The Q2 NAND ASP is projected to rise by 5% QoQ, boosted by enterprise SSD demand and a 2020 bit increase as low as 30%, reports DRAMeXchange. Prices may be being bolstered by OEM fears of shortages leading to double-ordering, reckons DRAMeXchange. However H2 pricing, starting as early as Q3, could head south, as buyers ...

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The SIA has written to President Trump and government bodies asking them to designate the semiconductor industry as “essential business” allowing companies to continue to operate in spite of shutdowns. “We call on all states, provinces, and localities taking action to address the public health crisis to ensure the continued operations of the semiconductor industry ...

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Zytronic, the Newcastle capacitive touch specialist,  can now work with customers to design and manufacture projected capacitive user interfaces that combine a “traditional” dynamic touch area with surrounding capacitive keys. Named ZyBrid VK, and based upon Zytronic’s multi-touch capable, projected capacitive technology (MPCT,  this latest development opens opportunities to improve and enhance the design of human ...

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Memory purchasers will be reluctant to raise inventory levels from the end of 2Q20 onwards, affecting the price trend of memory products in 2H20, reckons TrendForce. With DRAM, the considerable preexisting gap between supply and demand is expected to persist even if demand drops. Thus, 2H20 DRAM prices will, at worst, exhibit limited growth rather ...

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AddOn Networks has added a range of optical transceivers to increase capacity on the networks with 400G capabilities. Enterprises worldwide are facing huge pressures to deliver faster speeds and higher bandwidth due to the ever-increasing demands for greater internet connectivity. This transceiver –  the QSFP28-DD 2x100G – addresses these fundamental challenges by increasing network density, reducing ...

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Renesas has announced three Power Management IC (PMIC) reference designs for powering the multiple supply rails of Xilinx Artix-7 FPGAs, Spartan-7 FPGAs, and Zynq-7000 SoCs, with and without DDR memory. Renesas has worked closely with Xilinx to offer low-risk and easy to design power solutions to accelerate FPGA and SoC design. The reference designs speed ...

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Q1 foundry revenues are expected to be 2% down q-o-q but 30% up y-o-y, says TrendForce. TSMC is expected to see  full capacity for its 7nm  and 90% capacity utilization for its 12/16nm nodes. Samsung is increasing capacity for 5G SoC AP, high resolution CIS, OLED-DDIC, and HPC products, while expanding its EUV applications and ...

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