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| China tablet vendors to ship 240 million units |
10/24/2013 |
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The production value of China-based IC suppliers is likely to surpass the amount rolled out by rival makers in Taiwan in 2015, making China the second largest IC supplier around the globe trailing only after the US.
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| ARM Holding revenue rises |
10/23/2013 |
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ARM Holdings Plc (ARM) third-quarter revenue rose 27 percent on sales of its products that are used in Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone.
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| Smartphone to lose appeal to tablets |
10/23/2013 |
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"Continuing on the trend we saw last year, we expect this holiday season to be all about smaller tablets as even the long-term holiday favourite—the smartphone—loses its appeal."
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| SMIC enters 3D IC with dedicated R&D center |
10/23/2013 |
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By rolling out a centre dedicated to vision, sensors, and 3D IC, SMIC is hoping to let the world know of its ability to extend its manufacturing and R&D capabilities from CMOS front-end services to middle-end wafer process technologies.
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| US consumers start to engage the 5c |
10/22/2013 |
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Latest data shows that the ratio of 5s to 5c sales has dropped from 2.1 to 1.9 in the US market in the last week suggesting the rush of fanbois wanting the latest and greatest kit no matter what the price is now petering out and it's the 5c's turn to pick up sales.
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| Nokia unveils its RT tablet |
10/22/2013 |
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Now the lineup includes a tablet device that could be a replacement for people's laptop computers, and two supersize smartphones with six-inch screens that will compete in a lucrative "phablet" market currently dominated by South Korea's Samsung.
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| Forming of the Deep Sea Internet |
10/22/2013 |
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That could lead to improvements in tsunami detection, offshore oil and natural gas exploration, surveillance, pollution monitoring and other activities.
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| DRAM Market regains life and stability |
10/21/2013 |
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The growth in mobile is making up for the shrinking of the PC market, but nothing like the 50-to-90 percent growth rates of the past. Going forward, what we're expecting is that growth rates will be pretty moderate for DRAM -- in the 20-to-30 percent range.
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| Canadian government will sure block Lenovo bid on BlackBerry |
10/21/2013 |
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Lenovo is in fact using the main entrance by expressing an interest in making a bid. By doing so, the semi-private Chinese firm has a reason to comb through BlackBerry’s books. The Investment Canada Act and other rules give Ottawa the ability to block acquisitions by foreigners, and it’s almost certain the Canadian government will use these powers to stop Lenovo.
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| Huawei said it can work out difference in time |
10/21/2013 |
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Huawei is fighting to gain access to markets including the U.S. and Australia. To address concerns, the company today released its second white paper detailing its approaches to cybersecurity and calling for governments and industry to develop globally consistent standards.
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| AMD found its niche in semi-custom processor |
10/18/2013 |
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Semi-custom-chip business revenue grew by more than 26 percent compared to the second quarter of 2013. That business will account for about 50 percent of revenue "from high-growth markets over the next two years,"
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| 3D NAND to expand rapidly |
10/18/2013 |
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By 2017, nearly two-thirds—or 65.2 per cent—of all NAND memory chips shipped worldwide will be produced using 3D manufacturing processes, up from less than one per cent this year.
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| Samsung shows new Green Chip DDR4 |
10/17/2013 |
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The new chips will secure more physical space, while saving more power, Samsung said. The Green DDR4 raised its server data transfer speed to 2,133 megabits per second (Mb/s) from the DDR3's performance limit of 1,866 Mb/s, while consuming 24 percent less energy.
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| SK Hynix added Taiwan R&D for customer support |
10/17/2013 |
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The new Taiwan R&D center will focus on intensifying SK Hynix's competence in development of high value-added NAND flash memory products. Located in Hsinchu, SK Hynix's Taiwan R&D center is also expected to become a base of the technology support for its China- and Taiwan-based clients.
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| Broadcom gets on 64bit ARM server wagon |
10/17/2013 |
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Broadcom says the chip will be able to crunch 64 bits of data at a time–a much-discussed enhancement coming to ARM-based chips–and is designed to handle an array of specialized network tasks that require extra horsepower.
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| Toshiba may be buying OCZ |
10/16/2013 |
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“there's little hope left for OCZ as a stand-alone business,” as NAND flash makers make all the profits in this competitive industry.
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| Global market on smartphone drives competition on App Processor |
10/16/2013 |
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Qualcomm, Apple, MediaTek, Samsung Electronics and Spreadtrum Communications captured the top-five revenue share spots in the smartphone processor market in the second quarter. Qualcomm maintained its dominance in the smartphone applications processor market with 53% revenue share.
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| Google Maps for iOS enhanced |
10/16/2013 |
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The mapping giant updates its app for iPhone and iPad with new traffic and route overviews, tips for new users, and language support for Arabic and Hebrew.
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