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| Google will listen to your "OK Google" |
12/16/2013 |
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“Five years from now we will be having that kind of conversation with Google and it will just seem natural. Google will answer you the same way a person would answer.”
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| IC Insight predicts medical electronics to grow |
12/16/2013 |
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In the years ahead, stronger growth in medical electronics will be fueled by sales of less expensive diagnostic and imaging equipment in China and other developing country markets as well as the explosion of wireless mobile healthcare systems that monitor patients remotely and reduce the need for expensive stays in hospitals.
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| Micron announced 45nm NOR Flash device |
12/13/2013 |
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Micron Technology has announced the availability of 45nm serial NOR flash memory samples in 512Mb, 1Gb and 2Gb densities with a standard SPI interface.
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| AMD cuts CPU prices |
12/12/2013 |
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AMD has implemented comprehensive price cuts for its desktop processors, including FM2 socket A4 5300/4000 CPUs, sold in China and North America to counter Intel's reduced-priced Pentium and Celeron models, according to industry sources.
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| Xilinx unveil 20nm chip |
12/12/2013 |
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Xilinx has announced that it began to ship its first 20nm silicon in early November 2013, continuing to execute on an aggressive UltraScale device rollout
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| TSMC revenues slide to US$1.5 billion |
12/11/2013 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$44.33 billion (US$1.5 billion) for November 2013
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| Qualcomm rolls in 64-bit Snapdragon |
12/10/2013 |
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Qualcomm lead the way for a new 64-bit generation of ARM processors announcing the Snapdragon 410 processor that will hit smartphones in the second half of 2014.
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| DRAM spot price surge up 5% |
12/9/2013 |
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DRAM spot prices have risen significantly with recent quotes soaring more than 5% on a single day, buoyed by a recent pull-in of short lead time orders from China's tablet market, according to industry sources
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| Nanya-Inotera revenue soar 117% |
12/9/2013 |
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Taiwan-based DRAM maker Inotera Memories saw its November revenues soar 117.3% from a year ago while revenues at Nanya Technology grew 33.7%
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| Four things important for smartphones next year |
12/6/2013 |
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Next year will also see at least one major vendor emphasize that a new smartphone model can be transformed into a PC-like device, CCS Insight expects. The device will come with a second interface when deployed as a computer.
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| Get your $99 Win tablet on Monday |
12/6/2013 |
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Microsoft's new 12 days of deals promotion promises a sale each day until Christmas week rings in. To kick off the holiday discounts, Microsoft will sell the Dell Venue 8 Pro for just $99, down dramatically from $299 at its retail outlets and online stores.
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| Broadcom joins bandwagon on wearables |
12/6/2013 |
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a chip that lets a device communicate over low-power Bluetooth links and charge its batteries wirelessly. But the chip fits neatly into two hot new trends: wearable computing and the Internet of things.
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| China Mobile denies rumor of signed iPhone contract |
12/5/2013 |
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The Wall Street Journal said the rollout of iPhones by the world's largest mobile carrier by users, with more than 700 million subscribers, is expected to start around the time of a Dec. 18 China Mobile conference in the city of Guangzhou.
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| Intels touts new architecture for telecom processor |
12/5/2013 |
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Telcos are trying to consolidate their hardware on a common infrastructure to offer them more agility. As this transition happens, Intel (as well as ARM) is trying to offer an architecture onto which telcos can consolidate.
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| Memory market propels Micron to top growth semi company |
12/5/2013 |
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Partly because of its success in the booming DRAM and NAND markets, Micron will grow by 109.2 % in 2013, catapulting the company up the semiconductor market’s ranks to No. 4 in 2013, rising from No. 10 in 2012.
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| Jeff Bezos wants package delivery by drones |
12/4/2013 |
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“There will have to be sense-and-avoid technology so you are sure it won’t crash into other airplanes, some kind of encrypted communications spectrum (and) you will have to have training for pilots. All of that stuff has not yet been established by the FAA,”
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