Electronic core news morning: when the semiconductor industry integration
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Reuters quoted sources as saying that Intel is discussing the acquisition of programmable logic chip giant Altera, the price of the acquisition is likely to exceed $ 10 billion. This will be the biggest acquisition in the history of Intel Corporation. Earlier this month, NXP Semiconductors announced the acquisition of Freescale for $12 billion. At that time, industry insiders pointed out that there will be further integration in the semiconductor industry. According to Thomson Reuters, the global semiconductor industry's acquisitions in the past year reached $31 billion, the highest level since 2011. In the first 12 months of March 2 this year, there were 472 mergers and acquisitions in the global semiconductor industry, up from 383 in the previous year. For more information on technology, please pay attention to the daily electronic core morning newspaper.
First, the semiconductor
1, through Intel's more than 10 billion US dollars to buy chip factory Altera, a record amount. In the morning of March 28, Reuters quoted sources as saying that Intel is discussing the acquisition of programmable logic chip giant Altera, the price of this acquisition is likely to exceed 10 billion US dollars. This will be the biggest acquisition in the history of Intel Corporation. The semiconductor industry is continuing to integrate, and this acquisition will once again prove this trend. Programmable logic chips developed by Altera are widely used in telecommunications equipment, military equipment, and other industrial applications. With the decline in the PC market, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich is exploring other new markets.
2. Intel will jointly develop 1TB flash memory technology with Micron Technology. March 27th news, according to foreign media reports, Intel will join Micron Technology to develop flash memory technology for smartphones, tablets and high-end notebooks. The new technology will provide 1TB of storage with half the size of the notebook memory. Micron and Intel hope to use chips based on 3D stacking technology to produce cheap, fast flash memory. The new chip will theoretically be used to produce small volumes of 3.5TB of flash memory. Intel said that today's high-end notebooks can provide 1TB of solid state drives, but they are very expensive, and cheaper chips can help low-end PCs use fast flash.
Second, communication news
1. Nursery: ICT technology will trigger the third industrial revolution. The Boao Forum 2015 began on March 26th. At the "3D Printing, Digital Manufacturing and Third Industrial Revolution" Forum 24 this afternoon, Miao Wei, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, said that in my personal opinion, The technology that triggered the third industrial revolution was ICT technology (information and communication technology), the development and application of ICT technology, especially the combination of ICT technology and manufacturing, which will be the trigger point of the third industrial revolution.
Third, the processor
1. The iPhone 6s chip is still OEM by Samsung, and TSMC is responsible for 6c. According to sources, Apple will launch three iPhones this year, two upgraded versions of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, and a new 4-inch model, tentatively named iPhone 6c. It is understood that TSMC will be the main chip supplier for iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, and Samsung will also participate in the A9 processor with 16nm manufacturing process. As for the iPhone 6c, the 20-nanometer A8 processor supplied by TSMC will be used.
2, MediaTek new processor officially released, or will become the new favorite of mobile phones. On March 27th, the mobile phone processor research and development company MediaTek held a press conference in Beijing and released the new high-end processor Helio. The new processor released this time will be divided into two series, Helio X and Helio P, which correspond to the top and middle end respectively. The first product of the Helio series is MT6795, which is an eight-core Cortex-A53 architecture. It is not the rumored quad-core A57+ quad-core A53, the highest frequency is 2.2GHz. It is said that MediaTek will use it to compete with the Snapdragon 810 and the Samsung Exynos 5433. In addition, Helio will have a higher-end 20nm process, integrated with the Cortex-A72 core, and baseband will also support carrier aggregation technology.
Fourth, the robot
1. Google Johnson announced the joint development of surgical robots. In the early morning of March 28, Google and Johnson & Johnson announced on Friday that the two companies will cooperate to develop robots that can perform surgery. The two companies say they are developing a "platform" that will produce robotic assistants who can help doctors during surgery. The specific financial terms of this cooperation were not disclosed.
2. A flying robot using "deformed wings". According to the British "Daily Mail" website reported on March 26, the robotics experts at Stanford University in the United States, inspired by the way bats and birds avoid collisions in the air, have created a flying robot using "deformed wings". The wings of the new robot are made of carbon fiber and polyester film, and each wing is equipped with a 3D printed bird wrist joint device that allows the wing hand to automatically fold and unfold during the flapping process. The wing arm that drives the wing is connected to the body of the robot through the shoulder joint, with a wingspan length of 40 cm and a chord width of 8 cm.
Five, intelligent hardware
1. How can a mobile phone be made? The Samsung answer is folding. On March 26th, consumers are now eager to get Samsung's latest curved screen Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone, but there are reports that Samsung has begun to study the next generation of fully foldable mobile phones. Unlike the current Galaxy S6 Edge and LG's Flex 2 curved screen phones, the Samsung Galaxy S7 will be able to bend and fold. It is reported that Samsung's fully collapsible mobile phone will be launched as early as next year. A Samsung LCD panel company Samsung Display spokesperson confirmed: "The industry believes that the commercialization of collapsible smartphones is expected to be achieved in 2016."
2, FB announced the prototype of solar drones, high-altitude Internet battle for white heat. According to Dow, Facebook expects that about 1,000 such drones will keep the entire Earth at a high speed. As for some areas that are extremely remote and not suitable for drones, Facebook is also considering coverage through satellites. It is reported that the initial test of the Facebook solar drone is scheduled to start this summer, and it is obviously a few years away from the final realization. Facebook is not the only technology company that is trying to connect to the world through drones. Competitor Google also announced the Project Loon program very early, but the latter mainly uses high-altitude hot air balloons to achieve Internet access.
VI. Virtual reality
1. Play virtual reality game dizziness? Because you can't see the nose. Virtual reality technology is so good, the only obstacle we have to it is dizziness. In order to solve the problem of vertigo, various manufacturers have made a lot of surprises, but the scientists at Purdue University said: In fact, as long as a nose is added, it will be solved. Although virtual reality can bring players an immersive gaming experience, if you just play for five minutes, you will spit all over the house, no matter how good. To alleviate dizziness, Sony's approach is to stick to the wired connection and force it with high resolution and low latency; Steam adds two interactive controllers to the VR glasses to let the player move all the way to deceive the brain.
2. Geeks cheered Oculus virtual reality devices for sale during the year. On March 27th, according to the "New York Times" online version, Facebook talked about the development of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, drones and other fields at the F8 Developer Conference, and revealed that Oculus virtual reality devices are expected to be released this year. Mike Sloupf, vice president of Facebook Engineering, showed developers a spaceship game called Eve: Valkyrie and said: "This year you can play this game in virtual reality scenes. It feels very Ok, you will be able to experience this with the device that Oculus ships."
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