Apple’s Qualcomm Grudge Runs Deep
posted on November 14, 2017 11:02
The industry is abuzz with speculation that Apple might disdain Qualcomm's 2018-model modem chips. Is Apple pulling all these maneuvers to win the legal fight at all costs?
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Higher DRAM Bit Growth Seen For 2018
posted on November 14, 2017 11:01
SAN FRANCISCO — Tight DRAM supply conditions that have persisted all year long — resulting in a significant boom for suppliers — may come to an end in 2018, as Samsung Electronics ratchets up capacity to extend its lead over competitors and freeze new entrants from China out of the market, according to one market research firm.
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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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DARPA’s ICECool Chills 3-D Stacks
posted on September 01, 2017 17:05
LAKE WALES, Fla. — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Intrachip/Interchip Enhanced Cooling (ICECool) program, which teamed IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology to solve the liquid cooling problem for 3-D chip stacks, has yielded an approach that uses an insulating dielectric refrigerant instead of water.
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Taiwan's blackout spooks Apple suppliers
posted on September 01, 2017 17:04
Apple suppliers in export-reliant Taiwan are expressing concerns about the island's power supply after a massive blackout, raising further questions over whether President Tsai Ing-wen's administration is capable of meeting the investment demands of the tech sector, a key driver of the economy.
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Apple Is in Talks With Bain for Toshiba Chips Business
posted on September 01, 2017 17:03
Apple Inc. is wading into the middle of the battle for Toshiba Corp.’s memory chips business.
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