Xilinx Announces New Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2) F1 Enabler Types for its 16-nm UltraScale + Family of FPGAs to Accelerate Gene Research, Financial Analysis, and Imaging in Amazon’s Cloud-Based Web Services (AWS) Processing, massive data, security, and machine learning to infer workloads.

In addition to the Amazon EC2 F1 implementation, AWS has released an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) design tool that provides FPGA developers with pre-built development tools and scripts that include the Xilinx Vivado Design Suite and authorizations. pps272

“We believe that FPGAs will be the dominant application for cloud computing,” said Steve Glaser, senior vice president of Xilinx’s Enterprise Strategy Group. “The AWS announcement last week confirms that this trend is taking place and is unstoppable. lm2936mp-5.0/nopb

Storage-class memory (SCM), also known as persistent memory, is a composite storage technology that combines both traditional storage and memory characteristics. Since storage-level memory can provide more memory than flash Faster read / write speeds are cheaper than DRAMs in terms of cost and are expected to be the next generation of revolutionary storage technologies, both from the performance side and from the application side.

Strictly speaking, the storage level memory is not entirely memory, not entirely traditional storage device, although it is like DRAM can be embedded into the motherboard slot, but its computing speed slower than DRAM, and even in the Loss of power in the state can still continue to save data, at this point is relatively close to the characteristics of traditional storage devices. NJU7221L20

However, compared to traditional storage devices, storage-level memory not only in the read and write data to provide faster speed, while the erase and write data when the program also has greater flexibility, unlike the general flash memory is very Easy to wear and tear because of high frequency read and write times.

Interestingly, the storage-level memory can process data in bytes or blocks at the same time, giving the operating system, software, and virtual machine hypervisor the developer , In the use of storage-level memory as a medium application device to obtain greater flexibility.

For example, the operating system would initially view storage-level storage as a block storage device formatted by the file system and a database with compatibility capabilities, but the next-generation application might choose to map directly through memory Memory-mapped files to access storage-level storage, and the virtual machine monitor can allocate separate areas of the storage-level memory to different virtual machines for use as program execution memory, or the like Flash memory storage resources. 2SD466

Compared with the use of traditional DRAM, the biggest difference between the storage-level memory is that it can be stored continuously without loss of data due to the interruption of external power supply. In addition, it can process data in units of bytes, The need to store data packages in blocks of 512 consecutive bytes, the combination of these two features is bound to change the future of the application design architecture and manner.

On the current status of development, the storage level of memory technology is expected to be in the end of 2016 into the practical application stage, the beginning will be made by Intel (Intel) 3D XPoint technology architecture come out on top, and Hewlett-Packard (HP) and SanDisk In the past has also been announced to cooperate in the development of SCM technology, but the fastest may have to wait until 2017 or later have the opportunity to really come out.

As with any emerging technology, the early use of storage-level storage may be limited to specific industries and uses, especially in the performance of price and performance considerations, most of this technology can only be applied to specific areas, Including in-memory computing, high-performance computing, and server-side caching, are likely to be early adopters of storage-level storage.

Drive and touch chip manufacturers to launch integrated drive and touch functionality TDD chip victory, including Huawei, ZTE, OPPO, VIVO, millet and other top ten mobile phone factory in mainland China all adopted, to this end, the fourth quarter single Month TDDI shipments can be estimated to reach 3 million, quarter by 50%, and led the fourth quarter revenue is expected to buck the trend in the first quarter of next year, shipments is reached 4.5 million, 50%, the first quarter revenue is optimistic.

TD-TDDI chips shipped in heavy volume, since June revenue growth momentum to reproduce, and even in the third quarter suffered a shortage of small panel supply, but the overall third-quarter operating results in line with expectations, especially with TDDI chip official heavy volume shipments , Single-month shipments reached 200 million, and help the third quarter gross profit margin is to return to two percent of the mark. pps272

After entering the fourth quarter, although the small panel side is still tight supply pressure, but the Thai-chip in the TDDI side, repeatedly heard the news received orders, in particular, has been identified to include ZTE, Huawei, millet, OPPO, VIVO, etc. China’s top ten mobile phone factory orders in hand, in this injection, the fourth quarter of Dunhua TDDI single-chip shipments will reach 3 million, compared with the third quarter of the month of 200 million, quarter by five percent.

