- NEC increases the deliveries volumes of USB 3.0 controllers - AMD phenom II X6 1055T - TSMC Chapter predicts a slow down in the market for semiconductors in the second half-year - Apple negotiations with the television networks for iPad move with difficulty -

Today computer news : 2010 - 03 - 19

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DATE:2010-03-19

At present, USB 3.0 controllers from NEC productions can be met not only on motherboards, but also in notebooks, nettops and netbooks. They are also actively used in different devices, which add to existing computer  USB 3.0 support.  Each NEC chip uPD720200 ensures the support of two ports USB 3.0, which are  usually visually separated by the dark-blue color.  

Last Wednesday NEC electronics company stated about its intentions to increase the monthly production volume of  USB 3.0 controllers to two million pieces to April present year. The first controllers in this model were released during September 2009, at the given moment it is already dispatched three million chips.  USB 3.0 Controllers demonstrate sharper start in comparison with USB 2.0 controllers:  in its time NEC required one and half year, in order to release three first millions controllers.

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DATE:2010-03-19

Yesterday we reported about frequency characteristics of six-core processors phenom II X6. Elder processor phenom II X6 1075T will operate at 3.0 GHz frequency, in this case the TDP level will not exceed 125 W. This combination of characteristics can be recognized as successful, if we consider that Phenom II X6 1075T is released on 45 nm technology and has six cores.

In the third quarter, present year AMD company will present a certain six-core processor phenom II X6, according to its characteristics exceeding Phenom II X6 1075T (3.0 GHz). Easily, to assume that the new model will be phenom II X6 1095T and operate at 3.2 GHz frequency.

Furthermore, associate reported about the analog of turbo boost technology, used by AMD processors with six cores. The model phenom II X6 1055T, for example, will be automatically overclocked from 2.8 to 3.3 GHz, if not all of processor core will be completely loaded. Five hundred megahertz of increase  this great for six-core processor.

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DATE:2010-03-19

The head of TSMC company,  forecasts an increased indic of the semiconductor industry by 18% for the sums of the present year.  Directly, business on contract semiconductor microcircuit  production in this year can grow to 29%. In the period between 2011 and 2014, according to (Morris Chang) forecasts,  the semiconductor industry will  yearly grow by 4-5%. In the second-half this year the increase must be slowed down, to the previous dynamics value it will return only in the beginning of 2011.

Enormous expenditures for the mastery of thinner  technical processes will soon limit the quantity of producers, capable of arranging the production of chips according to the new technological standards. According to TSMC chapter forecast,    in case with 15 nm technology the quantity of producers will not exceed three. Even giants like Intel and Samsung enter in the technological alliances, which decrease risks and optimize expenditures on the mastery of new technical processes.

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DATE:2010-03-19

Apple company,  expected to obtain advantageous contracts with television networks, which would allow it to propose access to tv programs to all owners of iPad. Originally, the discussion dealt with one form of subscription, which allow to examine TV programs, transmitted by Internet.  Negotiations with T.V. networks are complex, since the owners of copyrights fear, that the propagation of accessible video programs among the owners of iPad can hurt the incomes of television networks from the realization of licenses to the translation on cable.  

The only successful apple initiative at the given moment - this is  the online book iBooks store,   through which the company intends to extend electronic versions of books. However, if iPad proves to be popular product, television networks and publishing houses can rapidly change their relation to this platform.  

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