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| Foxconn sets up China Cybermart |
7/8/2013 |
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Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is facing some issues entering Taiwan's retail channel, the company continues to expand its malls in China, and is establishing a Cybermart mall in Urumqi, a city in far northwestern China.
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| Samsung pushes direct-type LED TVs |
7/8/2013 |
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As the global penetration rate of LED TVs is expected to surpass 90% in 2013, Samsung Electronics' proportion of direct-type units is expected to reach as high as 80%.
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| Flash controller industry heading for consolidation |
7/5/2013 |
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With more NAND flash memory chips designed into embedded applications, such as eMMC devices and solid-state drives (SSD), memory controller IC firms incapable of providing technologies for these storage solutions will either be acquired by their larger competitors, or eliminated from the market.
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| TSMC to report growth for 2nd Half of 2013 |
7/5/2013 |
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Sales prospects of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the second half of 2013 still look promising as the foundry house's production capacity for its 28nm as well as 40nm processes has been fully booked through the third quarter, according to sources at fabless IC firms.
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| Apple filed iWatch trademark |
7/3/2013 |
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Apple has filed a trademark application for an "iWatch" in Japan, fuelling speculation the US tech giant is preparing to introduce a wearable computing device.
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| Yahoo buys mobile app co Qwiki |
7/3/2013 |
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Yahoo said that it will buy Qwiki Inc, a mobile app for creating videos in Apple Inc's iPhone, as it tries to increase its presence in the world of smartphones and tablets.
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| Global chip sales rise 4.6% |
7/2/2013 |
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The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors grew 4.6% sequentially in May 2013,
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| Toshiba to expand NAND flash memory output |
7/2/2013 |
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Toshiba has unveiled plans to expand the capacity of its NAND flash chip fabrication facility in Yokkaichi, Japan with a nearly JPY30 billion (US$300 million) investment.
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| Samsung to launch mini smartphones |
7/2/2013 |
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Samsung will launch the Galaxy S4 mini, a 4.3-inch mini version of the flagship smartphone model Galaxy S4, in the third quarter of 2013, and
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| Foxconn R&D center to recruit retired talent |
7/1/2013 |
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Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry) display panel R&D center in Japan, is set to focus on recruiting senior technology experts retired from Japan-based enterprises as well as young technicians, who have ambition and talent,
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| Stats chippac to close Malaysia plant |
7/1/2013 |
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STATS ChipPAC, which provides IC assembly and test services to semiconductor companies and electronics OEMs, has unveiled plans to consolidate manufacturing at its production units in Kuala Lumpur and Qingpu, Shanghai into one plant.
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| SanDisk puts bet on flash-based cloud storage |
6/28/2013 |
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SanDisk wants to become a supplier of flash technology products to enterprise. Investments in Whiptail and Panzura give it the opportunity to learn what suppliers of all-flash arrays and flash/disk-based cloud storage gateways need, and also, potentially, a channel for sales of its flash products.
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| Verizon completed network expansion |
6/28/2013 |
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It now provides so-called long-term evolution wireless service to more than 99 percent of its network footprint, covering 298 million people in 500 markets.
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| Google to compete with Android game console |
6/28/2013 |
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The hardware plans are the latest sign of Google’s determination to build on the success of Android, the software it launched in 2008 that powered 75% of all smartphones and 57% of tablets shipped globally in the first quarter.
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| FPGA designs into volume automotive applications |
6/27/2013 |
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With the proliferation of imaging sensors in cars, which is now moving to mid-range volume models, Lattice sees an opportunity to design in its FPGAs for image processing and interface control.
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| Nano material to scale NAND beyond 20nm |
6/27/2013 |
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Using a 25nm thick stack (10-5-10) with an amorphous Al2O3 middle layer Imec produced a large improvement over single Al2O3 dielectric layer. Retention tests showed little loss of charge at temperatures of 125°C.
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| Toshiba to expand NAND production |
6/26/2013 |
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With Toshiba's existing chip facilities now running at full capacity, the company may spend some of a 38 percent hike in its capex budget this year on extending a facto.
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| WD to buy Stec at $340M |
6/26/2013 |
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Western Digital agreed to pay $6.85 a share for STec, a 91 percent premium over the latter’s closing price on June 21, the companies said in statement.
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