
iPhone 6S has A9 from TSMC or Samsung
16nm FinFET or 14nm Samsung
There has been a lot of talk whether the Apple's A9 SoC comes from Samsung or TSMC and it turns out that Apple uses both.

Samsung VR seems a little cheap
Only $99
Samsung has stolen a march on Occulus by releasing its VR specs in November and for an unbelievable price of $99.

Samsung slashes chip spending
20 per cent cut
Samsung plans to cut investment in semiconductors by up to 20 percent next year to prevent further price falls.

Fingerprint sensors fall below $5
Everyone can get their mitts on them
While fingerprint sensors are seen as a "top of the range" smartphone item, the cost of providing them is now minimal.

SSD market growing fast
Asia Pacific growing faster
A new report into the SSD market has concluded that it is getting bigger faster than David Cameron in a butcher's shop.

Samsung launches 950 PRO M.2 PCIe SSD
$199.99 for the 256GB and $349.99 for the 512GB
Samsung has just released its Samsung 950 PRO is a M.2 PCIe with an attractive price tag – $199.99 for the 256GB and $349.99 for the 512GB

Nvidia sorts out HBM for Pascal
SK Hynix and Samsung are making it
SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics are planning to mass produce second-gen High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) for Nvidia's Pascal GPU.

Foldable smartphone out after Christmas
Project Valley rumours true
Samsung's foldable smartphone, dubbed 'Project Valley' is rumoured to be coming out in January.

Samsung will not make Pascal
TSMC gets the deal
Nvidia is to launch the Pascal GPU next year as a successor of the Maxwell GPU and originally it had been suspected that it would be made in Samsung's fabs using its 14nm technology.

Mediatek wants to push power management
Targeting TV and smartphones
Beancounters at Digitimes research claim that Mediatek's moves to buy Richtek Technology will help the analog IC vendor to push its power management (PWM) gear to the smartphone and TV panel sectors.