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Linear’s 4Q Shows Strong Industrial Growth
The linear IC maker’s revenues decline 5 percent sequentially, but was up year-over-year and expects to grow between 4 percent and 7 percent in the first quarter of 2015.
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Allwinner Accused of Breaking Linux License Rules
Allwinner, a fabless chip company that has enjoyed success selling ARM-based processor SoCs for tablet computers, has been accused of breaking the licensing conditions that apply to the use of the Linux operating system.
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Avnet Signs Distribution Deal With MiTAC Computing
Distributor to carry MiTAC's cloud database and computing equipment.
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DRAM Capacity Expected to Rise in 2016
DRAM capacity is expected to fall again in 2015, but increase next year to end a six-year decline in DRAM wafer production capacity.
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SanDisk Hit by Court Injunction on Diablo Chipset
Memory module supplier Netlist has won a preliminary injunction against Canadian firm Diablo Technologies that also affects the SanDisk Corp. The injunction could help drive an out-of-court settlement.
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Cadence Rolls IP Processors
New Tensilica Xtensa processors said to provide up to 75 percent better local memory area and power efficiency while consuming 25 percent less power consumption.
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Execs Depart AMD
Three high-ranking executives--including the GM of computing and graphics business group--resign as AMD realigns organization following CEO appointment.
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Globalfoundries Teams with Linear for IoT, Wearables
Foundry and chipmaker create analog reference design targeted at meeting the tuning needs for emerging sensors and MEMS that enable the Internet of Things and wearables.
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Optimal Analysis Algorithms are IoT’s Big Opportunity
The laser-like focus on the Internet of Things at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show was fitting, given that consumer applications will flood the data pipes while industrial and smart-city IoT concepts trickle along their respective paths.
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TSMC Sells LED Subsidiary to Epistar
TSMC, which once had billion-dollar ambitions in LED lighting and solar cells, has sold its LED subsidiary to Epistar for $26 million.
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CES 2015: The Year of Pragmatism
The buzz at the Consumer Electronics Show is usually about the next big thing. But this year it was all about what was available right now and ready for purchase.
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Industrial Flat Cables Tackle Harsh Environments
Cicoil's flat, high-strength cables said to be immune to shock, vibration, harsh environments and extreme temperatures.
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SSD Vendors Jump on the PCI Express SSD Train
Kingston and Plextor introduce solid state drives (SSDs) that support PCI express in order to deliver fast data transfer speeds on PCs.
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Intel Shipping Streaming TV Stick
The Compute Stick is a small form factor Windows PC with an HDMI connector that will plug into the back of smart televisions and will directly compete with Google’s Chromecast and Amazon’s Fire TV Stick.
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MediaTek Rolls SoCs for Android Wearables, TVs
Taiwanese chip maker announced at CES that its system-on-chips have been integrated into future generations of Android wearable devices and Android televisions.
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Microsemi Adds Hardware Security to FPGAs
Defense and communications chip vendor has said it has added hardware security features to two of its product ranges to provide fundamental root of trust for machines, something vital to the Internet of Things
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Telechips Partners With Sansa for Security
Agreement will enable digital rights management for Telechips’ Hexa-core based TCC896x chipset for integration into the company’s Smart Stick that will accompany set-top boxes.
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U.S. Manufacturing Takes a Breather in December
Due to a West Coast labor strike that caused manufacturing delays, growth was held in check in the month of December. However, the forecast for 2015 is bright.
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Avnet Consolidates Japanese Units
Distributor merges Japanese units into single business in an effort to better service electronics OEMs and electronics manufacturing services providers and to improve productivity.
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CES: Intel Shows Curie 'Button' for Wearables
At CES Intel's CEO showed off a Quark-based button-sized wireless sensor module that includes pattern matching. He also announces $300 million initiative to hire and retain women and those from other under-represented groups.