In addition, in response to the Lunar New Year next year’s procurement season demand, Dunt is currently the first quarter orders are almost all in place, the first quarter of next year, TDDI chip monthly orders has reached 4.5 million, compared with the fourth quarter of this year, , With considerable growth, to the second quarter of next year, shipments are expected to continue to climb up to 700 million, quarterly more than 55%. lm2936mp-5.0/nopb

In other words, with the high price and high margin of the TDDI chip shipments are showing quarterly growth rate of more than 50%, Dunnet fourth quarter, next year’s first quarter and next year’s second-quarter revenue is quite visible, Gross margin will be 20% mark for the bottom line, a significant quarterly upward climb.

Following the acquisition of NT $ 130 billion of shares in the company, Micron decided to expand its investment in Taiwan and plan to build Micron’s first 3D memory IC packaging and testing facility in China and to recruit former Amkor, General Manager Liang Mingcheng as general manager of the business in Taiwan, the new investment plan is scheduled to be announced on the 12th.

Liang Mingcheng on the 4th confirmed at the end of October to leave Aiker, but Micron has not yet officially released personnel on the cloth, he said, still resting low-key, detailed positions such as Micron announced.

It is understood that the acquisition of Micron shares Micron has been the end of the equity case, Subfamily has been on November 30 to stop trading, Micron scheduled to hold the United States on the 12th to join Micron’s Micron celebration, Micron CEO Duncan (Mark Duncan) Will once again personally arrived in Taiwan to host, is expected to also be announced simultaneously related personnel and expand investment in Taiwan layout. tps74801drcr

Semiconductor equipment manufacturers to disclose, Micron completed the acquisition of subfamily, the future will be incorporated into the Taiwan Micron after the company, a Micron DRAM advanced process pioneer. Micron plans to set up in the next step in the most advanced 3D DRAM IC packaging and testing plant, is currently negotiating with the relevant government departments and related land purchase operations.

In addition, Micron also plans to HuaYaKe in Taoyuan HuaYaKe park next to the land, for expansion. In late September of this year, Micron CEO Duncan personally called Mayor Taoyuan Zheng Wencan, that is, for the relevant expansion and EIA case, hoping Taoyuan city government to help.

Semiconductor equipment manufacturers have revealed that Micron has completed in Ruijin, Taiwan Branch is the largest share of Micron production DRAM production after the acquisition, coupled with the Taiwan financial institutions to borrow 80 billion yuan, in the Taiwan’s total investment reached 600 billion yuan.

Micron follow-up to expand the investment case, including 3D DRAM IC packaging and testing plant and subfamily sub-expansion case, the estimated total investment amount is 100 billion yuan. gmf32024abtw

Long-term and Micron’s Formosa Plastics executives also stressed that the focus of US DRAM production focus bet in Taiwan, the main fancy talent in Taiwan and semiconductor supply chain integrity, short-term can not turn to cooperation with the purple, the focus shifted to mainland China, Taiwan is not yet To be marginalized.

South Asia Branch in the disposal of subfractional stocks, the decision of which 445.7 billion yuan to 17.25 US dollars per share investment in Micron private equity common stock, made Micron 5.02% stake, as Micron third Large shareholders, and made Micron 1X / 1Y advanced DRAM technology licensing, the two sides still maintain close cooperation.

KAIST IP filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Texas Federal District Court on November 30, alleging unauthorized use of Samsung Electronics, Qualcomm and GlobalFoundries, according to Korean media. KAIST IP, a patent management subsidiary of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Its own “FinFET” technology patents, require payment of royalties.

