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| Global politics can hurt business |
3/26/2014 |
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This isn’t the first time global political turmoil has created swift ramifications for manufacturers and distributors. Earlier this month, Nissan was stalled by volatility in Thailand, due to unrest in the capital city of Bangkok.
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| Semi capex to increase in 2014 |
3/26/2014 |
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Notably, some organisations are making big increases in spending after cuts in previous years. Now, semiconductor makers are spending money to upgrade facilities over spending to build new capacity.
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| Boeing propels export in Washington State |
3/25/2014 |
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Washington, exports dipped only slightly during the recession and then took off, growing more than 50 percent since 2010 to a record $81.9 billion last year.
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| Cisco to expand cloud network |
3/25/2014 |
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The move makes the San Jose, Calif.-based networking company the latest to enter an arena that caters to the growing number of companies that would rather rent computing space than build their own.
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| Renesas to transfer production, layoff 720 |
3/25/2014 |
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Renesas has begun negotiations with the local labour union based on its policy to terminate production operation of RSS by 2016. Upon termination, 720 employees will be dismissed.
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| Nanya settles with Rambus |
3/24/2014 |
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This agreement allows for the use of certain high-performance, low-power patented innovations developed by Rambus in Nanya DRAM products and enables future technology collaboration. Under this agreement, Rambus and Nanya have settled all outstanding claims, providing Nanya with access to certain memory-related Rambus innovations through the second quarter of 2018.
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| Cheap energy source to keep American manufacturing going |
3/24/2014 |
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The new availability of inexpensive natural gas has ignited the steel, iron, fabricated metals and machinery manufacturing industries as well as those of plastic, rubber, resin and organic chemicals. "We believe the energy revolution is helping the U.S. regain its footing in the manufacturing sector," said Lansing, MI Mayor Virg Bernero.
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| MEI metal lift-off system enhanced wafer yield |
3/24/2014 |
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MEI's FluidJet batch wet processing system eliminates device damage, while using 80 per cent less chemical than current single wafer processing solutions. In addition, FluidJet enables highly efficient, easily obtained gold and metal reclaim, reducing waste and downtime.
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| Delay of the 64bit mobile AP impacted DRAM market |
3/21/2014 |
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If semiconductor makers convert their production lines from mobile DRAMs to DRAMs, the prices are forecast to drop further. Last month the DRAM contract price fell by about 12% from the previous month.
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| LED lighting propelled several technologies |
3/21/2014 |
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If LEDs are to be used as a source for lighting, more is involved than the LED dice themselves. An LED-powered lamp or luminaire (i.e., fixture) requires phosphors, optics, a heat sink for thermal management, and driver electronics, as well as packaging for all of these parts.
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| Amazon is due to introduce gaming devices |
3/21/2014 |
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If Amazon does choose to pursue gaming in a serious manner, it could solve the chicken-egg problem of attracting both game developers and a buying audience at the same time.
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| Drones can be hacker's powerful weapon |
3/21/2014 |
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Installing the technology on drones creates a powerful threat because drones are mobile and often out of sight for pedestrians, enabling them to follow people undetected.
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| Micron to sub-out more DRAM packaging |
3/20/2014 |
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Micro is undertaking validation at a number of backend service firms in Taiwan, with the process slated for completion at the end of the first quarter.
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| Apple Q2 sales might suprise you |
3/20/2014 |
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Apple will likely sell 42 million iPhones during its fiscal second quarter. That figure would represent somewhat modest but surprising growth over the same quarter last year, when Apple sold 37.4 million iPhones.
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| Google introduced Android Wear |
3/20/2014 |
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The mobile revolution's shift toward wearables has long been anticipated. In 2012, Forrester analyst Sarah Rotman Epps predicted that wearable devices would intensify the platform wars and that Google might win.
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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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