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Tuesday 21 May 2024
ASML and TSMC can disable chip machines if China invades Taiwan
ASML Holding NV and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. have ways to disable the world's most sophisticated chipmaking machines in the event that China invades Taiwan, according...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Alibaba sparks China AI price war with spate of steep discounts
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. slashed prices for a clutch of artificial intelligence services by as much as 97%, spurring an immediate response from Baidu Inc. in potentially the start...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Concerned about market restrictions in China, Sony expands its CIS market share outside of China
Sony's semiconductor business, namely the Imaging & Sensing Solutions Segment primarily driven by CMOS Image Sensors (CIS), is expected to experience significant growth in the...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
EV rivalry among US, Europe, China stresses top German carmakers
The rivalry among China, Europe, and the US – the world's three largest EV markets – heats up as America and Europe are poised to raise tariffs on Chinese EVs. China has...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
SDC and LGD dominate OLED monitor market with rapid growth and gaming focus
OLED panels used for external screens/monitors remain dominated by the two major South Korean panel manufacturers, Samsung Display (SDC) and LG Display (LGD), becoming a new growth...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
China's internet giants see 1Q24 revenues skyrocket thanks to AI
AI models have now become the new battleground in China's tech industry, with the four leading giants—Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and JD, or BATJ for short—all seeking to...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Aplex expands market with OT and IT, adding AI to IoT framework
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications move from the cloud to the edge and end devices, the Industrial PC (IPC) sector is experiencing a broader application market.
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Renesas targets significant growth in Indian market, to scale down future acquisitions
Renesas Electronics highlighted the importance of the Indian market, aiming to boost its revenue share from India from the current 5% to between 10% and 15% by 2030. The company also...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Naura benefits from China chipmaking tool self-sufficiency
Market sources have identified Naura Technology as the principal beneficiary of China's initiative to achieve self-sufficiency in chipmaking equipment. Revenue for the Chinese fab...
Tuesday 21 May 2024
Samsung S25 likely to use Qualcomm chips despite rumors of 3nm Exynos, say market sources
There have been reports that Samsung Electronics' 3nm manufacturing process is ready and will be used on its newest Exynos flagship processor platform, which is expected to be released...
Monday 20 May 2024
China's EV makers taking longer to pay bills amid rising stress
The time it's taking for some of China's electric car makers to pay suppliers is ballooning — a further sign of stress in the nation's increasingly cutthroat auto market.
Monday 20 May 2024
Why Samsung and SK Hynix report rising inventories amid improving memory market
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix reported a surprising increase in semiconductor inventories in the first quarter, even as the memory market improved. The companies attributed the...
Monday 20 May 2024
Taiwan-based suppliers concerned whether rising Chinese carmakers could bring stable orders
China's homegrown automakers continue to rise as the country's economy still needs time to recover fully.
Monday 20 May 2024
EVs, smart driving systems fall victim to price war in China's car market
Price slashing has become increasingly common in China's automobile industry, even as the industry progresses from EVs to smart vehicles.
Monday 20 May 2024
Qualcomm confirms license to sell to Huawei has been revoked; patent licensing business unaffected
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) recently reported it has revoked Intel and Qualcomm's licenses to sell notebook and smartphone chips to Huawei.
Wednesday 23 December 2015
Samsung PRO Plus 128GB microSD cards
Samsung Electronics has unveiled its PRO Plus 128GB microSD card series, which is built with company's MLC NAND flash solution. With the introduction of its new 128GB microSD card, Samsung provides consumers with a memory card solution for capturing heavy-loaded, high-resolution video, photography and multimedia contents for use in today's mobile devices. The PRO Plus 128GB microSD is the newest addition to Samsung's PRO Plus lineup, which was first introduced in 32GB and 64GB versions in May 2015. The 128GB microSD features the highest-quality MLC NAND flash memory and UHS-I Speed Class 3 (U3) and Speed Class 10 support, offering the industry's fastest speeds of up to 95MB/s and 90MB/s for read and write respectively, Samsung said. The new PRO Plus 128GB microSD is meant for use in high-end smartphones and tablets, as well as fulfilling the security, capacity, performance and environment requirements inherent in newly emerging audio and video consumer electronics, specifically action cameras and drones. The new memory card is equipped to handle storing and transferring professional-grade photos and 4K UHD video recording and playback. It can record up to three hours and 50 minutes of 4K UHD video or 16 hours and 20 minutes of Full HD video in action cameras without the need to change or replace the memory card. In addition, the PRO Plus 128GB microSD can store a maximum of 10,940 photos or 30,670 MP3 songs based on Samsung's estimated user settings and configurations. Samsung will now offer the new PRO Plus 128GB microSD memory card in more than 50 countries including China, Europe, Korea, the US and other regions.