Ankylosaur was sluggish and deaf
German and Austrian scientists took a closer look at the braincase of a dinosaur from Austria. The group examined the fossil with a micro-CT and found surprising new details: it was sluggish and deaf. The respective study was recently published in th.....»»
Taiwan III-V IC suppliers see different market prospects for 2023
Taiwan's compound semiconductor foundry houses and epi-wafer suppliers show different views about when market demand will rebound in 2023, after seeing their shipments of handset-use GaAs power amplifier (PA) plunge on sluggish smartphone sales in mo.....»»
All eyes on Samsung"s memory output
With the memory sector experiencing a severe downturn, market attention has been refocused on whether Samsung Electronics will announce production cuts by the end of 2022 or in early 2023 to counter sluggish demand......»»
CIS vendors eyeing more opportunities for new metaverse applications
As CMOS image sensor (CIS) demand for handset applications is expected to stay sluggish throughout at least the first half of 2023, CIS suppliers are pinning their hopes on major brand vendors releasing new metaverse devices at the CES 2023 to bring.....»»
Samsung raises 3D NAND flash prices by 10%
Despite sluggish demand, Samsung raised its NAND flash prices for the first half of December, with 3D NAND flash prices rising by as much as 10%, according to industry sources......»»
Weak sales have hindered path to IPO for Chinese phone brand Honor
Ever since Honor became an independent entity, rumors about an IPO have never stopped. However, with the macro economy slowdown and weak consumer demand, the smartphone market is no longer a high-growth industry. The sluggish sales performances and h.....»»
African smartphone market suffers sharp fall as sluggish economies cause slowdown in consumer demand, says IDC
Newly released data from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that Africa's overall mobile phone market suffered an on-year (YoY) decline of 19.9% in the third quarter of 2022 to total 42.2 million units. The feature phone market was.....»»
New find suggests ankylosaurs’ tail clubs were for bashing each other
The evolution of this weapon may have had little to do with threats from predators. Enlarge / The tail clubs of ankylosaur species seem to have been used to bash each other rather than predators. (credit: Henry Sharpe) N.....»»
New find suggests ankylosaur’s tail clubs were for bashing each other
The evolution of this weapon may have had little to do with threats from predators. Enlarge / The tail clubs of ankylosaur species seem to have been used to bash each other rather than predators. (credit: Henry Sharpe) N.....»»
Tesla set to reduce Shanghai output in sign of sluggish demand
Tesla Inc. plans to lower production at its Shanghai factory, according to people familiar with the matter, in the latest sign demand in China isn't living up to expectations......»»
Taiwan memory vendors cutting output against sluggish demand
Most of Taiwan's memory chips vendors have followed in the footsteps of leading international players such as Samsung Electronics, Micron, SK Hynix, and Kioxia to cut production in response to mounting inventory pressure facing the entire memory supp.....»»
Magically Master Your Mouse Movement
Struggling with sluggish scrolling or muted movement? Default settings causing rodent rage? Read our quick guide to changing your mouse's sensitivity and other settings in Windows......»»
Samsung Vietnam smartphone factory expected to shut down for 15 days
Samsung Electronics Vietnam smartphone factory is expected to shut down for about 15 days in December, probably due to sluggish smartphone sales and Samsung's desire to take more aggressive measures to adjust inventory, the Korean media reported......»»
MediaTek may see weak 1H23
MediaTek may experience a weak first half of 2023, as the mobile SoC supplier continues to see customers slowing down their paces of orders due to sluggish end-market demand, according to industry sources......»»
Automotive chip migrating to advanced process nodes only increases dependency on mature nodes
Foundries are expected to have more capacities to serve automotive chip clients as their capacity utilization rates for consumer electronics chips are declining amid sluggish end-market demand.....»»
First-tier backend houses see falling capacity utilization rates
ASE Technology and other first-tier IC backend houses have seen their fab capacity utilization rates start loosening, as fabless clients have also begun to ask them to defer order fulfillment amid sluggish end-market demand, after doing so to second-.....»»
Chinese foundries nearly halve 6-inch wafer fabrication quotes
China-based foundries specializing in power ICs and components have nearly halved their 6-inch wafer fabrication prices amid sluggish diodes and other power devices demand, according to industry sources......»»
Why the App Store’s tone-deaf gambling ads make me worry about Apple
We've seen ads ruin the user experience of nearly every product under the sun. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Apple released iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1 to the public last week, with a long list of new featu.....»»
PC, handset sales could worsen next year to 2019-2020 levels, say foundry sources
Sluggish PC and handset sales are expected to worsen further in the first half of 2023, and most supply chain players are likely to see their shipments and revenues for next year fall back to 2019 or 2020 levels, with TSMC among the few that remain a.....»»
Revolutionary smart glasses let deaf people see conversations in real-time
What if everything you said was immediately subtitled and shared with deaf people around you? That seems to be the idea behind XRAI Glass, a new software solution being paired with Nreal’s AR glasses. The software allows users to connect the gl.....»»
Apple to slash orders for iPhone 14 Plus, say sources
Some iPhone 14 supply chain makers and channel operators have confirmed that Apple has decided to cut back its orders for the iPhone 14 Plus due to the sluggish sales of the model, according to industry sources......»»