3-19: Lenovo internal broad re-organization; Pegatron plans to establish factory in India; Intel and AMD reportedly in talk for GPU patent licensing; GTAT emerges from bankruptcy; etc.
Lenovo is going through internal reorganization, Motorola CEO leaves the company; Pegatron reportedly plans to establish factory in India; Sapphire supplier GTAT emerges from bankruptcy; 2015 the market size of third party Internet payment in China reached CNY11.86745 trillion; South Korea announced that it would invest USD863 million (KRW1 trillion) in artificial-intelligence (AI) research over the next 5 years; etc.
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Chipsets |
| Intel and AMD are reportedly in talks about potentially licensing GPU patents. (Extreme Tech, Ubergizmo, C114) |
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Display |
| GT Advanced Technologies, used to supply sapphire to Apple, finally emerged from bankruptcy, thanks to an USD80 million investment. (Apple Insider, 4-Traders, Mac Rumors) |
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Battery |
| University of Dundee in Scotland shows for the first time that the fungus Neurospora crassa can transform manganese into a mineral composite with favourable electrochemical properties, which can be sustainable electrochemical materials for use in rechargeable batteries. (PhysOrg, China.org, CN Beta)
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Sensors |
| Scrambling to respond to the success of Google DeepMind’s world-beating Go program AlphaGo, South Korea announced that it would invest USD863 million (KRW1 trillion) in artificial-intelligence (AI) research over the next 5 years. (TechNews, PC World, Nature) |
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Smartphones |
| Motorola President Rick Osterloh is leaving Lenovo amid a broad reorganization that will see the company shuffle around various business units and executives. (Digital Trends, Re/Code, My Drivers) |
| Till end of 2015, Xiaomi MIUI app store distribution exceeds 35 billion, monthly breakthroughs 5 billion. (199IT, Tech China, TechWeb, My Drivers)
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| According to iResearch, in 2015 the market size of third party Internet payment in China reached CNY11.86745 trillion, a 46.5% YoY growth. (iResearch, 199IT)
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| Pegatron Technology CEO Jason Cheng, revealed that the company has plans for India and is planning to establish factories in the country. (Digitimes, Cult of Mac, TechWeb, TGBus) |
| Apple reportedly hires away Amazon executive George Stathakopoulos to head up corporate digital security. (Fortune, Apple Insider, NDTV) |
| Ulefone Vienna is official – 5.5” FHD LTPS 2.5D glass display, MediaTek 6753 processor, 13MP + 5MP cameras, 3GB RAM, 32GB storage, Android 5.1, LTE, dual-SIM, fingerprint sensor, 3250mAh battery, USD199.99. (Android Headlines, Fone Arena, Phones Review)
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Tablets |
| Samsung expands Windows 10 portfolio with the availability of the new Galaxy TabPro S – 12” 2160 ×1440 Super AMOLED display, Intel Core M3 processor, 2GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Windows 10, LTE optional, 5200mAh battery, USB Type-C 3.1, USD899.99. (Pop Herald, YeSky, Design Trend, Yahoo, 163)
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Wearables |
| China VR vendor Mojing has conducted an online survey on 5626 users of aged 15-39 from 15 districts in China, found out that in 2015 there were 17 million Chinese consumers have experienced VR. (36KR, 199IT)
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