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| Energy sector to start layoff |
1/22/2015 |
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Last week, Schlumberger Ltd., the world's largest oil drilling services company, announced 9,000 jobs — just over 7 percent of its global workforce — would be cut in response to tumbling oil prices.
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| AMD depends on embedded and semi-custom in 2015 |
1/22/2015 |
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Su told investors and analysts that she expects AMD's embedded business to grow in 2015, partially aided by the introduction of its next-generation x86 processor, Carizzo. The CEO, who marked her 100 days in office during the financial call, said she also expects semi-custom units to increase in the third year of gaming console ramp-up.
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| Samsung denies BlackBerry acquisition rumor |
1/20/2015 |
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“We want to work with BlackBerry and develop this partnership, not acquire the company,” J.K. Shin, who heads Samsung’s mobile-phone business, said in a statement to The Wall Street Journal.
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| G. Skill DDR4 module works at 3400MHz |
1/20/2015 |
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The company claims it has reached this 3.4GHz high using hand-picked memory chips, chose using the company's selective-binning process from a wide cache of parts.
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| MEMS accelerometer guides smart bullet |
1/20/2015 |
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The accelerometer in the round is used to turn the bullet on and the image sensor is used to detect distance to the target and set off the payload milliseconds before it would otherwise impact the target.
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| Legal trading with Cuba to start |
1/19/2015 |
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This week, the Treasury and Commerce departments unveiled the language of changes to sanctions against Cuba, which include the opening of banking relations and expanding travel opportunities for Americans.
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| Seiko Epson handler is for chip testing |
1/19/2015 |
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NS8040SH IC test handlers are used in combination with other test equipment in IC inspection processes. They transport ICs to the test equipment for final performance testing and then sort the tested chips into "passed," "failed" or other appropriate bins according to appearance, electrical characteristics, or other user-defined criteria.
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| Mobile DRAM growth to continue |
1/15/2015 |
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Market size for tablet mobile DRAM by revenue was US$1.51 billion in 2014, and the research firm predicts it will hit US$2.5 billion by 2018 – a growth rate of 9.3%.
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| NAND storage prices fall as TLC and 3D NAND picks up |
1/15/2015 |
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TLC has been primarily used in USB drives, flash memory cards, low-cost smartphones, client solid state drives (SSDs). But it’s starting to see use in the iPhone 6 and he anticipates it make further incursions into high-end smartphones and enterprise data center SSDs
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| Fed projects low oil prices |
1/15/2015 |
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration's short-term energy outlook projects the average monthly price of crude on the Brent index at $58 per barrel in 2015, down from the December average of $62 per barrel
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| PC Industry is stabilizing |
1/14/2015 |
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One research firm, Gartner, estimated shipments actually increased 1 percent in the fourth quarter. Using different methods, a second firm calculated that shipments fell 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter, but that's not as bad as the 4.8 percent decline that researchers at International Data Corp. had forecast for the period.
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| Chevy Volt to have longer battery range |
1/14/2015 |
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What makes the 2016 model stand out is its range as it can reach 50 miles with just electric power, 12 miles better than last year's model. The company also believes that the hybrid car can travel an average of more than 1,000 miles before filling its gas tank anew.
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| IBM - King of IP |
1/14/2015 |
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The latest ranking of patent wins has revealed IBM as the reigning leader for the 22nd time with 7,534 patents, increasing its lead over second-place Samsung, which was up 5.9 per cent with 4,952.
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| Cadence offer processor with power and memory effiiciency |
1/14/2015 |
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The Xtensa LX6 and Xtensa 11 processors enable users to develop innovative custom processor instruction sets with up to 25 per cent less processor logic power consumption and up to 75 per cent better local memory area and power efficiency.
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| Samsung Galaxy A7 goes 8 core |
1/13/2015 |
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The phone runs Android 4.4, has 4G LTE connectivity, and a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera, along with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Inside is 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage and a microSD card slot to add more memory.
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| Obama asked congress to set laws for hacking |
1/13/2015 |
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A White House official said Obama will announce the proposed legislation Monday, along with a measure aimed at preventing companies from selling student data to third parties.
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| Broadcom to refocus on Internet of Things |
1/13/2015 |
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The smartphone modem business is dominated by Qualcomm. However, that market now being targeted by a number of "must-win-at-all-cost" chip companies in Asia.
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