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| Violin memory looks to channel market for growth |
6/17/2014 |
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This week Violin Memory also announced the launch of a new global channel program that will be led by newly appointed vice president of Global Channel Sales Andrew Perry. At the same time, the company tapped Christian Putz as vice president of EMEA Channel Sales.
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| New DRAM demand drives SK hynix stock |
6/17/2014 |
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SK hynix rallied this year based on strong demands for dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips. Its stock jumped about 30 percent this year, becoming the third-largest listed company in the country by value after Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor Co.
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| Panasonic attended 25.6% solar conversion efficiency |
6/17/2014 |
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The HIT solar cells build on Panasonic's proprietary heterojunction technology, which involves covering the silicon base surface with an amorphous silicon layer. It facilitates superior passivation to compensate for the many flaws around the silicon base surface area.
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| Auto tuned antenna enhances 4G performance |
6/17/2014 |
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It boasts improved impedance matching for a single antenna across a wide frequency range, therefore reducing power stress on the transmitter side and increasing sensitivity on the receiver side.
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| Smartphone market continue to grow in India |
6/16/2014 |
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The India smartphone market grew by a whopping 186 per cent YoY in 1Q14. According to IDC Asia Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker (excluding Japan), vendors shipped a total of 17.59 million smartphones in 1Q14 compared to 6.14 million units in the same period of 2013.
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| AMD restructured into two groups |
6/16/2014 |
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As part of that restructuring, Lisa Su is being promoted to chief operating officer. She will head up the Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom Business Group. John Byrne was named senior vice president and general manager of the new Computing and Graphics Business Group, which includes PC and tablet chips and graphics products.
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| Intel forcast higher business demand for PC |
6/16/2014 |
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Demand from companies for PCs likely received a boost recently due to Microsoft's (MSFT.O) winding down of support in April for its Windows XP operating system, analysts say.
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| EU court upholds fine on Intel |
6/13/2014 |
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EU officials assessed the fine in 2009 after determining that in 2002-07, Intel awarded rebates to computer makers if they bought exclusively or mostly Intel-made CPUs, commonly known as the brains of a computer.
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| Qualcomm released SoCs for micro-cells |
6/13/2014 |
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"The small cell is able to scan its environment and detect new neighbours that may be coming up, detect power of a macro cell and make adjustments to its setting to make that cell easier to deploy,"
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| Maxwell has ultra-cap for special applications |
6/13/2014 |
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"Batteries are limited in their ability to deliver high power to a load. Ultracapacitors are capable of releasing electrical energy at high power levels, and they can accept a high rate of charge, making them an ideal complement to batteries in high-power applications."
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| Texas governor knocks at Tesla's doors |
6/12/2014 |
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California and Texas are among a handful of states fighting for the planned battery plant, which will represent a $5 billion investment from the California-based car company and its partners.
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| On Semi acquires Aptina Image sensor technology |
6/12/2014 |
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The acquisition will make On Semi a player in the image sensor segments of the automotive and industrial semiconductor markets. Other markets addressed by Aptina's products include cameras, mobile devices, and computing and gaming platforms.
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| ST announced new Field Effect Rectifier diode |
6/12/2014 |
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The ST FERD family provides an attractive alternative as it meets the efficiency levels required by the energy-savings standards applicable to off-line switch mode power supplies while costing about 30 per cent less than a synchronous rectification kit.
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| Micron to disclose progress on ReRAM |
6/11/2014 |
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Micron says the presentation will introduce a ReRAM cell technology meeting the storage class memory performance specifications for a 16 Gigabit ReRAM with 200 Megabyte per second write and 1 Gigabyte per second read speeds.
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| Samsung continue to invest in Vietnam |
6/11/2014 |
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Samsung's move to expand its production base in Vietnam comes as the country is undergoing a swift economic transition. Exports of smartphones and computer parts are beginning to overtake those of coffee and garments.
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| Global Semi-industry maintains strong momentum |
6/11/2014 |
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"The market remains well ahead of the pace set in 2013, which was a record year for semiconductor revenues. April marked the twelfth consecutive month that YoY sales have increased, and we expect that trend to continue during the remainder of 2014 and into 2015."
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| A chip to diagnose your illness |
6/11/2014 |
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"We will not need a primary doctor in the future, you will get tested [at home or in a clinic] and go directly to a specialist. I believe it will happen in five to seven years,"
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| Mobile DRAM rises above PC memory |
6/10/2014 |
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Mobile DRAMs took up 34 percent of the global market in the first quarter of 2014, more than the 31 percent in the PC sector.
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| Manufacturing driven by investment |
6/10/2014 |
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"There will be growth in the construction supply chain — HVAC, wood, paint, appliances, and furniture—as we anticipate both residential and nonresidential increases. The acceleration driver will be investment.”
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| Fitness wearable catches on |
6/10/2014 |
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At a developer conference in San Francisco this fall Sohn will publish hardware interfaces for Simband, an open specification for a bracelet that can accommodate a wide array of fitness and medical sensors.
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