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The Power Management Market will have a Bright Future

Published:2012/5/24 3:46:00 Author:Li xiao na

According to iSuppli’s survey for the power management market, the power management semiconductor has risen a bit in the first quarter of 2012 after the sharp drop in the forth quarter of 2011. This market begins to rise in the second quarter of 2012, which is mainly driven by the expansion of consumer and industrial field. The...   (View)

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Dell＇s sales result was a bad news for Intel

Published:2012/5/24 3:22:00 Author:Ecco

Dell Inc. has a disappointing first quarter sales result and a lower-than-expected second quarter sales target. However, it is a bad news for Intel Corp., which has forecast growth above the seasonal average for the rest of the year. Dell (Round Rock, Texas) indicated that PC demand is slowing, tablets and smartphones are cannibalizing notebook sales and customers are delaying IT spending. Dell reported a ...   (View)

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TCL would push Android-based smart TV in China

Published:2012/5/24 3:09:00 Author:Ecco

There is a common western misconception about China and its CE market. Most foreigners think that the Chinese can afford the TVs which are produced by local vendors. Hillcrest Labs (Rockville, Md.) made an announcement in Wednesday (May 23), which indicated that leading Chinese con...   (View)

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Qualcomm makes a competition in eight regions

Published:2012/5/23 22:00:00 Author:Ecco

Qualcomm Venture has launched its third annual QPrize seed investment competition by opening it up to following eight regions: China, Israel, Brazil, India, South Korea, North America, Western and Eastern Europe. The competition is open to any entrepreneur or group of persons over 18 years of age and that have secured less than $2 million in funding. Each regional winner will get $100,000 (100,000 euros in...   (View)

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ST works with SA to push an in-ear audio accessory

Published:2012/5/23 3:12:00 Author:Ecco

Chip Company STMicroelectronics NV is now working with startup Soundchip SA to push an in-ear audio accessory. Soundchip has particular expertise in audio algorithms and is the originator of the High Definition Personal Audio (HDPA) reference. Wearers can use the new accessory to switch between multiple audio sources – such as phone calls, music and real-world ambient sound or conversation – using voice commands or...   (View)

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Apple becomes the Largest Buyer in Semiconductor Industry

Published:2012/5/23 1:38:00 Author:Li xiao na

According to the survey of HISiSuppli, Apple has become the biggest purchaser in the global semiconductor market with its iPhone and iPad. The expense of Apple is 50% more than Samsung which is in the second place. The purchasing scale is expanding continuously. Apple’s expense on the semiconductor was 9 billion US dollars in ...   (View)

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Handset shipments are expected to increase 11％ in 2012

Published:2012/5/22 1:59:00 Author:Ecco

According to Forward Concepts Inc., the market research firm, the sales of all handsets was about 379 million units worldwide in the first quarter, and it drops 9 percent from the first quarter of 2011. However, the sales of smartphones continues to drive (View)

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ON Semi opens 13,000-square-foot Czech design center

Published:2012/5/22 1:33:00 Author:Ecco

ON Semiconductor Corp. opens a 13,000-square-foot R&D and design facility in the town of Roznov to expand its operations in the Czech Republic. According to ON Semiconductor, the design center is specialized in developing energy efficient power solutions for use in computers, televisions, (View)

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The OLED Opens up a New Way for the Liquid Crystal Panel

Published:2012/5/20 22:34:00 Author:Li xiao na

The LCD television is predicated as the most influential product in 2012, but the loss of world’s liquid crystal panel has been lasting for six quarters. The loss of Sharp was 350 million in the year of 2011, which had broken the record for hundreds of years; Samsung and LGDisplay changed the related leaders respectively. Samsung h...   (View)

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UMC has been the leading beneficiary from 28-nm supply shortage

Published:2012/5/18 3:06:00 Author:Ecco

According to a Taiwan Economic News report, chip foundry United Microelectronics Corp. has been the leading beneficiary from 28-nm chip supply shortages at the leading foundry and rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. UMC entered productio...   (View)

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The Investment for Semiconductor Industry Increased in April

