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| Computex expects 40,000 visitors |
6/4/2013 |
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Computex Taipei 2013, which will run from June 4-8, is expected to attract 40,000 international buyers and create business opportunities worth US$25 billion
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| A-Data predicts DRAM shortage in June |
6/3/2013 |
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Supply of DRAM chips will remain mostly tight in 2013, while the NAND flash market will face a shortage of supplies starting the second half of June
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| Rising DRAM prices elevated Micron stock |
5/31/2013 |
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Micron stock hit a 52-week high on Thursday as the spot price for 2-gigabyte dynamic random access memory (DRAM) climbed to $1.78 from last October’s low of 77 cents.
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| Asus to ship ultra high-res 4K monitor |
5/31/2013 |
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Asus PQ321 is a 31.5-inch IGZO monitor with 3840 x 2160 resolution. For context, you could fit four 1080p videos on the PQ321's 140 ppi screen without missing a pixel, assuming you have a graphics card that could support such a task.
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| Fan TV to offer "Do All" set-top box |
5/31/2013 |
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The general aim is to bring to market a tiny device that replaces not just the traditional set-top but specialized streaming devices as well. All of those video sources would be streamed to the Fan TV device over IP, erasing the need for manual input switching.
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| EU committed $12B funding to semiconductor |
5/30/2013 |
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The plan is to channel more than 5 billion euro (about $6.4 billion) of public authority money into research, development and innovation over the next seven years to match a similar amount of investment from the companies supported by the plan.
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| Samsung to show Galaxy S4 Mini |
5/30/2013 |
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Samsung said many of the software functions shown off at the S4's glitzy launch earlier this year would be available on the cheaper model.
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| Motorola Mobility brings manufacturing back to Texas |
5/30/2013 |
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Motorola’s partner in the Texas project, global contract manufacturer Flextronics, has leased a 481,000-square-foot factory in Fort Worth and has begun recruiting the nearly 2,000 workers who will assemble the Moto X.
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| Wolfson to integrate DSP with MEM microphone |
5/29/2013 |
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Wolfson is using local voice recognition in the DSP alongside the microphone to wake up the applications processor and the phone modem via a code phrase, providing voice control at a much lower power consumption.
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| Samsung sells older microcontroller lines |
5/29/2013 |
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Power IC vendor Ixys Corp. (Milpitas, Calif.), also parent of Zilog Inc., is buying the 4- and 8-bit microcontroller business of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. for about $50 million.
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| Antique Apple One computer board sold |
5/28/2013 |
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According to the auctioneer's website, the Apple-1's sales price was €420,000, or $542,000 at current exchange rates. The total, including a 22.3% commission as well as taxes, was $671,400.
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| Samsung keep breaking sales record on Smartphone |
5/28/2013 |
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We estimate Samsung's Android smartphone shipments generated US$5.1 billion of operating profit worldwide in Q1 2013. Samsung captured a huge 95 percent share of all Android smartphone industry profits.
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| Samsung invested in Pantech to secure parts orders |
5/24/2013 |
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The deal comes while Samsung is increasing its spending on balanced growth with local small- and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) in accordance with President Park Geun-hye’s drive for a “creative economy.”
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| New AMD mobile APU promised great graphic and low power |
5/24/2013 |
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AMD is positioning the new APUs against current Core and Atom chips being offered by Intel, though the larger chip maker is readying new Atom releases later this year based on its upcoming "Silvermont" microarchitecture.
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| NAND prices dropped |
5/23/2013 |
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prices are gradually declining due to the persistent effects of the off-peak season.
Memory cards and UFDs are continuing to be affected by the seasonal slowness typical of the second quarter.
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