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| DDR4 memory to boost server performance |
9/11/2014 |
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Intel smartly predicted where computing would be in 2014, specifically that data centres would be dominant, with significant growth in part due to the demands of the cloud. These "mega" data centres require increasingly more memory bandwidth.
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| Toshiba to set $1.9Billion capex |
9/10/2014 |
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Tanaka said boosting sales and profit in Toshiba's semiconductor unit was a greater priority than becoming No. 1 in the NAND flash memory chip market.
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| Strong currency helps in this economy |
9/10/2014 |
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The U.S. currency climbed to its highest level in six years against the Japanese yen Tuesday, and it's trading at its highest level in 14 months against the euro.
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| Toshiba offer smallest photorelay |
9/10/2014 |
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The products are available in the Toshiba-developed VSON4 package. Compared to equivalent Toshiba products in a USOP4 package, the photorelays reduce the assembly area by 50 per cent and volume by 60 per cent.
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| Apple announced watch with e-payment |
9/10/2014 |
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The digital timepiece needs an iPhone to connect to WiFi and access GPS data. It also includes Siri and can turn heartbeats into physical vibrations that other Apple Watch users can feel. The device comes with Fitness and Workout apps.
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| GE sells appliance division |
9/9/2014 |
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Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, GE Appliances' products include refrigerators, freezers, cooking products, washers and dryers and air conditioners. The division, which has 12,000 workers at nine factories, earned $381 million on $8.3 billion in sales last year.
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| New graphene device can see terahertz wave at room temperature |
9/9/2014 |
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an X-ray goes right through the skin to the bone, missing the layers just beneath the skin's surface entirely. Terahertz waves see the in-between. The speed and sensitivity of the room temperature detector presented in this research opens the door to future discoveries in this in-between zone.
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| Golo connects your car diagnostic to your smartphone |
9/9/2014 |
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Users can make these data available to their trusted repair workshop for a thorough remote diagnosis. If there is a serious problem, the driver gets immediate feedback and a warning in cases where it would be advisable to contact the nearest workshop.
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| JEDEC release 4th generation mobile DRAM standard |
9/8/2014 |
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“LPDDR4 represents a dramatic performance increase. It is intended to meet the power, bandwidth, packaging, cost and compatibility requirements of the world’s most advanced mobile systems.”
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| U.S. job growth retreated |
9/8/2014 |
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August's job gains were far below the average monthly increase of 212,000 in the past 12 months. The slowdown was unexpected after most recent economic data had suggested that the economy was growing at a healthy pace.
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| BP stock sink on court ruling |
9/5/2014 |
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The ruling means BP now faces a fine under the Clean Water Act of $4,300 per barrel of oil spilled. The number of barrels spilled is being debated but is likely to fall between 2.4 million and 4.1 million barrels, which makes for a fine of between $10.3 billion and $17.6 billion.
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| China watch group exposed Apple supplier violations |
9/5/2014 |
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Violations including mandatory overtime of up to 100 hours per month, in excess of the legal limit of 36 hours, and failure to pay some wages to its 20,000 employees, the report said. It said violations of Apple policies included failing to give out protective gear and locking fire exits and windows.
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| Is Tesla's Gigafactory plan over optimistic ? |
9/5/2014 |
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If Tesla attain its targeted half a million EVs, Panasonic could rake in more than $15 billion between 2017 and 2020. But at the more likely 240,000 EVs, as estimated by Lux Research, Panasonic would take in only $7 billion on its likely investment of $1.4 billion, with questionable margins.
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| Uniquify offers 2800Mb/s DDR4 IP |
9/5/2014 |
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Uniquify's SCL technology solves this problem by performing automatic self-calibration at system power-up for optimal DDR interface timing. SCL-enhanced DDR memory IP offers higher yield because it automatically adapts critical timing characteristics for a wide range of system-level design choices.
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| New Samsung phone features side display |
9/4/2014 |
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The Galaxy Note Edge was announced at a trade show in Berlin on Wednesday. It is due for release in October — in time for holiday shopping — and aim to compete with Apple's new iPhones due to be unveiled next week.
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| New Radeon card is fastest for gamers |
9/4/2014 |
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The Radeon R9 285 GPU is capable of delivering up to 3.29TFLOPS of computing performance, offering extreme gaming detail that outshines any card at 1080p and beyond in its category.
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| Static IP core with dual port static memory to save power |
9/4/2014 |
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The microcontroller targets applications ranging from high-speed automotive and appliance motor control, to low-power remote transmitters/receivers, pointing devices and telecom processors. Built-in power save mode makes this IP core ideal for applications where the power consumption aspect is critical.
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| ARM sold 50th 64bit license |
9/3/2014 |
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ARM unveiled its 64-bit processor architecture back in 2011, followed a year later by the Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 core designs based on it. These provide backwards compatibility with existing 32-bit ARM software, but add a new 64-bit execution state that delivers more capabilities.
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| Semi venture funding to return |
9/3/2014 |
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Semiconductor funding hit bottom in 2013, and it is slowly coming back. Publicly available transaction data from CrunchBase discovered promising insights about recent funding trends.
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| Taiwan firm JV in China on NAND development |
9/3/2014 |
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The Eon-China Sigma joint venture is likely to focus on the development and production of single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash chips, a move which is set to compete directly with Taiwan-based flash memory suppliers Macronix International and Winbond Electronics.
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