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ELECTRONICS 
July 31, 2019 Samsung Electronics looks to chip recovery as Q2 profit falls 56%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it expected the chip market to bottom out and start to recover in the second half as it posted a 56% drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday, hit by declines in semiconductor prices amid oversupply. The outlook from the global chip leader will give investors hope that the notoriously cyclical […]
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ELECTRONICS 
July 3, 2019 Samsung Electronics’ Q2 profit likely halved as Huawei woes worsen chip glut
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics is likely to say second-quarter profit more than halved when it reports preliminary earnings on Friday, data showed, as a drop in memory chip shipments to China’s embattled Huaweiexacerbated a price-squeezing supply glut. The quarterly result would be the South Korean firm’s lowest in nearly three years, with the prospect of an earnings recovery still […]
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COMPUTERS 
December 9, 2018 Snapdragon 8cx Is Qualcomm’s Latest Chip for Always-On, Always-Connected Windows 10 Machines
Qualcomm, the biggest supplier of chips for mobile phones, on Thursday pushed further into the PC market with a line of chips designed to power business machines. Qualcomm’s “Snapdragon” processor chips historically have been at the heart of mobile phones like Alphabet’s Google Pixel phone and many Samsung Electronics Co devices. Over the past year, though, Qualcomm […]
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NEWS 
May 21, 2018 Spectre-Next Generation: Germany Calls on Chip and Hardware Makers to Tackle Processor Flaws
Germany’s federal cyber agency called on chip and hardware-makers to address new vulnerabilities discovered in computer central processing units, but said no complete fix was possible at the moment. The BSI agency said its analysis showed the new flaws, dubbed Spectre-Next Generation, resembled the Meltdown and Spectre bugs discovered in January and could allow attackers […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 29, 2018 Toshiba Awaits Regulator Approval for Key Chip Unit Sale
HIGHLIGHTS The firm had agreed to sell its memory chip business to Bain Capital Toshiba had expected to meet all the sale conditions by March 23 It’s China’s anti-trust law” that is holding up the sale: Toshiba Embattled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba said Monday it was still waiting for regulators to approve the key sale of its chip […]
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ELECTRONICS 
March 22, 2018 AMD to Release Patches to Fix Some Chip Flaws Uncovered by CTS Labs
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday said patches are on the way for recently revealed flaws in some of its chips that could allow hackers to take over computers. AMD expressed confidence that chip vulnerabilities made public last week by Israeli-based security firm CTS Labs could be fixed with firmware patches and updated software that would not slow computers […]
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COMPUTERS 
January 8, 2018 Meltdown, Spectre Chip Flaws: Who’s Affected
HIGHLIGHTS Meltdown only affects Intel-based machines Spectre affects Intel, AMD, ARM-based machines Most software makers and OEMs have issued fixes already Technology companies are scrambling to fix serious security flaws affecting computer processors built by Intel and other chipmakers and found in many of the world’s personal computers and smartphones. The two hardware bugs discovered can be […]
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COMPUTERS 
January 5, 2018 Apple: All Macs and iOS devices affected by chip flaws
Apple has confirmed all its Mac systems and iOS devices are affected by two recently disclosed processor flaws called Spectre and Meltdown. In an announcement on Thursday, Apple (AAPL) said it has released mitigations to defend against Meltdown in iOS 11.2, macOS 10.13.2, and tvOS 11.2. It will release mitigations in Safari to defend against the Spectre bug “in the […]
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ELECTRONICS 
October 6, 2017 Intel ‘Loihi’ Self-Learning AI Chip Is Neuromorphic, Mimicking How the Brain Functions
HIGHLIGHTS Intel’s Loihi self-learning chip likely to raise the bar for AI It is currently a test chip It will be made available to select university and institutions in 2018 Intel has announced a self-learning neuromorphic chip that could raise the bar for artificial intelligence. Codenamed Loihi, Intel’s self-learning AI chip is said to mimic […]
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ELECTRONICS 
September 22, 2017 Toshiba Prepares to Formalise Chip Unit Sale to Bain Capital, Rejected Suitor Steps Up Legal Action
Japan’s Toshiba is expected to formalise the sale of its prized memory chip unit on Thursday to a group led by US private equity firm Bain Capital, even as jilted suitor and joint venture partner Western Digital took fresh legal action. The embattled conglomerate said on Wednesday it had agreed to the sale, but the formal signing of the […]
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ELECTRONICS 
June 23, 2017 As iPhone 8 Looms, Electronics Makers Scramble To Lock Up Memory Chip Supply
Seoul: Global electronics makers are scrambling to stock up on memory chips to keep production lines running as Apple Inc’s new iPhone 8 launch later this year threatens to worsen a global squeeze on supply. While heavyweights such as Apple and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd – which is also the world’s top memory chip maker – […]
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ELECTRONICS 
May 29, 2017 Samsung Electronics considers adding capacity at China chip plant
Samsung, the world’s No.1 memory chip maker, has already invested billion in the Xi’an facility to make 3D NAND memory chips. (Reuters) Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday it is considering adding memory chip production capacity at its manufacturing base in China amid an industry-wide boom that will likely fuel record sales […]
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