- ASML notes increased interest in EUV-scanners - Lilium first trial flight - This year, the volume of deliveries of gaming laptops will grow by 20 percents - Powerchip you need to prepare for a protracted shortage of RAM -

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POSTER: computer news   ||    ASML NOTES INCREASED INTEREST IN EUV-SCANNERS	DATE:2017-04-21
For the Dutch company ASML, engaged in the development and manufacture of equipment for semiconductor lithography, the beginning of the year was very good.  The number of orders for scanners of the EUV (13.5 nm) range has grown and active purchases of 193-nm scanners, optimal for the production of memory and logic with the norms of 10 and 7 nm, are continuing.  Executed applications for the purchase of EUV-scanners include 21 installations.  The total cost of the order is 2.3 billion euros ($ 2.46 billion).  It's about the latest NXE scanners: 3400B.  In addition, the company intends to upgrade the 14 previously sold NXE systems: 3300 and NXE: 3350.  New and modernized plants will be able to process 125 plates per hour, with an efficiency of 90%, which allows us to talk about the soon-to-be commercial application of EUV lithography. The names of customers for EUV-scanners were not disclosed.  In total, ASML has five customers, which obviously include Intel, TSMC, Samsung and GlobalFoundries.  Negotiations are being held with two more companies, whose names are also not disclosed.  ASML assures that the chip makers have become more interested in EUV equipment.  Of the well-known, it can be recalled that in part the EUV scanners TSMC will begin to use for the release of 7-nm chips of the second generation and completely wants to switch to EUV-scanners for the release of 5-nm solutions.  Samsung adheres to a similar plan, although it can start using EUV-scanners already in the first generation of 7-nm process technology.  As for Intel, it will start using the latest equipment for the release of 5-nm solutions. In the first quarter of 2017, ASML generated 1.94 billion euros (about $ 2.08 billion).  Revenue has consistently increased by 2% and 46% per year.  Net profit for the period was $ 452 million euro ($ 484 million).  Consistently quarterly profit decreased by 14%, but in annual terms increased by 128%.  In the second quarter, the company expects to raise from 1.9 to 2 billion euros. In conclusion, we add that ASML has entered into a partnership agreement with Cadence Design Systems.  Cadence's design tools will include models and ASML scanner profiles.  This will allow developers to test the design of chips before making solutions - even at the design stage.  Such an innovation will reduce the probability of errors in the stage of the first silicon output and shorten the production cycle. Select Rating : Currently 10.00/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 48454 Rating: 10.0/10 (5 votes cast) ASML notes increased interest in EUV-scanners	Add Comment ( 1 ) ASML NOTES INCREASED INTEREST IN EUV-SCANNERS

POSTER: computer news   ||    LILIUM FIRST TRIAL FLIGHT	DATE:2017-04-21
According to Electrek website, the full-sized prototype of the two-seater Lilium electroplane with the vertical take-off and landing function has recently successfully completed the first test flight.  Flight control was carried out from the ground remotely.   In the current version, this powerplant is ready to offer displacement up to 300 km at a speed of up to 300 km / h.  Given the lack of traffic jams in the sky, travel by air on such a "taxi" can take up to five times less time than on a car.  The possibility of vertical take-off and landing allows you to do without long runways.  The design of the electric plane implies the presence of 36 electric motors (12 at the front, and 12 pieces on each wing), which change the orientation of the rotor axis depending on the direction of travel being set.  The developers claim that the failure of one or more electric motors does not affect the functioning of neighboring ones.  Such redundancy lies in the layout of the traction battery. Moreover, the program of "active assistance to the pilot" warns him against the commission of dangerous maneuvers.  On the level of energy efficiency in the horizontal sections of the trajectory, such an aircraft is comparable to an electric vehicle, as claimed by its creators.  By the way, their number has gradually increased from four people to forty.  The company's specialists are now embarking on the development of a more capacious version of the electric plane, capable of taking on board up to five people. Select Rating : Currently 10.00/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 48453 Rating: 10.0/10 (7 votes cast) Lilium first trial flight	Add Comment ( 1 ) LILIUM FIRST TRIAL FLIGHT

POSTER: computer news   ||    THIS YEAR, THE VOLUME OF DELIVERIES OF GAMING LAPTOPS WILL GROW BY 20 PERCENTS	DATE:2017-04-21
Experts of all stripes in recent years are unanimous that demand for desktop PCs and laptops of mediocre configurations is steadily declining, but gaming systems are gaining popularity.  Since the latter provide a higher rate of profit, many manufacturers are involved in this segment.  MSI, for example, was among the first to understand that gaming laptops will survive.   According to the results of this year, the volume of deliveries of gaming laptops will increase by 20% compared to last year, as Taiwan sources expect.  Demand is fueled not only by virtual reality technologies, but also by growing competition, which forces manufacturers to lower prices for gaming laptops.  Last year about four million devices of this type were shipped.  Of these, about 800 thousand pieces fell to MSI, which released last year at least 50 models of gaming laptops.  Asustek Computer is another largest manufacturer of gaming mobile computers. Select Rating : Currently 10.00/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 48452 Rating: 10.0/10 (5 votes cast) This year, the volume of deliveries of gaming laptops will grow by 20 percents	Add Comment ( 1 ) THIS YEAR, THE VOLUME OF DELIVERIES OF GAMING LAPTOPS WILL GROW BY 20 PERCENTS

POSTER: computer news   ||   POWERCHIP YOU NEED TO PREPARE FOR A PROTRACTED SHORTAGE OF RAM	DATE:2017-04-21
Market participants and industry analysts give different forecasts on the dynamics of prices for operating memory, which so far does not please the consumer due to a shortage of products.  From the pages of the resource DigiTimes head of the Taiwanese manufacturer Powerchip Technology Frank Huang (Frank Huang) said that the shortage of memory chips and its high cost, as a result, will remain for a long period, and this must be prepared. Manufacturers of memory chips,  said, over the past five years have not put into operation additional capacity.  The optimization of the loading  equipment and production costs continued, but this was mainly due to the development of new technical processes.  The leader of the market in the face of Samsung focused on the production of 10-nm chips and the business of issuing memory type NAND, and the DRAM memory remained in the shadows.  This market is not so competitive, and it is difficult for newcomers such as Chinese manufacturers to survive on it.   The situation is complicated by the fact that it is unprofitable even now to build new factories for the release of operational memory chips.  And technological processes below 20 nm also do not give cost reduction.  It turns out that the industry for the release of RAM is at an impasse, and the prices are simply difficult to find the reasons for the decline.  The hopes of entering the segment of Chinese memory producers may not be justified. Select Rating : Currently 10.00/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 48451 Rating: 10.0/10 (5 votes cast) Powerchip you need to prepare for a protracted shortage of RAM	Add Comment ( 1 ) POWERCHIP YOU NEED TO PREPARE FOR A PROTRACTED SHORTAGE OF RAM

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