Entries for October 2017
IoT May Need Sub-50-Cent SoCs
posted on October 31, 2017 07:05
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The future of the Internet of Things could depend on a chip that sells for less than 50 cents, according to a panel of technologists at ARM TechCon here. SoCs will need new kinds of memories, connectivity and sensors to scale to dimensions the IoT will demand, but the path to get there is still unclear, they said.
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IoT Gets Wake Up Call from Reaper
posted on October 31, 2017 07:04
Also known as IoT Troop, the Reaper IoT botnet is already two million devices strong and growing, built using software that targets and exploits known IoT device security flaws. IoT botnets use the collected bandwidth of a vast number of compromised IoT devices is utilized by hackers for nefarious purposes that often include distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
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Qualcomm's NXP Buy May Slip to 2018
posted on October 31, 2017 07:03
MADISON, Wis. — Richard Clemmer, CEO of NXP Semiconductors, during the company’s third quarter financial results announcement, reversed a long-held position in conceding that Qualcomm’s $38 billion acquisition of NXP will not happen — as promised — this year.
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Deep-depletion: A new concept for MOSFETs
posted on October 31, 2017 07:02
Silicon has provided enormous benefits to the power electronics industry. But performance of silicon-based power electronics is nearing maximum capacity.
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Semiconductor Equipment Market Cools Further
posted on October 31, 2017 07:01
SAN FRANCISCO — Sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment declined from August to September, the third consecutive month of sequential decrease as a market that has been red hot for more than a year continues to cool.
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