RSS
Home
-
MediaTek Rolls 64-bit LTE Smartphone SoC
MT6795 said to be the first 64-bit LTE Octa-core SoC with a speed of up to 2.2 GHz and the first to support 2K display support.
-
TSMC to Fall Behind Rivals in FinFET Market Share
TSMC, currently enjoying record revenues and profits, will lead market share in 20nm foundry supply but will likely fall behind the Samsung, Globalfoundries alliance in FinFET market share in 2015, according to TSMC chairman Morris Chang.
-
Vishay to Acquire Taiwanese IC Design House
Deal to acquire optoelectronics specialist Capella Microsystems worth $205 million.
-
Google Launches Smart Home IoT Protocol
Google's Nest has teamed up with Samsung, Freescale, ARM and others to define Thread, a 6LoWPAN-based mesh protocol for controlling domestic fittings and appliances.
-
Intel Q2 Beats Wall Street Estimates
Record microprocessor shipments help firm increase sales, earnings.
-
UMC Licenses Embedded Flash IP from Cypress
Pure play foundry licenses chip vendor's 55-nanometer embedded flash memory intellectual property for future IoT and wearable applications.
-
LG Rollable Display Targets 60-inch UltraHD
LG is on a roll with its R&D into flexible displays and is aiming at a transparent roll out 60-inch screen capable of UltraHD resolution by 2017.
-
Microchip Expands Instrumentation Amplifier Portfolio
Amp, dubbed MCP6N16, features self-correcting architecture that company claims maximizes DC performance by enabling low offset, low-offset drift and common-mode and power-supply rejection.
-
Micron Makes 8Gbit DDR3 DRAM
There's still money to be paid supplying high capacity DRAMs to go into high performance servers in data centers so Micron has added a monolithic 8Gbit chip to its portfolio.
-
Brazil Solar Auction Expected to Ignite PV Growth in Latin America
The sale of photovoltaic capacity in Brazil could be a catalyst for growth in the solar market for all of Latin America, according to IHS Technology.
-
First Half of 2014 Closes Strong for Manufacturing
Manufacturing activity within the U.S. expanded for the 13th consecutive month in June.
-
Companies Pin Hopes on the Internet of Things
The pervasive potential of the IoT has companies all over the world, in virtually all markets, salivating.
-
Google Ventures Launches $100 Million Fund for Europe
Google opens up VC office in London to spread $100 million of venture capital around Europe.
-
IBM Pumps $3 Billion Into Nanometer Chip R&D
It’s chip business as usual for IBM as it said it would spend $3 billion over the next five years to investigate how to keep miniaturizing integrated circuit minimum dimensions to 7nm and beyond.
-
Power Supply Market Projected to Grow Steadily
Market for AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies will grow from $20.65 billion in 2013 to $25.1 billion in 2018, driven by LED systems and media tablets, according to new study by IHS Technology.
-
Startup Preps Neural Network Visual Processor for Mobiles
A Purdue University spin off company has a multi-layer neural network approach to cognitive vision processing that it reckons could make a compelling addition to next-generation smartphones.
-
TSMC's Q2 Sales Flag Strong 2014 Chip Market
Foundry continues to report strong monthly sales figures. Both industry-wide and company-specific momentum seems to be propelling the company.
-
Ceva Expands Wireless IP With RivieraWaves Buy
DSP core licensor Ceva has a grabbed a specialist French Bluetooth and WiFi IP developer specialist to expand its range and give it a better pitch for wearables and IoT applications.
-
Combo of Applied-TEL to be Known as Eteris
The name for the company formed by the merger of Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron is “Eteris”, which embodies the concept of “Eternal Innovation for Society'”
-
Intel, Samsung Form Group to Take on Qualcomm in IoT
Two IoT open source consortia, one vision. Intel and Samsung are co-founders of the Open Interconnect Consortium, which appears destined to be a rival to the six-month old AllSense Alliance.
