|
 |
|
| Freescale initiated ITC investigation on broad infringement |
7/1/2014 |
|
"The products at issue in this investigation are integrated circuits and products containing the same, including wireless communication devices, wireless phones, televisions, optical disk players, tablets, and other products," the bipartisan trade panel said in a statement.
|
|
|
| GM victum compensation will have no limit |
7/1/2014 |
|
Feinberg, the country's eminent compensation expert, said GM has placed no limit on the total amount he can pay to injured people or relatives of those killed. And he alone — not GM — will decide how much they each will get, even though he is being paid by the company.
|
|
|
| Google to push on with modular smartphone |
7/1/2014 |
|
"Why choose a phone for its camera when you can choose a camera for your phone? Why not share the most expensive sensor or component among friends, family, or perhaps across a village?"
|
|
|
| LED driver orders up |
6/30/2014 |
|
Total shipments from Taiwan's LED driver IC vendors to China are likely to double in 2014 from the previous year as more makers have stepped into the low wattage LED driver IC segment.
|
|
|
| Chinese government to replace IBM servers in China's banking ? |
6/30/2014 |
|
After more than 30 years of providing China's banking sector with high-end servers and other technology, IBM is holding out hope that the quality of its products and the strength of its business relationships will shield it from any decision that tempts its clients to look elsewhere for replacement technology.
|
|
|
| Google's Tango tablet to go 3D sensing |
6/30/2014 |
|
The Project Tango Development Kit will be made available this summer. A location sensing and mapping program required used no GPS, WiFi or Bluetooth to map a user's location.
|
|
|
| Midsize manufacturing executives are optimistic on hiring |
6/27/2014 |
|
In 2014, industrial sector executives report that they are already coming off a strong year but expect even better results over the next 12 months. While an already-healthy majority of executives (69 percent) reported increases in domestic sales over the past year, 88 percent expect the next 12 months to bring further growth,
|
|
|
| Honda cars to be compatible with Android |
6/27/2014 |
|
To initiate Android Auto, Honda drivers will simply connect their compatible Android smartphone to the vehicle's USB port using the cable that came with their phone, allowing them to intuitively access supported apps and features using the car's in-dash display and voice controls.
|
|
|
| Wearable key also monitor your suroundings |
6/27/2014 |
|
Integrated sensors include a 2-in-1 proximity + ambient light sensor, optical UV sensor, MEMS accelerometer and gyroscope, piezoresistive barometric pressure sensor, ultra-high sensitivity MI (magnetic impedance) sensor and RGB sensor.
|
|
|
| IBM to keep processor design and fab |
6/26/2014 |
|
"The latest Power 8 processors have four times more threads and twice the memory bandwidth of the desktop-derived processors [from Intel]. That gives us an advantage for the new workloads coming. To get those advantages we have to design our own microprocessors... and to build those processors we have to advance the state of process technology in areas like lithography and [circuit] characteristics."
|
|
|
| Japanese government has new stretagy to spur growth |
6/25/2014 |
|
The plan, approved by the Cabinet earlier in the day, includes dozens of proposed changes to labor regulations, government pension fund investments, corporate governance and tax policies that Abe says are needed to spur corporate investment and innovation.
|
|
|
| US consumer confidence up |
6/25/2014 |
|
More Americans are optimistic about business conditions and the outlook for jobs, though fewer expect their incomes will grow over the next six months.
|
|
|
| Oracle aquires Micros Systems |
6/24/2014 |
|
Oracle said the acquisition will extend its offerings by combining Micros' industry-specific applications with its business applications, technologies and cloud portfolio.
|
|
|
| Apple to hit market with multiple wearable devices |
6/24/2014 |
|
Cook indicated the second half of the year will be packed with new products and new product categories. The products almost certainly include revised iPhones and iPads, and the new product category will be Apple's first wearables.
|
|
|
| Wafer thinning enhances 3D semiconductors |
6/24/2014 |
|
The length of the wiring between upper- and lower-layer chips is reduced to below 1/10 compared to conventional TSVs, with wiring resistance, capacitance, and volume being reduced drastically. It is expected to realise applications in ultra-small, Terabit-generation large-scale memory.
|
|
|
|
