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Tuesday 29 May 2018
Teradata COO urges firms to be sentient
Evolving into a sentient enterprise must be an ultimate goal for businesses which seek to sustain their competitiveness, according to Oliver Ratzesberger, chief operating officer...
Tuesday 29 May 2018
Etron taps into AI application sector
Taiwan-based IC designer Etron Technology, dedicated to application-driven buffer DRAM chips and system on chips, has newly ventured its low-power, high bandwidth memory chip solutions...
Tuesday 29 May 2018
Sogepa to invest US$150 million in Thunder Power EV
Belgium-based investment fund Sogepa has signed a framework agreement with Hong Kong-based electric vehicle (EV) maker Thunder Power EV to invest US$150 million in the latter, according...
Monday 28 May 2018
IC test board maker Keystone lists on Taiwan emerging stock market
Taiwan-based Keystone Mircrotech, a supplier of high-frequency and high-speed IC testing solutions, has listed on the Taipei Emerging Stock Board, as part of its efforts to gain financial...
Friday 25 May 2018
Acer tapping deeper into gaming PC sector as major growth driver
Acer will continue to grow sales of its gaming PCs to improve further its overall gross margin as gaming devices have helped the company return to profitability, and the company will...
Thursday 24 May 2018
Silicon wafer price uptrend to carry into 2020
Silicon wafer prices are estimated to further rise 20% on average in 2018 after posting the same size of hike in 2017 on robust market demand, and the quotes are expected to trend...
Thursday 24 May 2018
Toshiba Memory to build new fab to expand 3D flash production capacity
Toshiba Memory (TMC) announced recently it had decided to start constructing a new fab for BiCS FLASH, the company's proprietary 3D flash memory, in Kitakami (Iwate prefecture, Japan)...
Thursday 24 May 2018
North American semi equipment industry posts record April billings
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$2.69 billion in billings worldwide in April 2018 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings...
Thursday 24 May 2018
Samsung unveils plan for 3nm process
Samsung Electronics has disclosed its comprehensive process technology roadmap updates down to 3nm at the annual Samsung Foundry Forum in the US.
Wednesday 23 May 2018
Legal and ethical issues concerning AI need to be addressed, says Microsoft executive VP
It is imperative that legal and ethical parameters be established as soon as possible to cope with the fast development of AI that has given rise to issues concerning prejudice, transparency...
Wednesday 23 May 2018
Yageo to buy Pulse Electronics for US$740 million
Taiwan-based Yageo has reached a deal to buy US-based Pulse Electronics, a supplier of electronic components, for US$740 million in cash.
Tuesday 22 May 2018
Microsoft to work with China Mobile in speech recognition
Microsoft will cooperate with China Mobile in developing speech recognition applications, the software giant has announced.
Tuesday 22 May 2018
Intel Purley server platform may see replacement boom at end-2018
The replacement demand boom for Intel's Purley Xeon server processors may not appear until the end of 2018 or even the first half of 2019 due mainly to expensive prices affecting...
Tuesday 22 May 2018
Micron and Intel intro QLC NAND flash
Micron Technology and Intel have announced joint production and shipments of what they claim to be the industry's first 4bits/cell 3D NAND technology. Leveraging a proven 64-layer...
Tuesday 22 May 2018
Microsoft to enhance AI development in China, says executive VP
Microsoft will leverage its resources and partnerships to provide innovative solutions and tools to help China-based artificial intelligence (AI) developers seize business opportunities,...