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Crocus Raises $45M to Fund Magnetic Semiconductor Technology
Crocus Technology, a developer of magnetically enhanced semiconductor technologies has raised $45 million to fund manufacturing of new semiconductors.
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Micron Samples 16nm NAND Flash Chips
Micron Technology is sampling next-generation, 16-nanometer process technology, resulting in the industry's smallest 128Gb multi-level cell NAND flash memory chips.
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Multitude of Choices to Spur Rapid Growth in Smartphone Market
With a flood of new models hitting the market, the global smartphone market is projected to more than double to 1.5 billion units by 2017, up from just over 700 million in 2012.
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Zecotek and Hamamatsu Ink Imaging Technology Deal
Zecotek Photonics Inc. has signed a joint collaboration partnership agreement with Hamamatsu Photonics to commercialize existing imaging technologies.
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Evolving Ultrabooks to Help Counter PC Struggles in Driving Growth of Solid-State Drives
Despite the generally weak state of the PC industry, ultrathins will still form the main market for solid-state drives (SSD), in a business that retains significant long-term upside. Shipments...
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Auto MEMS Sensors to Keep Expanding toward Banner Growth in 2014
Sales of automotive microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors are expected to reach a high-water mark in two years as car-safety mandates come to full maturity and achieve...
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Schneider Launches First Salvo in Possible Invensys Bidding War
A $5 billion offer to acquire Invensys by Schneider Electric may lead to a bidding war among the top-tier of industrial automation companies.
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TowerJazz extends foundry agreements with IR and Nujira
TowerJazz has extended its foundry relationships with International Rectifier for a variety of product families and with Nujira that includes production of the NCT-L1300 Coolteq.L envelope tracking power modulator ICs.
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Foundry 2.0: The Driver of Innovation in the Mobile Era
In his SEMICON keynote, GlobalFoundries CEO set out a new model to address the technology challenges the industry faces that he dubbed “Foundry 2.0.”
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Set-Top Box Market to Hit Record High in 2013, Peaks in 2015
Despite rumors of its demise, the pay-TV industry’s flagship platform—the set-top box—continues to thrive, with market shipments set to hit record highs in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
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Tsinghua Unigroup to Buy Spreadtrum for $1.78 billion
China’s Tsinghua Unigroup and Spreadtrum Communications, a leading Chinese fabless semiconductor provider, have entered into a definitive merger agreement.
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Natcore Technology Demos Flexible Solar Cell Using Wet Process
Scientists at Natcore together with researchers at Rice University have successfully fabricated the first inorganic flexible thin film solar cell by solution processes without the use of high-temperature semiconductor processing.
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UHD TV Panels to be New Focus Area for LCD Panel Makers
Shipments of ultra-high-definition (UHD) television panels are poised to reach 2.3 million units this year as they make their first-ever appearance on the market, fueling what panel...
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Video Teardown: What's Inside Nokia's $20 Phone?
IHS Teardown reveals how Nokia’s ultra-low-cost 105 was able to hit the $20 price point through a combination of stripped down features and efficient manufacturing.
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Startup with Solid Credentials, Movidius gets $16 million for Computer Vision R&D
Startup Movidius has received a new round of funding to accelerate the company’s next-generation image-processing chips and software.
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OEM Chip Spending to Climb 4 Percent This Year after Flat 2012
The world’s top electronic brands are set to expend $265.2 billion this year on a wide range of semiconductors for devices like smartphones and tablets, with increasingly contentious...
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Mobile PC Market Suffers Worst Q2 Performance in More Than a Decade
Battered by the nonstop onslaught of media tablets, the mobile PC market in 2013 delivered the worst second-quarter performance in 11 years, according to IHS.
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Removing Obstacles: Distributors Expand Services
As OEMs and EMS providers become leaner they are expanding the use of distributor-provided services as a way to reduce the total cost and reduce risk in the supply chain.
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Smartphone Competition Intensifies with More Choices and Greater Consumer Demand
With most of the top brands introducing new flagship smartphones in the first half of 2013, consumers now have more choices than ever, helping smartphone shipments...
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IBM finalizes SoftLayer Acquisition
IBM has completed its acquisition of SoftLayer Technologies Inc., a cloud computing infrastructure company that will join IBM’s new cloud services division.
