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| Chinese company in talk to acquire Stats ChipPac |
11/7/2014 |
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The purchase of Stats ChipPac, the world’s fourth-largest provider of chip packaging and testing, would add to the $26 billion of semiconductor deals in the past year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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| Qualcomm stock fell after missing estimate |
11/7/2014 |
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Excluding items, adjusted earnings for the quarter were $1.26 per share, compared with $1.05 per share a year ago. On average, 28 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters estimated earnings of $1.31 per share for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.
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| U.S. unemployment fell |
11/7/2014 |
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Employers have added an average of 227,000 jobs a month in 2014, up from an average of 194,000 last year. Over the past 12 months, they have added 2.64 million jobs, the best showing since April 2006. The unemployment rate has fallen to 5.9 percent, a six-year low.
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| U.S. worker productivity increased |
11/7/2014 |
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Productivity, the amount of output per hour of work, rose at a 2 percent annual rate in the third quarter after a 2.9 percent gain in the second quarter, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
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| NXP offers Smart Home Kit in China |
11/6/2014 |
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With a quick touch of a smartphone screen people can connect with a router, mobile payment platform, power plug, wireless switch, lighting, sensors or wireless network IP-camera.
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| TI applys DLP technology to hi-res 3D printing |
11/6/2014 |
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The DLP9000 offers four million pixels, or a 2560-by-1600 micromirror array. It can be used to build large, advanced resolution objects in 3D printing and scan larger objects at longer throw distances. For cost-sensitive applications, the DLP6500 offers up to two million pixels, or a 1920-by-1080 (1080p) micromirror array.
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| Qualcomm filed license payment claims in China |
11/6/2014 |
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Qualcomm believes 1.3 billion handsets were sold with its chips this year and 1.5 billion will be sold next year. But handset makers are on track only to report sales of 1.04 to 1.13 billion devices this year, leaving a gap of 170 to 260 million devices unreported.
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| New lithium-ion battery is game changer in EV |
11/5/2014 |
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The new component, Hu said, can safely operate at a wide range of temperatures, does not need the costly cooling systems and is about 20 per cent less expensive than current generation batteries.
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| Top security contractor failed to detect breach for months |
11/5/2014 |
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USIS reported the cyberattack to federal authorities on June 5, more than two months before acknowledging it publicly. The attack had hallmarks similar to past intrusions by Chinese hackers, according to people familiar with the investigation.
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| Lower fuel cost translates into automobile sales |
11/4/2014 |
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Chrysler said its U.S. sales rose 22 percent to 170,480 for its best October since 2001, while both Nissan and Honda posted their best October ever. Nissan sales were up 13 percent over a year ago, while Honda's rose nearly 6 percent.
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| When China sneeze, rest of the world feel the cold |
11/4/2014 |
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An Associated Press survey of 30 economists has found that 57 percent of them expect China's decelerating economy to restrain growth in countries from Brazil and Chile to Australia and South Korea.
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| Synopsys released DesignWare AEON NVM IP |
11/4/2014 |
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The NVM IP includes necessary support and control circuitry including all high voltage generation and distribution required for programming to reduce system design complexity and IC area. It also supports up to 1Kb instances, up to 10,000 write cycles, and more than 10 years of data retention.
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| 6 Axis gyroscope chip for car navigations |
11/4/2014 |
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The 6-axis ASM330LXH, empower sophisticated dead reckoning software algorithms that calculate current position from a previously determined location updated by time, acceleration and change of direction.
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| Tim Cook announce he is gay |
11/3/2014 |
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The 53-year-old Alabama native, declared his sexual orientation in a magazine editorial, confirming a fact widely known in the close-knit Silicon Valley tech community but rarely discussed.
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| NXP to apply iPhone 6 NFC technology to automobiles |
11/3/2014 |
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NFC will not revolutionize car electronics but it could make a number of existing features better.Instead of keys. Automobile rental companies could send codes to their customers NFC-enabled smartphones that would let them open the door and turn on the ignition.
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| Motorola Mobility is now own by China company |
10/31/2014 |
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The $2.9 billion purchase adds to a flurry of acquisitions and initiatives aimed at transforming Beijing-based Lenovo, the world's biggest maker of personal computers, into a major player in wireless computing.
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| Has Microsoft finish layoff yet ? |
10/31/2014 |
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First announced in July, the first wave of layoffs left approximately 13,000 unemployed. The next came in September where another 2,100 was dismissed. Upon completion of the job reductions, Microsoft's workforce will be around 110,000 employees.
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| PC rebounce forecasted |
10/31/2014 |
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Intel reported recently, along with higher than expected third quarter results. Intel also indicated the demand for chips is in good shape. This is excellent news for suppliers of electronic chemicals and materials used in microprocessors, computer chipsets and DRAM, which are all used in PCs.
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