96-layer TLC NAND-based SSDs

New Yorker Electronics is shipping Innodisk’s 96-layer 3D NAND flash product lineup which has two models: 3TE7 and 3TG6-P, with the former being DRAM-less and the latter using an external DRAM chip and a Marvell controller. Both devices use pure industrial-grade 3D TLC NAND from Toshiba with a rated P/E cycle number of 3000, ensuring ...

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NevadaNano sensor in Xgard Bright gas detector

NevadaNano the gas detection sensor specialist, has had its Molecular Property Spectrometer (MPS) sensor adopted for Crowcon  Detection Instruments’  Xgard Bright fixed gas detector. “The MPS sensor has features such as long life, no calibration, no poisoning and gas classification that deliver improved detection capabilities and performance as well as reducing the burden of calibration ...

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Facebook closes Irish tax avoidance units

Facebook is closing down various Irish companies used to avoid tax, reports the Times. International subsidiaries of Facebook would pay the Irish companies for use of IP. The Irish government would tax these payments lightly. The stratagem allowed Facebook to pay $101 million in tax on worldwide profits of $15 billion in 2018. The move ...

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November SEMI billings up 23% y-o-y

November billings by North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment were 23% up y-o-y at at $2.61 billion, reports SEMI, which is 1,4% down on October’s billings of $2.65 billion. “Billings of North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers remain robust, though November shows some expected tapering after billings registered record highs early this fall,” says Ajit ...

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SiPearl joins EU HPC group

SiPearl, which  is designing the microprocessor for the European exascale supercomputer, is joining ETP4HPC, an association that groups together the leading European players for high performance computing technologies. From technology suppliers to research centres, software companies, service providers or end users, the members of this major think-tank, created in 2012, are driven by a shared ...

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At last: some real Brexit information

With less that a week to go, there is some real information on how companies should deal with the consequences of Brexit. Sadly, it is only a summary of the main 1,200 page document, which remains unpublished at the time of writing. The UK government ‘UK-EU trade and cooperation agreement summary’ is here. Less than ...

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SK Telecom and AWS deliver 5G at the edge

Today, SK Telecom and AWS announced the launch of ‘SKT 5GX Edge,’ the first 5G edge cloud service in Korea. Using AWS Wavelength at the edge of the 5G multi-access edge computing (MEC) networks, SKT 5GX Edge enables customers to build mobile applications that require ultra-low latency.  With SKT 5GX Edge, applications are connected to ...

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TSMC recruiting for Arizona

TSMC is recruiting for its Arizona fab, reports the Nikkei. It is looking for 600 R&D engineers, process engineers, equipment engineers, IT software engineers among other positions needed to operate a fab. A team of 300 current employees will initially staff the fab.  In addition to them, TSMC is recruiting 300 new graduates, and engineers ...

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IBM to secure chip supplies for US DoD

IBM has been awarded a contract from the US DoD  under its Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes (RAMP) project to develop three microelectronics assets for the US military: 1. A verifiable end-to end quantifiable assurance approach, for implementing a microelectronics supply chain and operational security standards based on commercial best practices and tools; 2. A multi-foundry SOTA product pipeline, to provide the ...

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