ongoing weakness in exports.
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| IBM found ways to control drift on PCM memories |
5/5/2015 |
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IBM Research presented a paper outlining how it dealt with the phenomenon of resistance drift and the impact of temperature, which has been a barrier to MLC PCM. Known by a number of different names, including PRAM and C-RAM, PCM is one of the more mature, emerging non-volatile memories (NVM), offering low read/write latency, high throughput performance and high endurance.
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| Jabil opens Blue Sky Innovation Center in Silicon Valley |
5/5/2015 |
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Blue Sky Center is “about boundless creativity” – creating an environment for Jabil employees to collaborate with customers on ideas for new products, prototyping new product designs, and handing off designs to its plants.
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| China not likely to develop own DRAM technology in 5 years |
5/5/2015 |
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China might be able to gain access to proprietary technologies through technology licensing, but building a certain scale of production capacity would still require a period of time. That means China's impact on the memory industry would not be felt until after 2-3 years,
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| OmniVision to go private with Chinese investment |
5/4/2015 |
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Chinese state-owned investment firms bought several U.S.-listed chipmakers in the last two years, including Montage Technology Group, Spreadtrum Communications Inc and RDA Microelectronics Inc.
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