“In addition to Samsung, Qualcomm and Grosvenor, the future plans for Taiwan’s TSMC, Apple (Apple), Apple and Apple (Apple),” said KAIST IP said, “Samsung has long been ongoing and Samsung to pay the royalties on the issue of consultation, but Samsung fully rejected, resulting in the breakdown of negotiations, )Sue”. mbrb2035ct

KAIST IP said that Samsung, Grosvenor, TSMC use FinFET technology to produce, sell mobile phone chips, but do not pay royalties. Samsung, Groot grid supply chip to Qualcomm, TSMC is to help Apple to produce iPhone chips. j1011f01p

According to reports, Samsung said, “Samsung is currently in charge of the contents of the complaint.Samsung from the early 2000s on the development of 3D semiconductor technology, and has a FinFET technology-related patents.”

IHS Markit, the global LCD TV panel manufacturer, today unveiled a new LCD TV panel manufacturer in the United States that will convert its old LCD factory in 2017 into a larger LCD TV panel and a more flexible and flexible business strategy. Volume target set at 258.4 million units, down 1.2%.

IHS monitor supply chain director, said Yang Jingping, LCD TV panel shipments in 2016 compared with the same period in 2015 decreased by 5%, down to 2.616 million units. Among the six panel makers, BOE and Huaxing are the biggest contributors to TV panel shipments growth in 2016, thanks to the increased demand for 32-inch panels. But these growth is still not enough to offset the South Korea and Taiwan, the main panel plant shipments decreased. Several panel makers are turning to larger panels, facing lower production efficiencies or a significant drop in demand for smaller sizes such as 23.6-inch panels. Even in 2017, panel makers such as BOE, Qunchuang Optoelectronics and Huaxing Optoelectronics will have new capacity inputs. Overall, LCD TV panel makers will be careful to develop their 2017 production plans and business strategies. b32529c182k289

BOE has seen positive growth in shipments in recent years; however, as the company will shift to producing more large-size panels (especially 43-inch and 55-inch) and some of its capacity will also be used to produce IT panels, 2017 shipments will be reduced by 14%. Panel makers are now more aggressive in diversifying their product strategies, including the development of larger panels and other high-end products such as 4K panels, rather than expanding the supply of current TV panels. tda7580

Japanese display panel maker Japan Display will receive up to 100 billion yen (US $ 886 million) in financial aid from Japan’s “Industrial Innovation Organization” ( “INCJ”), sources close to Bloomberg said. This “emergency relief” will infuse Japan Development into a new development resource.

The source said, Japan Display is trying to win INCJ injection. INCJ is funded by the Japanese government, a fund agency, is Japan Display’s largest shareholder. At present, the two sides tend to sell preferred stock to avoid dilution of common shareholders. The person also said, Japan Display plans to use this money to increase the on-board display panels and next-generation mobile phone screen research and development. 38634-5108

Currently, Japan Display is still one of the leading LCD screen suppliers for smartphones. However, due to global handset sales growth slowed down, as well as from South Korea and Chinese manufacturers competition, Japan Display has been a loss for two consecutive years, this year there is no signs of losses.

At the same time, Japan Display and rival Sharp need a lot of money to develop OLED panels, to win more iPhone and other mobile phone orders. It was reported that Apple will launch next year, a OLED screen iPhone, but the screen may be tense supply situation.

Currently, Japan Display about half of the revenue from Apple’s orders. As a result, the decline in iPhone sales before the impact of the Japan Display performance.

The source also said Japan Display and INCJ will announce the news this month as soon as possible. By then, Japan Display may also announce long-term development plan. In addition, the company is also considering issuing subordinated debt. uevm4460g-02-01-00

Japan Display is the Japanese government led by Sony, Hitachi, Toshiba’s display sector in 2012 to set up the company, INCJ is currently the largest shareholder of Japan Display, the proportion of 35.58%.

According to the New York Times, Microsoft is spending a lot of money and resources to study quantum computers.

