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| Glabal smartphone see inventory digestion problem in Q1 |
1/20/2014 |
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With smartphone makers ramping up Q4 shipments as a means to fulfill 2013 sales targets and pressures related to inventory digestion mounting, TrendForce forecasted that the global smartphone shipments will decrease by about 5.1 percent in 1Q14.
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| Intel working to bounce back from PC slump |
1/17/2014 |
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US chip giant Intel on Thursday reported that its net profit last year sank 13 percent but that the troubled personal computer market appeared to be stabilizing.
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| Flash industry ready for growth |
1/17/2014 |
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Global NAND flash industry is forecast to exceed US$27 billion in 2014, up from about US$24.6 billion in 2013, as solid-state drives (SSD) are poised for widespread enterprise adoption.
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| Obama to fund consortium on manufacturing and development |
1/17/2014 |
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One goal of the North Carolina project will be to make motors, consumer electronics and other devices faster, smaller and more efficient, Obama said. Another goal is to reverse a manufacturing job loss that the U.S. has experienced in recent years.
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| As storage migrates from disc to flash |
1/17/2014 |
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Flash is the key to solving storage performance challenges in virtual data centres. It can be implemented in the traditional manner, whereby shared arrays are beefed up (or replaced) using new flash drives. Or, it can be implemented in servers in conjunction with software to decouple storage performance from storage capacity.
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| Apple to refund $32.5 million for wrongful app charges |
1/16/2014 |
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Following thousands of consumer complaints to the Federal Trade Commission that kids were downloading apps and games on the family's Apple devices without Mom and Dad's permission and racking up huge bills in the process, the tech company will have to refund families a whopping $32.5 million.
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| Micron gives up PCM production |
1/16/2014 |
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Using the 3D NAND process means the firm does not have to undergo the expense of a wholesale move to PCM production technology and testing equipment. This may be the underlying reason for the withdrawal from PCM tech by Micron.
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| Flash storage company backed by industry heavy weights |
1/16/2014 |
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The brain trust behind the company has credibility here — Elastifile Co-founder and CTO Shahar Frank was co-founder of XtremIO, the solid-state storage player purchased by EMC in 2012 for $430 million. In addition, CEO Amir Aharoni did executive stints at Mobixell Networks and Optibase, and VP of R&D Roni Luxenburg was director of software engineering at Red Hat.
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| Intel halt opening of Arizona plant |
1/16/2014 |
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Existing factories at the Chandler site using Intel's previous generation of manufacturing, 22 nm, are being converted to also make chips at 14 nm and many of Intel's new employees are working there. "It boils down to better capital utilization".
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| Can Micron compete with Samsung and SanDisk? |
1/15/2014 |
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The company announced a 120% year-over-year increase in earnings, posting net income of $358 million, quite an improvement from $275 million net loss announced in the first quarter in 2013.
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| Windows 9 as soon as April 2015 |
1/15/2014 |
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Users who have declined to migrate to Windows 8, anticipating that Microsoft will reverse course in its strategy to deemphasize the desktop and push customers toward the "Modern," nee "Metro" user interface (UI) and its touch-based app model.
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| China getting bigger on LED lighting |
1/15/2014 |
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China-based LED chip makers generated production value of US$992 million in 2013, up 16.8% on year, and the value will reach US$1.182 billion in 2014, LEDinside indicated.
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| Fuel Cell cars catching more attention |
1/15/2014 |
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"In the light of the above, a successful introduction of fuel cell vehicles in the mass market is rather unlikely in the long term, in particular due to the limited platinum availability"
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| Does that mean Nokia will make Android phone also? |
1/14/2014 |
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Would Nokia still proceed with such a (Android) phone in light of Microsoft's buyout of its devices and services division? Or will this alleged Android prototype now never see the light of day?
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| Qualcomm showed off Snapdragon 805 capability at CES |
1/14/2014 |
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The most impressive new feature is the ability to select focus after a picture is captured. You can either put everything into sharp focus for incredible depth of field, or choose one point and throw the rest into attractive, soft focus.
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| Smart watch development made easy with SDK |
1/14/2014 |
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Memsic is providing sensor fusion software to allow applications to understand the context of the user such as whether the user is standing, sitting, lying, walking or running, and can also assist in indoor navigation applications. The SDK also provides a wireless connection to another mobile device.
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| Toshiba showed UFS hardware at CES |
1/14/2014 |
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UFS, a next-generation embedded flash memory device (following eMMC), delivers a threefold boost in performance for advanced mobile applications. UFS 2.0 supports a maximum data rate of 1.2GB/sec, compared with 400MB/sec for eMMC 5.0.
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| Intel kernel runs Android 4.4 on X86 processor |
1/13/2014 |
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Intel is still trying to find its bearings in the smartphone market, which is dominated by ARM. Intel has adopted Android as the OS of choice for smartphones running on its chips, and getting to 64-bit could give the chipmaker a head start over rivals.
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| More business are offering open WiFi access |
1/13/2014 |
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Access points and networks that are intentionally shared, is on the increase in markets around the world, driven by consumer demand for connectivity on the go. Businesses of all shapes and sizes are transforming themselves into WiFi hotspots. WiFi has become essential for businesses to attract customers and market services in-store.
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| MediaTek to collaborate with VIA on CDMA2000 |
1/13/2014 |
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The move, in turn, will open the door for CEVA, a DSP core IP vendor, to seek a big design win in MediaTek's SoC. This is possible because CEVA's TeakLite DSP core is used at the heart of VIA Telecom's CDMA2000 baseband solution.
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| Samsung inked 10 year license agreement with Rambus |
1/10/2014 |
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Samsung and Rambus announced that they have signed a comprehensive 10-year license agreement extending their relationship and providing Samsung with access to Rambus technology to place within its ICs.
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| STMicro unveil 64bit ARM SOCs |
1/10/2014 |
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STMicroelectronics is rolling out technology based on 64-bit ARM cores for future SoCs in the digital home space.
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| TSMC 4Q13 sales fall 10% |
1/10/2014 |
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Consolidated revenues at TSMC declined 10.3% sequentially to NT$145.81 billion (US$4.855 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2013
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