The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $26.86 billion for the month of May 2014, 8.8 percent ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Semiconductor
Intel hopes to take hardware performance to the next level with its latest Xeon Phi supercomputing chip, which packs an array of new hardware technologies that could eventually find their way to laptops and desktops. The new Xeon Phi ...
Neither component leadtimes nor pricing seem poised to budge during the month of May, according to Avnet Electronics Marketing’s Market and Technology Trends report. But buyers shouldn’t be deceived by the apparent stability: ...
Tags: Component Trends, Electronics
The bit-growth rate of non-PC DRAM chips is expected to reach 46% in 2014, led by strong demand for mobile, specialty and graphics DRAM parts, according to Digitimes Research. Powered by demand from the cloud computing and big data ...
Tags: DRAM Chips, non-PC Chips
For first-quarter 2014, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has reported revenue of €43.9m, down 14% on €51.1m last quarter but up 9% on €40.2m a year ago. Of total revenue, 73% (€32.1m) came from ...
Tags: Aixtron MOCVD, LED, Electrical, Electronics, deposition equipment
Total semiconductor revenue in 2013 reached USD 318.1 billion, up from USD 303.1 billion in 2012. Last year’s growth effectively reversed the disappointing 2.4 percent loss of 2012, when revenue contracted from USD 310.6 billion in ...
Tags: semiconductor, chip
POET Technologies Inc of Toronto, Canada – which, through subsidiary OPEL Defense Integrated Systems (ODIS Inc) of Storrs, CT, USA, has developed the proprietary planar-optoelectronic technology (POET) platform for monolithic ...
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Consolidated revenues at memory module manufacturer Adata Technology slipped 4.1% sequentially to NT$2.775 billion (US$91.6 million) in January 2014. On an annual basis, however, sales grew 4.7%. DRAM modules accounted for 58.48% of ...
Tags: LED lighting, DRAM modules
The market growth is expected to be driven by increased demand for devices with exceptional speed, low power consumption, smaller chip size, and reduced response time. Information and communication technology (ICT) and consumer electronics ...
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This is a rebound from a 2.5 percent annual decline in 2012 driven mainly by strong growth in DRAM and NAND flash memory markets, the market research firm said. These are expected to rise by 35.0 and 27.7 percent respectively in 2013. This ...
Tags: Chip Market, semiconductor
Memory module maker Adata on January 8 reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.893 billion (US$96.4 million) for December, rising 11.16% on month and 10.71% on year, according to the company. Adata posted consolidated revenues of NT$8.493 ...
Tags: Memory module, Lighting
Following a 2.5 percent decline in 2012, the global semiconductor market has regained its footing in 2013 with revenue set to expand by nearly 5 percent because of the strong performance of the memory sector. Global semiconductor sales in ...
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Tight supply of PC DRAM chips is set to persist until the second quarter of 2014, which will sustain memory price stability, according to memory module firm Adata Technology. Adata added that the company expects to make gains in inventory ...
Tags: DRAM Chips, PC DRAM
A new supercomputer being deployed this month in the U.S. is using solid-state drive storage as an alternative to DRAM and hard drives, which could help speed up internal data transfers. The supercomputer, called Catalyst, will be ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Supercomputer
Oracle president Mark Hurd appeared riled this afternoon on the subject of SAP HANA when, asked how yesterday's in-memory processing offering for Oracle Database 12c, he replied that customers considering SAP should "forget them", and said ...
Tags: Computer Products, software