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| Tablet market see signs of slowing |
7/7/2014 |
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Tablets have lost their novelty to attract consumers, and cutthroat price competitions are creating a desperate atmosphere in the market. External factors at work, though, include competition from phablets and low-priced notebooks that are further dividing tablet market shares.
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| Qualcomm forced into partnership with SMIC ? |
7/7/2014 |
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Qualcomm is. saying very little about the deal with SMIC. Asked about which Snapdragon processors SMIC will make and when Qualcomm expects production to start, the company spokesman said, "We're not disclosing any details."
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| DRAM prices on the rise |
7/3/2014 |
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The contract price of PC DRAM chips is expected to rise between 5 and 10 percent sequentially this quarter. That paved the way for global DRAM chipmakers to post record-high annual revenues again after last year's US$35.2 billion.
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| State of California raises minimum wage |
7/3/2014 |
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President Barack Obama has pushed Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, but the proposal hasn't gained much traction. Instead, he has encouraged cities and states to raise those wages on their own.
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| Samsung goes for home grown OS for wearables |
7/3/2014 |
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Tizen offers a simpler OS, flexibility in form factor, and room to "integrate according to services," officials said, while the RTOS has less of a user interface and is meant to be more bare-bones.
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| $45 development board for IoT applications |
7/3/2014 |
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The i.MX6 technology is based on ARMv7 instructions, allowing it to easily support a variety of open source OS such as Android, Ubunto, Debian, Yocto, Arch and others. It is one of the best choices for running media applications such as XBMC.
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| South Korean lost shares in NAND market |
7/2/2014 |
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The two companies' market portion came to 48 percent in the January-March period, dipping below the 50 percent mark for the first time since the first quarter of 2012 when the comparable figure was 48.5 percent.
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| Philips to spin off fast growing LED parts business |
7/2/2014 |
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"I can assure you it is a very sound business with great margins and good profitability," he said. "At this stage, given the strong intellectual property and differentiation" of Philips' LEDs, "we think we can compete very well with Asian competitors."
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| MRAM to have steady growth |
7/2/2014 |
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The appealing aspects of MRAM is its compatibility with CMOS processes. Also, because the processes are mature, it makes integration less daunting than the transition to 3D NAND. He said the evolution of MRAM is likely to follow that of flash—gaining traction in niche applications before it gets widespread adoption as costs go down and density improves.
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| Altera released Quartus II V14.0 |
7/2/2014 |
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Using rapid recompile, designers will experience a speed up of up to 3X for pre-synthesis HDL changes and up to 4X for post-fit SignalTap II logic analyser modifications, while preserving placement and routing for the unchanged portion of the design.
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| Freescale initiated ITC investigation on broad infringement |
7/1/2014 |
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"The products at issue in this investigation are integrated circuits and products containing the same, including wireless communication devices, wireless phones, televisions, optical disk players, tablets, and other products," the bipartisan trade panel said in a statement.
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| GM victum compensation will have no limit |
7/1/2014 |
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Feinberg, the country's eminent compensation expert, said GM has placed no limit on the total amount he can pay to injured people or relatives of those killed. And he alone — not GM — will decide how much they each will get, even though he is being paid by the company.
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| Google to push on with modular smartphone |
7/1/2014 |
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"Why choose a phone for its camera when you can choose a camera for your phone? Why not share the most expensive sensor or component among friends, family, or perhaps across a village?"
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| LED driver orders up |
6/30/2014 |
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Total shipments from Taiwan's LED driver IC vendors to China are likely to double in 2014 from the previous year as more makers have stepped into the low wattage LED driver IC segment.
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| Chinese government to replace IBM servers in China's banking ? |
6/30/2014 |
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After more than 30 years of providing China's banking sector with high-end servers and other technology, IBM is holding out hope that the quality of its products and the strength of its business relationships will shield it from any decision that tempts its clients to look elsewhere for replacement technology.
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| Google's Tango tablet to go 3D sensing |
6/30/2014 |
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The Project Tango Development Kit will be made available this summer. A location sensing and mapping program required used no GPS, WiFi or Bluetooth to map a user's location.
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| Midsize manufacturing executives are optimistic on hiring |
6/27/2014 |
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In 2014, industrial sector executives report that they are already coming off a strong year but expect even better results over the next 12 months. While an already-healthy majority of executives (69 percent) reported increases in domestic sales over the past year, 88 percent expect the next 12 months to bring further growth,
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| Honda cars to be compatible with Android |
6/27/2014 |
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To initiate Android Auto, Honda drivers will simply connect their compatible Android smartphone to the vehicle's USB port using the cable that came with their phone, allowing them to intuitively access supported apps and features using the car's in-dash display and voice controls.
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| Wearable key also monitor your suroundings |
6/27/2014 |
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Integrated sensors include a 2-in-1 proximity + ambient light sensor, optical UV sensor, MEMS accelerometer and gyroscope, piezoresistive barometric pressure sensor, ultra-high sensitivity MI (magnetic impedance) sensor and RGB sensor.
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