Published:2012/5/18 2:23:00 Author:Li xiao na

According to the GSA (Global Semiconductor Alliance) industry body, the investment in semiconductor industry startup and private companies increased to $194.2 million in April. The influence of investment, mergers, acquisition and IPO (initial public offering) activity to the semiconductor companies is monitored by the GSA. Th...   (View)

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Applied beat early expectations for its fiscal second quarter

Published:2012/5/18 0:42:00 Author:Ecco

Applied Materials Inc. is a famous semiconductor capital equipment vendor, of which sales beat consensus analysts’ expectations for its fiscal second quarter. Their early report expected that the current quarter’s sales would be flat to down 10 percent sequentially. According to the Applied’s report, the company had $2.54 billion sa...   (View)

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Several Predications for American Photovoltaic Market

Published:2012/5/17 2:58:00 Author:Li xiao na

1、America will become the largest photovoltaic market. America has sent out the optimistic signal in the aspect of energy policy. America has the good foundation and reliable policy, which will ensure the constant growth of (View)

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SA pushed 130-nm specialty design kits

Published:2012/5/17 2:48:00 Author:Ecco

Altis Semiconductor SA has pushed updated process design kits for 130-nm specialty technologies. However, Altis Semiconductor SA is the specialty foundry bought by French entrepreneur Yazid Sabeg from IBM and Infineon in 2010. In the train of bought SA, the baseline CMOS 130-nm process also belongs to SA. Based on Cadence Virtuoso v6...   (View)

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OIF pushed three projects of 50-56 Gbits/s serial interfaces

Published:2012/5/17 2:28:00 Author:Ecco

The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) pushed three projects of serial interfaces with running rate at 50-56 Gbits/second. The new serial interfaces can be used to package sizes and pin counts for future 100 and 400 Gbit/s optical modules and Fibre Channel interfaces beyond the planned 32 Gbit/s generation. The CEI-56G-Very Short Rea...   (View)

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HIS: DRAM sales is expected to grow 3％ in 2012

Published:2012/5/16 4:19:00 Author:Ecco

The market research firm IHS iSuppli has made a research about the sales of global DRAM industry. The sale is indicated to partially reverse massive losses incurred in 2011, with projected growth of m...   (View)

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HIS’s report about Apple iOS tablet leadership position in 2012

Published:2012/5/16 2:50:00 Author:Ecco

According to the analysis from market research firm IHS iSuppli, the iOS operating system of Apple Inc will have the leadership position of the worldwide tablet space in 2012 after a temporary dip in market share in the fourth quarter of 2011. However, Apple will develop a smaller sized iPad in tablet OS...   (View)

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Netronome Devotes to Saving Power Consumption for Customers

Published:2012/5/16 2:15:00 Author:Li xiao na

With Cadence’s latest Encounter 11.1 technology，Netronome designers gained 29% reduction in power consumption；therefore, it can provide performance advantage on its low-power green SoCs targeting the secure virtual cloud and data center markets. The OEM customers of Netronome all have tremendous constraints on power budget, so Netronome have to optimize its high-performance 40Gbps NFPs for low-power consu...   (View)

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Qualcomm ranked to NO.5 position in chip sales

Published:2012/5/15 21:04:00 Author:Ecco

According to the market research firm IC Insights, Qualcomm’s first quarter semiconductor sales was $3.06 billion with 56 raising percent compared to the first quarter of 2011. So the fabless semiconductor vendor moved to the No. 5 position among chip sellers in the first quarter. The greatly increasing rate was partially attributed the succ...   (View)

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Intel pushed 11 Ivy Bridge servers and 17 Sandy Bridge CPUs

Published:2012/5/15 2:24:00 Author:Ecco

Intel pushed the first server CPUs which use 22 nm tri-gate technologies with new 17W part being the emerging micro-server segment. The x 86 giant also launched new 32 nm server chips, of which an entry-level part narrows AMD’s price, lead in four-socket servers. The Intel’s first shipment of 22 nm server chips belongs to Xeon ...   (View)

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