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| USB 3.1 is adopted faster than previous generations |
3/27/2015 |
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USB 3.1 can shuffle data between a host device and peripheral at 10Gbps (bits per second), which is two times faster than USB 3.0. USB 3.1 is also generating excitement for the reversible Type-C cable, which is the same on both ends so users don’t have to worry about plug orientation.
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| Intel rolls out Xeon with 72 cores |
3/26/2015 |
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The Xeon Phi Knights Landing will house more than 60 cores (rumoured up to 72) intimately married to a special version of Micron's Hybrid Memory Cubes mounted in-package yielding effectively 16GB of on-chip memory.
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| EUV making significant progress |
3/26/2015 |
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Research on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is making real progress, encouraging semiconductor makers to reconsider their road maps.
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| Car manufacturers to seek lower UAW wages |
3/26/2015 |
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“Everybody’s concerned with the inequity," Williams said prior to the UAW convention. "Our goals are to show that we’re listening, we’re unified and we’re going throughout bargaining with an objective.”
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| Landscape of watch industry to change |
3/25/2015 |
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Gartner suggests the real battle will occur not in Switzerland but in China. In February, the research firm predicted that 50 per cent of smart watch shipments in 2015 will occur in China and that Apple could capture 10 per cent to 15 per cent of that market.
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| IBM to help China IT industry |
3/25/2015 |
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IBM's new approach allows Chinese companies to build everything from semiconductor chips and servers based on IBM architecture, to the software that runs on those machines.
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| SK Hynix sets their eye on NAND Flash |
3/24/2015 |
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"We will reinforce capabilities in the NAND flash memory segment by boosting technological caliber in the triple-level cell and three-dimensional sectors,"
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| Obama set $240 million for education in science |
3/24/2015 |
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The pledges the president is announcing include a $150 million philanthropic effort to encourage promising early-career scientists to stay on track and a $90 million campaign to expand STEM opportunities to underrepresented youth, such as minorities and girls.
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| Alibaba stock slided |
3/24/2015 |
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Even Alibaba, whose $25 billion IPO set a record in September, saw its stock decline nearly 30 percent from its November record. The company is one of the seven Chinese dot-coms to remain trading above its initial price.
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| TLC NAND now over 50% of Flash market |
3/23/2015 |
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With TLC NAND, which is more dense than MLC, applications are shifting from memory cards and USB drives to mass storage devices in mobile and laptop devices. The most prominent TLC flash comes in Embedded MultiMediaCards (eMMC) and solid-state drives (SSDs).
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| Tesla released new software to find charging stations |
3/23/2015 |
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Company officials said the update’s Range Assurance application would communicate with Tesla Superchargers and other charging stations and automatically calculate when vehicles require a charge. The car would then guide drivers to the nearest active station that’s not in heavy use.
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| Digital ID and NFC to take hold |
3/23/2015 |
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A strong electronic ID in a mobile format is a very compelling proposition for governments, banks, security firms and other service providers that require certification of a person's identity. Mobile identification could actually be one of the driving forces behind NFC adoption in smartphones.
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| Huawei/ NXP to drive open platform for Industry 4.0 |
3/23/2015 |
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IHS predicts that by 2025, Industry 4.0 will connect over 80 billion devices to the Internet. China plans to invest $1.3 trillion over the next three years in modernising and transforming the nation's big manufacturing industry into "a powerful manufacturing country."
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| Galaxy S6 has LPDDR4 reaching 3GB |
3/20/2015 |
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only Samsung Semiconductor is capable of mass producing this newest generation of mobile DRAM.” Thus, it will become the exclusive mobile memory supplier to Galaxy S6. Samsung’s handheld device branch has requested an increase in LPDDR4 supply from the semiconductor operation.
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| 100 Mega Watt solar project signed in India |
3/20/2015 |
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Solar energy is a priority sector for meeting India's high demand for clean, renewable and economical energy. The government of India has set a target of 175GW of renewable energy by 2022, of which 100GW will be solar energy.
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| "Manufacturing Universities" funded |
3/20/2015 |
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U.S. Commerce Department to select 25 "Manufacturing Universities." Qualifying campuses would receive $20 million over four years to meet goals related to engineering, job training, manufacturing entrepreneurship and partnering with manufacturing companies.
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| Micro electronic backpack turn beetles into flying drones |
3/19/2015 |
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Today, real progress is being made towards controlling flying insects in particular, because of the tiny microprocessors, sensors and actuators that can be built into millimetre-sized gram-weight wireless "backpacks."
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| Wireless charging to advance |
3/19/2015 |
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With the Samsung Galaxy S6 joining the Qi club, today almost every single smartphone manufacturer (except Apple, Lenovo and Xiaomi) has a flagship device with Qi wireless charging built in. This includes LG, HTC, Google Nexus, Microsoft and Motorola.
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