TSMC will have its 12nm process in volume production in Q4, reports the Commercial Times. It says that the process will be used for Nvidia’s Volta GPU and Xavier CPU, HiSilicon’s Miami SoCs and MediaTek’s Helio ICs. In Q3, TSMC started 10nm production for Apple APs. It is also reported that TSMC Q4 revenues could hit ...

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The Big Three DRAM vendors saw Q2 server revenues rise 30% in Q2 over Q1, reports DRAMeXchange, as shortages hike prices. “Thanks to the increase in the average memory density of server systems, as evidenced by the adoption of high-density 32GB RDIMMs and 64GB LRDIMMs in this year’s first half, the profit margin of server DRAM ...

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Toshiba’s plan to sell its memory unit to a Bain/INCJ/Hynix consortium for $19 billion ran into trouble because the consortium wants to pay in instalments and Toshiba wants the money up front, reports Bloomberg. This has prompted last week’s move to re-open talks with Western Digital and Hon Hai about selling the business to them. ...

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Taiwan aims to create 30,000 tech start-ups in the next three years, reports Digitimes. Taiwan’s Industrial Innovation and Transformation Fund has earmarked $3.3 billion for startups and a national investment company with a fund of $330 million opens its doors this month to high tech entrepreneurs wanting investment. The intention is to make direct investments ...

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Before Hon Hai bought it last year, Sharp was operating like the son of a rich family says Sharp’s president Tai Jeng-wu (pictured). The company has just reported its first FY operating profit for three years. Tai has been scathing about Sharp’s lax cost controls before Hon Hai bought it. Since becoming president, Tai he ...

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One of the fastest growing start-ups in the world is five year-old Chinese news aggregator Toutiao which has grown its valuation 40x in three years, In a 2014 funding round it was valued at $500 million, last year it raised $1 billion at a valuation of $11 billion and now it is reported by Reuters ...

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Nvidia had Q2 revenue of $2.23bn up 56% from Q2 2016 and up 15% from Q1. Operating profit was $688 million up 24% on Q1’s  $554 million and up 117% on the $317 million of Q2 a year ago. For the current quarter it forecasts revenue of $2.35 billion “Adoption of Nvidia GPU computing is accelerating, ...

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AtlanTecRF, the Braintree RF and microwave specialist, haw launched its Ultra Broadband 500MHz to 20GHz Digitally Controlled PIN Attenuator. The Digital Attenuator (ADA-500-2000-60/0.5) covers the whole frequency range from 500MHz to 20GHz and provides a minimum attenuation range of 60dB in 0.5dB steps with TTL control of 7 bits. Switching time is less than 200 ...

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Google’s plan to build a tech complex next to its offices in King’s Cross was approved yesterday by the local council. The building will be 300m long, have four cafeterias, 1 million sq foot of floor space and room for  5000 employees. Solar panels on the roof will deliver an annual output of  20MWh. The building ...

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