A quantum computer is a physical device that follows the laws of quantum mechanics and performs high-speed computation, storage and processing of quantum information. Because it uses overlapping quantum units of bits, allowing the data to be 0 and 1 at the same time, so it is also very obvious advantages: processing speed amazing, billions of times faster than traditional computers. Lei Feng network done a lot of detailed science reports, not much to say here.

However, people see the quantum computer, often only exists in science fiction. With the continuous development of science and technology, it is a step by step toward our lives. Lei Feng network has reported the emergence of the world’s first quantum computer bridge, and if the future quantum computer can be widely put into use, many industries will be subverted, such as pharmacology, artificial intelligence. rk73z1ettp

Microsoft believes that the company from the “development of basic quantum building block” goal is close enough, the company’s engineering manager Todd Holmdahl said, “At present, Microsoft has been able to design basic quantum bit component unit, do a good job to develop a complete quantum Computer preparation. ”

Researchers are faced with the challenge of developing quantum computers that can actually be put into use, and Microsoft’s approach to entry is somewhat different from that of its rivals. The company’s approach is based on “anyons”. An arbitrary child is a particle in 2D that can be used to construct a supercomputer’s modules and to excite the physical properties of subatomic atoms.

Is it possible to have a quantum computer perform a practical calculation? Physicists and computer scientists are debating this issue. In some research projects, researchers have tried to create quantums with different materials. Microsoft chose topological quantum computing. Three scientists this year won the Nobel Prize in physics, they believe that particles may be able to 2D form, and Microsoft’s approach is based on this as the basis.

“The combination of semiconductors and superconductors is our secret,” says the R & D team. Microsoft has recently made substantial progress in controlling materials that can be used to form qubits, which are very close to the goal of keeping quantum computing temperatures at absolute zero. h5gq2h24mfr-t2c

In fact, as early as 2005, Microsoft has begun to study quantum computing technology. At that time Microsoft also quietly set up a “Station Q” laboratory, is responsible for digital home Michael Freedman. Now Microsoft is determined to jump out of pure academic research, plans to spend huge resources development of quantum computer prototype products, and IBM and Google and other technology giants together this piece.

However, the current number of algorithms to go beyond the number of computers is still relatively small. From the early Shor “s algorithm we may see a glimmer of hope that future quantum computing can be used to break the crypto-ness. Once this research is achieved, not only will the entire physical world undergo drastic changes in people’s lives We will be able to speed up the search through the quantum computer database, the implementation of machine learning algorithm.This will become the computer vision and speech recognition technology, a major positive for the future of electronic commerce will be a breakthrough, .

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, today announced that its trusted Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) product portfolio will integrate Hitachi Content Intelligence as the industry’s only search and analytics Objects Store products. HCP has now integrated cloud file gateway functionality and enterprise file synchronization and sharing capabilities, and continue to improve the enterprise’s strategic management of information, Hitachi Content Intelligence can make HCP better. More than 1700 customers have used HCP as an important component of the digital transformation process. With Hitachi Content Intelligence, these customers can transform data into meaningful business information and deliver it to the right people at the most important moments.

Hitachi Content Intelligence explores search-relevant and factual information in a growing database of silos and databases that are bothering today’s businesses. By aggregating multiple schema data, Hitachi Content Intelligence can analyze data more quickly, make data management and governance more complete, and control the distribution of enterprise data based on the business value of the data.

“Hitachi Content Platform has changed our compliance investigation and reduced our search time from weeks to hours.When we are monitoring, searching and intervening in compliance around the world, Hitachi Content “Intelligence is a very important and necessary tool,” said Walter Hendricks, Rabobank Compliance Survey and Intervention Business Change Manager.

Rabobank serves more than 10 million customers in 47 countries and employs 51,000 people around the world. Like all financial institutions, Rabobank’s service locations must comply with local regulations. In line with current and future compliance investigations, the company needed an efficient, flexible, and fully functional solution. With Hitachi’s products, Rabobank can provide all the information that an authorized user needs at the counter without having to resort to IT staff. 50yxf100mce8x11.5

Precision Discovery and the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) also assist in the implementation of key digital transformation projects through Hitachi Data Systems. With seamlessly integrated Hitachi Content Intelligence, HCP’s existing customers can analyze increasingly structured and unstructured data without having to go through third-party vendors.

