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| ChromeBook- what scares Microsoft most |
3/19/2014 |
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Chromebooks are ready for mainstream adoption. They're starting to make many of us realize how non-essential a $1000 laptop is becoming. And they can compete with most of the cheaper laptops.
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| Toyota settles for $1.2B |
3/19/2014 |
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The four-year criminal investigation focused on whether Toyota was forthright in reporting problems related to unintended acceleration troubles.
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| Vanguard acquired Sumpro 8" fab. |
3/18/2014 |
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The capital expansion project comes after the company signed a deal to acquire an 8-inch fab and related equipment from Sumpro Electronic, a subsidiary of Nanya Technology, for NT$2.18 billion.
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| EU wants a standard charger to reduce waste |
3/18/2014 |
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The call for a common charger is expected to simplify the use of radio equipment (including mobiles), possibly cutting tens of thousands of tonnes of electronic waste annually while also reducing manufacturing costs.
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| Court dismissed Macronix's infringement case against Spansion |
3/18/2014 |
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The battle began last summer when Spansion filed complaints against Macronix, alleging that the company had violated its patents with Macronix NOR Flash and XtraROM memory products. Further, Spansion has committed to moving against any memory company or system vendor that "misuses its technology without getting consensus from the company.
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| Microsoft to help Vietnam to enhance cybra security |
3/18/2014 |
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Microsoft will provide technological support in aid of the country's IT infrastructure modernisation, network security and cloud computing development. The firm will also give the ministry access to its cybersecurity reports to raise security levels where necessary.
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| Police arrested former SK Hynix employee |
3/17/2014 |
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Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday arrested former SK Hynix employee Yoshitaka Sugita on charges of stealing trade secrets. The trade secrets were allegedly stolen by Sugita when he was employed by the SanDisk-Toshiba joint venture, and the information was passed to SK Hynix, his next employer.
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| LTE deployment will boost RF ICs in China |
3/17/2014 |
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"For the foreseeable future the Asia-Pacific region, particularly China, will dominate this market and remain the most important region and focus for high power RF amplifiers and RF power devices for wireless infrastructure."
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| New memory is 16nm gate length |
3/17/2014 |
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The memory's architecture uses low-access voltage and minimises drain current during programming, contributing to a decrease of the programming power compared to one-transistor NOR memories.
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| Rest of the world cannot escape China's pollution |
3/14/2014 |
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Air pollution is becoming one of China’s biggest exports and reaches as far as the U.S. West Coast. The report cites a study from the University of California, Irvine that is the first to quantify how much of the pollution reaching the American West Coast is from China.
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| New thin LED is only 3 atoms thick |
3/14/2014 |
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"We are able to make the thinnest-possible LEDs, only three atoms thick yet mechanically strong. Such thin and foldable LEDs are critical for future portable and integrated electronic devices,"
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| Flash storage is expensive but here to stay |
3/13/2014 |
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“A few years ago, most demand was for backup and support. That’s not gone away, but there also has been an extension into speed. Customers want lightning fast performance, measured in microseconds, not milliseconds. That is where flash comes into play.”
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| Eastman Kodak has new CEO |
3/13/2014 |
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The 52-year old Clarke will continue as chairman of online travel company Orbitz Worldwide Inc. He is the co-founder of private investment firm Augusta Columbia Capital and served as a managing partner there.
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| Advantest offers mobile device test solution |
3/13/2014 |
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The modules use vector signal generation (VSG) and vector signal analysis (VSA) software to meet the modulation challenges presented by today's most advanced portable electronics.
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| China state owned company offered to buy Montage |
3/12/2014 |
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Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co Ltd offered $21.50 per Montage share in cash, a 25 percent premium to the company's closing price on Friday. "But the price seems low, so there could be chance of topping up,"
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| Xilinx announced DDR4 2400 support |
3/12/2014 |
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The UltraScale devices are based on an ASIC-class architecture that the company claims supports high I/O and memory bandwidth with power and latency reduction.
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| Qualcom gets new president |
3/11/2014 |
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Qualcomm said that Aberle will oversee the mobile chip maker's global expansion and business units. Aberle has been at Qualcomm for 13 years and led the company's licensing business.
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| TI has DLP chipset for micro projector |
3/11/2014 |
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The 0.3-inch HD TRP DLP Pico chipset is capable of projecting a 720p video onto a wall, screen or another surface, with the module being small enough to fit into the side or end of a smartphone or tablet.
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