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| Freescale's muiltcore processor pushes into avionics |
6/20/2013 |
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Freescale collaborates closely with avionics manufacturers to facilitate certification of systems using multicore processors. “We have formed a working group with top commercial avionics manufacturers to define their requirements for advanced multicore processors being used in commercial avionics applications,”
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| Nanya predicts memory short supply for 3 years |
6/19/2013 |
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This year, demand would exceed supply by 3 percent. The supply constraint is expected to worsen next year and in 2015, when demand exceeded supply by 5 percent and 7 percent respectively, Kau said, adding that the shortage is likely to extend into 2016.
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| Nvidia to license out GPU technology |
6/19/2013 |
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Huang’s formal announcement indicates that their licensing efforts will be ratcheted up, and could eventually become the corporation’s primary source of revenue.
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| China takes crown for supercomputer speed |
6/19/2013 |
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The new supercomputer is capable of sustained computing of 33.86 petaflops per second. The Tianhe-2, which means Milky Way-2, knocks the U.S. Energy Department's Titan machine off the No. 1 spot. It achieved 17.59 petaflops per second.
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| Micron stock rebounded on DRAM prices |
6/19/2013 |
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The shares advanced 3.8 percent to $13.24 in New York, the highest closing price since July 2007. The stock has jumped 109 percent this year, compared with a 23 percent gain for the Philadephia Semiconductor Index.
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| Alliance with SeaMicro microserver strategy can boost AMD |
6/18/2013 |
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Microservers are vastly weaker than Xeon processors, but can be grouped to accomplish specific tasks, such as serving up Web pages or databases. "What I was able to show Intel is that we would sell four times as many Atom chips as Xeon chips, and that Intel would make 1.7 times the revenue as they would have with Xeon," says Feldman.
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| Samsung wins slot to provide PCIe SSD for MacBooks |
6/18/2013 |
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"We have become the first to provide the highest performance PCIe SSD to global PC makers so that they can launch leading-edge ultra-slim notebook PCs this year. Samsung plans to continue timely delivery of the most advanced PCIe SSD solutions with higher density and performance, and support global IT companies."
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| Dragon voice Recognition enhanced |
6/18/2013 |
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Dragon voice recognition is everywhere people look today – from PCs to mobile devices to cars and even living rooms – changing the way that people work, communicate, create and live.
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| New multi-bit ROM technology unveiled |
6/17/2013 |
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MROM's main role is to store the boot loader or firmware that can then load other software from non-volatille memory when equipment is switched on.
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| Intel integrates DRAM speeding for graphics |
6/17/2013 |
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Intel used the backend dielectric stack in its 22nm process to design capacitors that store charge while preserving logic performance characteristics. The resulting cells have GHz class performance, leapfrogging the today’s MHz DRAMs.
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| Google tests baloon base Internet |
6/17/2013 |
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In April, Google’s executive chairman tweeted “For every person online, there are two who are not. By the end of the decade, everyone on Earth will be connected,”
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| New Galaxy S4 will have twice speed LTE |
6/17/2013 |
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Samsung's integrated LTE-Advanced 4G technology that will offer data transmission at up to twice the normal 4G speed, as well as a nippy Qualcomm processor.
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| IBM cut 1600 Jobs |
6/14/2013 |
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IBM 's $1 billion global restructuring has resulted in more than 1,600 confirmed layoff.
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| UMC & IBM co-develop 10nm process development |
6/14/2013 |
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United Microelectronics (UMC) has announced that the company will join the IBM joint technology development alliance to participate in the group's development of 10nm CMOS process technology.
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| Supply of MCP devices remains tight |
6/13/2013 |
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The booming smartphone market has propelled demand for key components such as multi-chip package (MCP) memory modules, which integrate multiple chips of different types.
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| Apple unveil next-generation Mac Pro |
6/13/2013 |
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Apple has showed a sneak peek into the future of the pro desktop with a first look at the next-generation Mac Pro. Designed around a unified thermal core, the Mac Pro introduces a completely new pro desktop architecture and design that is optimized for performance.
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| UMC opens Korea office |
6/13/2013 |
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United Microelectronics (UMC) has announced the opening of a new office in South Korea to expand business regionally and provide support to local customers.
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| AMD launch 5Ghz CPU |
6/13/2013 |
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AMD has unveiled two new members for its FX family of CPUs: the FX-9590, which AMD claims to be the world's first commercially available 5GHz CPU processor
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| Intel to quit the brand server motherboard business |
6/12/2013 |
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Intel's departure from the brand desktop motherboard business has been expected to open up demand for about 4-5 million motherboards a year and the volume will be even higher if it also quits the server motherboard business.
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| PTI May sales decline 21% |
6/11/2013 |
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Powertech Technology (PTI), which specializes in backend services for memory ICs, has announced consolidated sales for May 2013 fell 20.6% from a year ago to NT$3.15 billion (US$105 million).
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| US$99 tablets to appear in 3Q13 at Retail store |
6/11/2013 |
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With Asustek's new 7-inch MeMO Pad HD 7(8GB) priced at around US$129, sources from ODMs believe that other brand vendors are likely to follow suit and US$99 tablets will have a good chance of appearing in the retail channel as soon as the third quarter.
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