DRAM supply to remain tight in 2018, says DRAMeXchange

Global DRAM supply is forecast to grow by less than 20% next year, according to DRAMeXchange. DRAMeXchange points out that the big three DRAM suppliers – Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron – have opted to slow down their capacity expansions and technology migrations. This is likely to keep prices at high levels as during this ...

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Toshiba said to have chosen Bain group

It is reported that Toshiba has chosen the Bain consortium tobuy its chip business. This has been reported before but Toshiba has had to back-track on the choice of Bain in theface of legal objections from jv partner Western Digital. The Bain geoup contains Hynix, Apple, Kingston, Dell, INCJ, DBJ and some presence from Toshiva ...

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GloFo and Soitec ink supply deal

Globalfoundries  and Soitec today announced that they have entered into a five-year agreement to ensure the volume supply of FD-SOI wafers. The agreement, which is effective immediately, builds on the existing relationship between the companies and guarantees wafer supply for GF’s 22nm FD-SOI (22FDX) technology platform. “Globalfoundriesis delivering industry leading ultra-low power, performance-on-demand FD-SOI solutions ...

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News – Electronics Weekly 2017-09-19 23:10:09

In 2017, the 7% increase in the total pure-play foundry market is forecast to be almost entirely due to an 18% jump in <40nm feature size device sales, says IC Insights. Although expected to represent 60% of total pure-play foundry sales in 2017, the ≥40nm pure-play IC foundry market is forecast to be up only ...

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Anglia can be £100m business in five years, says Rawlins

Anglia Components continues to demonstrate the advantages of being a focused local UK component distributor. Wisbech-based Anglia has seen its business grow significantly faster than the market over the last ten years. Anglia CEO, Steve Rawlins believes the firm can be a £100m business in the next five years. Anglia’s turnover grew 52.4% between 2006 ...

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Farnell brings tech to Yorkshire students

  Students from sixteen schools and colleges across Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield and Calderdale are getting an introduction to technology from Premier Farnell. The Premier Farnell Technology Challenge aims to raise aspirations and help young people aged 16 – 18 years explore careers in digital and tech, an industry which is set to grow by 15% ...

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Anritsu demoes 400GbE network tester at ECOC 2017

Anritsu is demonstrating at ECOC 2017 exhibition in Gothenburg, Sweden (18-20 September) its recently released MP1900A series high-end bit error rate tester (BERT). The MP1900A Signal Quality Analyser-R is likely to be used in early stage R&D evaluations ranging from next-generation 200GbE/400GbE network interfaces to PCI Express and bus interfaces. The instrument is a multichannel tester ...

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