Look, Ma, no gateway. At least not for the basic functions.

A coming golden age for semiconductors is forecast by Sanjay Jha, CEO of Globalfoundries, reports Digitimes. The next decade will see robust IC demand from datacentres and AI, says Jha. That will be met by GloFo’s 7nm finfet process aimed at mobile processors, cloud servers and networking infrastructure due to launch in H1 2018 with …

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Renesas claims the lowest standby power for embedded SRAM of 13.7 nW/Mbit with a 1.84 ns read speed that implements silicon on thin BOX 65nm circuit technology.

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Intel is laying off people in its IoT group following its recent cuts to three of its IoT products – the Joule, Edison and Galileo boards 97 jobs are to be lost in Santa Clara and up to 40 more in Leixlip, Ireland. IoT accounts for less than 5% of Intel’s sales. The group had …

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Samsung says it will invest at least $18.6 billion in its chip business this year. $12.5 billion will go into its NAND fab in Pyeongtaek and $5.2 billion will go to its fab is Hwaseong. Samsung will also add a new line at its Xi’an China NAND fab. Samsung is the world’s largest supplier of …

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Hynix has started to ramp volume production of its 72-layer 3D NAND memory, according to the Korea IT Times. The 256Gbit TLC chips chips are being used to deliver a 1Tbit SSD which uses Hynix’ own controller chip.. The chips are currently being made in Hynix’ Cheongju fab but it plans to add production from …

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The UK Government’s Cyber Essentials programme is now mandatory for suppliers of Government contracts,

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Has France sown the seeds for becoming the start-up capital of Europe or has it simply made an over-elaborate investment in bricks and mortar? In Paris an old railway station has been turned into an incubator for 1000 start-ups. Called Station F, it will have 3000 desks for entrepreneurs. President Macron opened Station F at …

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Check out this striking image. It’s Aquila, the Facebook Internet-bearing drone, undergoing its second round of testing.

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