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| iPhone 6 to affect DRAM prices |
8/27/2014 |
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Supply chain work in Asia suggests PC DRAM pricing is tracking to a ~3-5% M/M increase in Sept, owing to some pre-iPhone 6 launch supply constraints. While it is too early to see actual supply impact from Samsung ramping DRAM in S3.
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| SpaceX test rocket down |
8/26/2014 |
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SpaceX spokesman John Taylor says the test flight involved a three-engine version of its reusable Falcon 9 rocket. He said an "anomaly" was detected in the rocket and it automatically self-destructed.
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| More prediction on iPhone 6 features |
8/26/2014 |
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Jordan Edelson, founder and CEO of Appetizer Mobile, one of the top 10 mobile app developers, spills the beans on what he believes are the facts about the iPhone 6.
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| Transition to 3D NAND still years away |
8/25/2014 |
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So as long as life remains in 2D devices, 3D technology will not be rushed into the marketplace. The timing of a full-scale transition from 2D to 3D NAND memory depends on when 3D becomes a cost-effective option to 2D, and that situation is still a ways off.
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| Microsoft to venture into ChromeBook alternative |
8/25/2014 |
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Microsoft announced that the firm has partnered with Acer, Toshiba, and HP to produce a Google Chromebook alternative — a move that will bring Windows to laptops within the price range of $199 to $249
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| SmartPlay to provide turnkey service utilizing Intel Foundry |
8/25/2014 |
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SmartPlay shares a successful three-year relationship with Intel Custom Foundry, and has efficiently delivered numerous projects for them such as test chip development platform (Architecture to GDSII), DDR3/4 PHY verification and layout of analogue IPs along with the participation in various customer tape-outs on Intel Custom Foundry's 22nm and 14nm platforms.
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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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