New Technology to Fabricate Silver for Printed Electronics
Engineers at Oregon State University have invented a way to fabricate silver, a highly conductive metal, for printed electronics that are produced at room temperature. There may be broad applications in microelectronics, sensors, energy devices, low emissivity coatings and even transparent displays...
Smartphones Remain an Important IC Market Driver, Chinese Play Bigger
According to IC Insights’ newly report , in 4Q15, smartphones are forecast to reach 435 million units or 80% of total cellphones shipped. On an annual basis, smartphones first surpassed the 50% penetration level in 2013 (54%) and are forecast to represent 93% of total cellphone shipments in 2018...
MediaTek Denies Acquisition of Nvidia
TAIPEI, Taiwan — It is widely circulated that MediaTek is considering purchasing Nvidia in a bid to get benefit from automobile market, which has become a story on July 1 on the Economic Daily News. However, MediaTek’s Spokesperson David Ku denied the news later on July 1, clarifying that the newspaper gave an incorrect account...
Acquisition of IBM’s Semiconductor Business by GLOBALFOUNDRIES is Completed
IBM today announced that the acquisition of the company’s global commercial semiconductor technology business by GLOBALFOUNDRIES has been completed. With the closing of this transaction, GLOBALFOUNDRIES becomes IBM's exclusive semiconductor processor technology provider for the next 10 years, ensuring a long-term supply of semiconductors for IBM systems...
Global DRAM Module Industry in 2014 Saw 21% Revenue Growth at US$8.8B
The latest DRAM module maker ranking by DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, reports that the gross sales of the global DRAM module market for 2014 was US$8.8 billion. This amount represented a 21% increase over the 2013 gross sales of US$7...
MTN and ZTE Launch M2M/IoT Platform in Africa
ZTE Corporation has jointly launched an Internet of Things (IoT) platform in Africa with leading ICT provider, MTN Group. ZTE and MTN have also launched a global machine to machine (M2M) SIM card, providing customers with a blanket rate for M2M activity across MTN’s African network...