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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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| M-RAM targeted to replace low density DRAM |
8/13/2014 |
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SST-MRAM delivers the high performance of DRAM and SRAM, has the low power and low cost of flash memory, scales well below 10nm, and leverages existing CMOS manufacturing techniques and processes. Since it is non-volatile, STT-MRAM will also retain its data indefinitely when the power is lost or completely turned off.
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| Biochip cut cost on identiying desease |
8/13/2014 |
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The chip heats up a culture or sample, and can identify unique molecular structures like DNA sequences, to help identify possible strains of a disease, which can help determine medication, or whether a patient needs to be isolated.
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| Intel 14nm Broadwell ready to roll |
8/13/2014 |
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The process will enable a new class of x86-based 2-in-1 tablet/notebooks less than 9mm thick that will be on store shelves before the end of the year.
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| Flash prices can fall through $0.14/GB by 2018 |
8/12/2014 |
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The price for NAND flash chips is expected to reach US$0.49 per 1GB by the end of this year, compared to $0.71 last year, according to the data compiled by market tracker IHS iSuppli, with the price to fall through 2018 to $0.14.
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| ProMos idled 12" fab to be sold |
8/12/2014 |
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The 12-inch fab, located in Taichung Science Park (TSP), has been idle since March 2013 after ProMoS sold the bulk of production equipment of the fab to Globalfoundries. But the fab has completed the construction of its cleanroom and can resume operations if production equipment is reinstalled.
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| Factory automation order increased |
8/12/2014 |
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Order gains in June were driven by two factors – the end of the quarter and continued strength in key customer industries, especially automotive, aerospace, medical and energy.
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| SMIC and Jiansu Changjiang formed 12" supply chain |
8/12/2014 |
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Together with SMIC's 12in front-end advanced chip production line in development, this will be China's first-ever domestic 12in advanced IC manufacturing supply chain. This supply chain will shorten the overall manufacturing cycle time.
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| US labor productivity returns |
8/11/2014 |
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The Labor Department says that productivity increased 2.5 percent at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, after plummeting 4.5 percent in the first quarter.
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| Record chip sales in June |
8/11/2014 |
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Improved economic conditions worldwide, particularly in the U.S., and a booming memory chip market are being credited for the global semiconductor industry's strong sales growth in 1H14.
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| Steve Wozniak addressed Flash Memory Summit |
8/8/2014 |
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People talk about a lot of competition to it: phase change memory, magneto resistance and all this, and that they'll all be cheaper and faster and denser. But you have to get that density factor down. They're not there yet.
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| WTO condemns China on rare metal export control |
8/8/2014 |
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In March, the WTO dispute settlement panel found that China's restrictions breach WTO rules. Its ruling followed complaints by the United States, the European Union and Japan. The Geneva-based WTO's appellate panel on Thursday rejected Beijing's appeal
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| China bans Apple products from government purchase |
8/8/2014 |
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Apple is not the only U.S. technology company banned from purchases by the Chinese government, which stemmed from news that the United States allegedly hacked and spied on Chinese companies.
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| Smart controller allows Samsung to ship 3bit cell SSD |
8/7/2014 |
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Within a month, Samsung could start shipping solid-state drives using new 128Gbit V-NAND chips with 32 layers and three bits per cell. It promises to deliver twice the capacity at 40 per cent less power than SSDs with planar NAND.
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| China aware of need for semiconductor industry |
8/7/2014 |
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Chinese government is well aware of the barriers to its development. This includes the high cost of domestic financing, a long period before investors realise a return on investment, an unwillingness to invest, and a lack of talent to build the industry.
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