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| SK Hynix benefits on new paradigm in memory industry |
1/22/2014 |
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¡°The new paradigm creates a novel industry landscape that no longer rewards aggressive investment and is characterized by slowing growth amid limited capacity additions and natural loss from nearing scaling limits,¡±
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| Imec works on thermocompression bonding for 3D stacks |
1/22/2014 |
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Imec and Besi will conduct joint research to develop a high-throughput thermocompression bonder in an automated process flow, with high accuracy and shorter cycle times, paving the way to enabling a manufacturable 3D, 2.5D, and 2.5D/3D hybrid technology.
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| TI released chip to support 10Gb/s serial data |
1/22/2014 |
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According to the company, the devices aggregate and de-aggregate point-to-point serial data streams for transmission over backplanes, copper cables and optical links. With TI aggregator ICs, designers can avoid the costly and time-consuming development of custom aggregator IP for high-performance FPGAs or ASICs.
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| Rumour for early release of iPhone 6 |
1/21/2014 |
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A 4.7-inch iPhone 6 model may enter production as soon as May, and launch in the following months, Chinese publication Tencent (via UnwiredView) reports.
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| BlackBerry given a breathing chance |
1/21/2014 |
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The DoD said Thursday that BlackBerry phones accounts for 98 percent of the devices supported by the network that rolls out at the end of this month, which comprises 80,000 Blackberry headsets and 1,800 phones and tablets running Apple or Google software.
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| Toshiba acquire asset of bankrupt OCZ |
1/21/2014 |
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OCZ filed for bankruptcy in late November following insufficient NAND flash supply, troubles with SEC regarding accounting, lack of cash and dropping sales
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| Surface Pro 2 update to fix power management problem |
1/20/2014 |
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The Surface Pro 2 is intended to be a PC replacement, and a thin keyboard accessory gives it a laptop-like feel. With the PC market slumping and the tablet market growing, Microsoft is banking on the Surface line to help buoy revenue.
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| Agilent added tool to test LPDDR on 9000 series tester |
1/20/2014 |
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Aimed at engineers who work in the computer, server and mobile device industries, the tool is also intended for debugging DDR and includes statistical analysis on DDR3 and LPDDR3 timing measurements per the JEDEC standard.
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| Glabal smartphone see inventory digestion problem in Q1 |
1/20/2014 |
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With smartphone makers ramping up Q4 shipments as a means to fulfill 2013 sales targets and pressures related to inventory digestion mounting, TrendForce forecasted that the global smartphone shipments will decrease by about 5.1 percent in 1Q14.
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| Intel working to bounce back from PC slump |
1/17/2014 |
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US chip giant Intel on Thursday reported that its net profit last year sank 13 percent but that the troubled personal computer market appeared to be stabilizing.
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| Flash industry ready for growth |
1/17/2014 |
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Global NAND flash industry is forecast to exceed US$27 billion in 2014, up from about US$24.6 billion in 2013, as solid-state drives (SSD) are poised for widespread enterprise adoption.
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| Obama to fund consortium on manufacturing and development |
1/17/2014 |
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One goal of the North Carolina project will be to make motors, consumer electronics and other devices faster, smaller and more efficient, Obama said. Another goal is to reverse a manufacturing job loss that the U.S. has experienced in recent years.
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| As storage migrates from disc to flash |
1/17/2014 |
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Flash is the key to solving storage performance challenges in virtual data centres. It can be implemented in the traditional manner, whereby shared arrays are beefed up (or replaced) using new flash drives. Or, it can be implemented in servers in conjunction with software to decouple storage performance from storage capacity.
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| Apple to refund $32.5 million for wrongful app charges |
1/16/2014 |
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Following thousands of consumer complaints to the Federal Trade Commission that kids were downloading apps and games on the family's Apple devices without Mom and Dad's permission and racking up huge bills in the process, the tech company will have to refund families a whopping $32.5 million.
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| Micron gives up PCM production |
1/16/2014 |
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Using the 3D NAND process means the firm does not have to undergo the expense of a wholesale move to PCM production technology and testing equipment. This may be the underlying reason for the withdrawal from PCM tech by Micron.
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| Flash storage company backed by industry heavy weights |
1/16/2014 |
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The brain trust behind the company has credibility here — Elastifile Co-founder and CTO Shahar Frank was co-founder of XtremIO, the solid-state storage player purchased by EMC in 2012 for $430 million. In addition, CEO Amir Aharoni did executive stints at Mobixell Networks and Optibase, and VP of R&D Roni Luxenburg was director of software engineering at Red Hat.
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| Intel halt opening of Arizona plant |
1/16/2014 |
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Existing factories at the Chandler site using Intel's previous generation of manufacturing, 22 nm, are being converted to also make chips at 14 nm and many of Intel's new employees are working there. "It boils down to better capital utilization".
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| Can Micron compete with Samsung and SanDisk? |
1/15/2014 |
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The company announced a 120% year-over-year increase in earnings, posting net income of $358 million, quite an improvement from $275 million net loss announced in the first quarter in 2013.
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| Windows 9 as soon as April 2015 |
1/15/2014 |
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Users who have declined to migrate to Windows 8, anticipating that Microsoft will reverse course in its strategy to deemphasize the desktop and push customers toward the "Modern," nee "Metro" user interface (UI) and its touch-based app model.
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| China getting bigger on LED lighting |
1/15/2014 |
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China-based LED chip makers generated production value of US$992 million in 2013, up 16.8% on year, and the value will reach US$1.182 billion in 2014, LEDinside indicated.
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| Fuel Cell cars catching more attention |
1/15/2014 |
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"In the light of the above, a successful introduction of fuel cell vehicles in the mass market is rather unlikely in the long term, in particular due to the limited platinum availability"
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