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| Microwave relay endures 10 million cycles |
4/24/2015 |
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The electromechanical relay switches cover ultra-broadband and millimeter-wave frequencies up to 40GHz. The RF switches perform up to two to 10 million life cycles, making them suitable for applications in defence and commercial aviation, radar, wireless communications, satellite communications, test and measurement.
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| SK Hynix profit rides on Apple's success |
4/24/2015 |
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SK Hynix—which is Apple's second largest chip supplier—is one of the world's largest makers of memory chips used for personal computers, servers and mobile devices.
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| Pentagon lays out cyberwarfare as a weapon |
4/24/2015 |
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The military must have cyber capabilities that can "achieve key security objectives with precision, and to minimize loss of life and destruction of property.
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| New discovery can triple battery energy storage |
4/23/2015 |
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"Iron fluoride has the potential to triple the amount of energy a conventional lithium-ion battery can store," explained Song Jin, a UW–Madison professor of chemistry and Wisconsin Energy Institute affiliate. "However, we have yet to tap its true potential."
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| Analyst predicts Intel to use quantum well technology with 10nm process |
4/23/2015 |
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The new transistor structures will use two new materials – indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) for n-type transistors and strained germanium for p-type devices. If correct, Intel could gain a capability as early as 2016 to produce 10nm transistors as much as 200 millivolts lower in power consumption than the rest of the industry.
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| American Chamber of Commerce warn of automobile copying in China |
4/23/2015 |
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The American Chamber of Commerce in China said in its annual white paper that its members wanted to see the government apply the rule of law and more fairly enforce business regulations. The report also called for better enforcement of intellectual property rights.
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| Energy Department report favors grid upgrade |
4/23/2015 |
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The report called for more than $15 billion in spending over the next decade to modernize the electrical grid, improve aging pipelines and other structures and update the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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| 4K display market to grow in 2015 |
4/22/2015 |
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In 2015, 4K displays are coming to all major applications and will boost 4K revenue 94 per cent YoY, reaching almost $18 billion in 2015.
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| American business feeling road blocks in China |
4/22/2015 |
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Over the past year, foreign companies operating in China have faced challenges ranging from anti-monopoly investigations to proposed rules requiring foreign tech companies to hand over proprietary software source codes.
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| ARM offers porfolio powered by energy harvesting |
4/21/2015 |
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ARM is keen to make the Cordio solutions efficient enough to be powered using energy harvesting and sees SMD's sub-one volt Bluetooth radio IP as a vital ingredient in the design armoury.
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| Samsung has 34% of the SSD market |
4/21/2015 |
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Samsung will widen its gap with Intel in 2015 by garnering a 35 percent share, while the U.S. firm will maintain its 17 percent presence.
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| TSMC to have 10nm ready for 2016 |
4/21/2015 |
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The node technology will target production for mobile application processors, baseband chips, server chips, graphics processors (GPU), network processors and chips for gaming systems.
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| Tesla upgraded Model S with 17" monitor |
4/20/2015 |
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Instead of relying on traditional tier-1 suppliers to design and make the Model S' infotainment system, Tesla did much of the design work itself, like Apple does for its iPhone, while outsourcing the production to contract manufacturing firms.
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| GE to write off $13.6 Billion selling financial unit |
4/20/2015 |
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GE announced last week it would sell most of the assets in its GE Capital subsidiary, the latest and most dramatic move by the company to transform itself into a more focused industrial conglomerate that makes large, complicated equipment for other businesses.
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| Some union members do not like doubling of minimum wages |
4/20/2015 |
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Members of the Service Employees International Union voiced concerns about the union's $15 million effort to organize rallies calling for wage increases. The report said some SEIU members don't believe those dollars will translate into benefits for its current members.
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| Verizon calls for more vigilant on cybersecurity |
4/17/2015 |
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The 2015 analysis found that 70 percent of cyberattacks used decades-old techniques such as phishing or hacking. In addition, many of the vulnerabilities identified in the report stem from long-available security patches that businesses never implemented.
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| DOE research project to regain supercomputer leadership from China |
4/17/2015 |
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The fastest supercomputer in the world is currently the Chinese Tianhe-2 running at a peak of 55petaflops on Intel Xeon and Xeon Phi processors. The Collaboration of Oak Ridge, Argonne and Lawrence Livermore (CORAL) project financed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) aims to one-up the Chinese with up to 200petaflops systems by 2018.
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