
Lam Research’s Market Share Reached 55% in Semiconductor Etch Sector in 2017
On the heels of strong growth in 3D NAND manufacturing, Lam Research’s market share rose to 55% in 2017, according to the Information Network, a New Tripoli, PA-based market research company. 3D NAND memory manufacturing utilizes a combination of deposition and etch processes to define complex 3D structures with extremely high aspect ratio features...

Worldwide Server Revenue Grew 25.7% in the Fourth Quarter of 2017, Gartner Says
The worldwide server market continued to grow through 2017 as worldwide server revenue increased 25.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017, while shipments grew 8.8 percent year over year, according to Gartner, Inc. In all of 2017, worldwide server shipments grew 3...

Intel and Microsoft Enable AI Inference at the Edge with Intel Movidius VPU on Windows ML
Today during Windows Developer Day, Microsoft announced Windows ML, which enables developers to perform machine learning tasks in the Windows OS. Windows ML efficiently uses hardware for any given artificial intelligence (AI) workload and intelligently distributes work across multiple hardware types – now including Intel Vision Processing Units (VPU)...

Huawei and ZTE Need to Respond with Substantive Measures to Succeed in Lucrative US Market
The American market just got tougher for Chinese telecom companies Huawei and ZTE, as the heads of six major US intelligence agencies, including the CIA, FBI and NSA, have recently warned consumers against buying phones from them for national security reasons...

Adoption Rate of 3D Sensing in Smartphones is Estimated at 13.1% in 2018, Says TrendForce
Apple’s launch of iPhone X has led to a wave of 3D sensing technology, bringing its key component—vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)—into the spotlight. However, the number of VCSEL suppliers with mass production capacity is very limited due to technical barriers, leading to short supply of VCSELs and thus delaying Android camp’s plan to follow suit...

DFON Unveils New Serum with MMpH+ to Fight Skin Aging
DFON Biomedical Technology Inc., ITRI's first beauty care products startup, today officially marked its inauguration and unveiled a new generation of products, demonstrating how innovative technology can be applied in the development of cosmetics and skin care products...