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| Intel has "wire free" concept to detach display |
8/22/2014 |
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The dock will remove the need to plug HDMI or DisplayPort display connectors directly into laptops. The wireless dock will provide USB 3.0-like speeds to transfer data to external peripherals.
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| Acer sets goal to be top five handset manufacturer |
8/21/2014 |
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The company has expanded its mobile phone business to 31 countries, well ahead of its goal of reaching 25 nations this year and more than doubling the 12 countries it was selling its handsets to last year.
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| Taiwan backend orders to rise |
8/21/2014 |
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The output value of Taiwan's integrated circuit (IC) packaging and testing sector could rise more than 5 percent in the third quarter from a quarter earlier because of peak season effects, according to a government research report.
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| Infineon to purchase IR for $3 Billion |
8/21/2014 |
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Infineon said in Wednesday's announcement that it's paying $40 per share for El Segundo-based International Rectifier. The deal has been approved by both boards, but must win regulatory permission and meet the approval of International Rectifier shareholders.
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| Apple stock hits new height |
8/21/2014 |
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After peaking at $100.77 Wednesday morning, shares slipped 3 cents to $100.50, giving Apple a market value of $602 billion ¡ª by far more than any other publicly held company.
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| Battle between Intel and Mediatek hurts SOC new comer |
8/20/2014 |
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Caught in the crossfire is Actions Semiconductor in Zhuhai, China. It has been counting on action in the white-box tablet market. Its strategy is to leverage that market to catapult the company from the MP3/MP4 player market where it made its name.
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| Samsung to set plant in Indonesia |
8/20/2014 |
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"We have been discussing with the Indonesian government of our plan to produce mobile phones for the domestic market, so that we can meet local consumers' need more effectively," Samsung said in an emailed statement.
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| AMD to resale OZC SSD as Radon R7 |
8/20/2014 |
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AMD is positioning the drive as an enthusiast part, right between the OCZ Vector 150 series SSD and the OCZ Vertex 460, a mainstream drive.
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| 3D printing is bringing big wave to global manufacturing |
8/20/2014 |
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additive manufacturing industry is receiving, and, as we have seen through the projection, it will only increase. Additive manufacturing has started to be considered as the answer to restoring manufacturing in some countries.
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| Semiconductor funding up after a down year 2013 |
8/19/2014 |
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In the last 12 months, there have been 38 semiconductor funding deals, according to the report. They raised $550.1 million, versus the $563.8 million raised in the previous 12 months.
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| Lenovo/IBM deal cleared review by US national-security |
8/19/2014 |
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The IBM servers, known as x86 for the type of chips they use, link computers on corporate networks and are essentially commodities in the information technology world. Most of IBM¡¯s x86 servers are made in Shenzhen, China a.nyway
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| Samsung/Hynix took 68% of the DRAM market |
8/19/2014 |
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The combined market share of Samsung and SK hynix climbed 3 percent on-quarter in the April-June period, well ahead of the 25.7 percent combined market share for U.S. companies and the 6.3 percent for Taiwanese
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| Applied Materials grows with mobile and display industry |
8/18/2014 |
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Applied Materials rose 5.1 percent to $22.23 at 9:51 a.m. in New York. The stock was up 20 percent this year through yesterday, beating the 11 percent gain in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Information Technology Index.
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| 3 wheels passenger car to sell for $6800 |
8/18/2014 |
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Phoenix-based Elio plans to start making the cars next fall at a former General Motors plant in Shreveport, Louisiana. Already, more than 27,000 people have reserved one. Elio hopes to make 250,000 cars a year by 2016.
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| Developer discovered TSX bug on Haswell processor |
8/18/2014 |
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An update by Intel to TechReport states that there will not be a delay in the launch of the Haswell-EP processor, adding that the TSX erratum will have been solved by the time Haswell-EX appears on the market.
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| Cisco to part 6,000 |
8/15/2014 |
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Chief Financial Officer Frank Calderoni said the company estimates pretax charges of up to $700 million, with about $250 to $350 million recorded in the current quarter, for the restructuring.
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| Call it phase two of the Chinese fabless evolution |
8/15/2014 |
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BY leaving the US stock market, these companies become state-owned entities and look for a fresh infusion of state funds. But this tactic doesn't guarantee success. It's simply the latest angle Chinese fabless companies are taking in hopes of growth and profitability.
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| LTE-Advanced deployment is the next target |
8/15/2014 |
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Carrier aggregation (CA) is the most important feature of LTE-Advanced, which helps mobile carriers to utilize all spectrum resources to increase data rates.
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| Amazon introduced smartphone payment system |
8/14/2014 |
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Small businesses can start using Local Register by creating an account on http://localregister.amazon.com . Businesses must buy Amazon's card reader for $10, and download the free mobile app from the Amazon app store.
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