The National Archives and Records Administration uses HCP and Hitachi Content Intelligence to store and maintain a large number of important electronic archives that can be accessed, including e-mail, photos, documents, and many open-source applications. “We chose Hitachi Content Intelligence rather than a Solr-based system or a self-developed system because it uses flexible software development tools and is integrated with the HCP, and when we do anything with this platform, we do not have to worry about being “Said Jason van Valkenburgh, vice president of Hitachi Consulting. Hitachi Consulting provides project management and application development services for HDS Federal and major contract holder ViON Corporation. 6437288-2

“Precision Discovery recognizes the value of HCP and Hitachi Content Intelligence because they address the most difficult part of the litigation process, allowing us to build custom solutions that significantly reduce customer costs, increase visibility, and effectively manage Risk. “Without Hitachi Content Intelligence’s intelligence, scalability and agility, that’s not going to happen,” said Howard Holton, Precision Discovery’s chief information officer.

“For today’s businesses, data is the most important strategic asset,” says Scott Baker, Senior Associate at Emerging Technologies, HDS. “In an instant and effective way, linking people to the right information is closely tied to the market, “Hitachi Content Intelligence helps organizations organize, transform and package corporate data into factual information that provides value to the business.”

With Hitachi Content Intelligence, business organizations can:

· Build standard and consistent corporate search processes throughout the IT environment to improve employee productivity and efficiency.

• Provide self-service and intuitive, data-discovery experiences for employees at all levels of the organization, including detailed data queries and temporary natural language search support.

· Get ​​new insights faster by automatically extracting, sorting, adding, and categorizing data.

• Reduce business risks and vulnerabilities caused by inaccessible, unknown, or lost data, while improving the operational efficiency of the business.

• Identify infrequently used materials and move them automatically to low-cost object storage layers to optimize existing infrastructure.

Key features of Hitachi Content Intelligence include:

· Consolidate enterprise data and convert it into valuable and relevant business information.

• Linking and aggregating heterogeneous silos to multiple structures at different locations.

· Flexible deployment options, including physical, virtual, or hosted (public or private).

* High scalability and availability, can support up to more than 10,000 instances composed of distributed and dynamic clusters.

• Only authorized users can access specific data and integrate with authentication services, file security controls, and detailed accesses to ensure the confidentiality of data.

· Provide personalized self-service to match search results to individual users or groups.

· Highly scalable with a published application interface that can support custom data links, transition stages, or build new apps.

· Provides easy-to-use workflow design, management tools, and step-by-step data discovery search applications.

With Hitachi Content Intelligence, organizations can link and aggregate data silos, transform and add data richness as they process, and analyze all the data stored on the platform. This is the industry’s only integrated cloud gateway functionality, file synchronization and sharing, data search and analysis capabilities of the object storage solution.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) – Samsung Electronics (Nasdaq: SAMS) today announced it has acquired NewNet Communications (RCS), a Canadian-based company that may be developing its own RCS standard messaging applications. One such application is Apple’s iMessage.

Samsung’s previous mobile messaging application, Chaton, had a large number of users in a period of time, but in the end in front of competitors eclipsed. ChatON launched in 2011, four years later in March 2015 was closed. In the meantime, the application of active users to a large number of WhatsApp, Viber and WeChat competitors. SS2B003

After the acquisition of NewNet, Samsung may consider re-development of a chat platform. In the acquisition statement, Samsung said consumers will “benefit from advanced messaging experiences such as enhanced call features, group chat, easy sharing and transfer of large files and high-definition photos,” which apparently implies RCS support is part of the program . 2ST5949

Interestingly, Samsung’s interest may not be for Galaxy users to develop proprietary messaging applications, but the development can be widely used, and perhaps cross-platform applications.