Electronic core news morning newspaper: Qualcomm global layoffs, Sony into the drone

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According to foreign media reports, Qualcomm announced on Wednesday that it will cut 15% of its employees globally, saving a total of $1.4 billion in costs, while reducing board and executive compensation. Earlier, Qualcomm’s 13-year senior vice president and president of Qualcomm Greater China, Wang Xiang, announced his departure. At present, according to public information, the total number of Qualcomm employees is 31,300, which means that the number of layoffs exceeds 4,500. For more information on technology, please pay attention to the daily electronic core morning newspaper.

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First, the semiconductor

1. Intel issued $7 billion in bonds to raise funds for the acquisition of Altera. In the morning of July 23, Intel is raising $7 billion through the bond market to raise funds for the $16.7 billion acquisition of Altera. According to data compiled by Bloomberg, Intel's bond issuance is divided into four parts, including a $2 billion, annual interest rate of 4.9% of 30-year bonds, which is 1.85% higher than the US Treasury bonds in the same period. CreditSights analysts pointed out that in a volatile market, Intel hopes to attract investors through more generous interest rates. This week, Apple's earnings report was not good, leading to fluctuations in the stock price of the entire technology sector.

2, Qualcomm global layoffs 15%, a total savings of 1.4 billion US dollars in costs. According to foreign media reports, Qualcomm announced on Wednesday that it will cut 15% of its employees globally, saving a total of $1.4 billion in costs, while reducing board and executive compensation. Earlier, Qualcomm’s 13-year senior vice president and president of Qualcomm Greater China, Wang Xiang, announced his departure. At present, according to public information, the total number of Qualcomm employees is 31,300, which means that the number of layoffs exceeds 4,500.

Qualcomm layoffs

Second, intelligent hardware

1. Sony will enter the commercial drone market and provide services next year. On July 22, foreign media reported that Sony will enter the drone market. Sony winged drones can be used for vertical lifting and can be used in agriculture, construction and other fields. Sony announced on Wednesday that Sony will co-found the Aerosense drone company with Tokyo Robotics ZMP early next month. The joint venture will develop its own drone products. In 2016, Aerosense will provide drone services to corporate customers, including measurement, inspection, observation and inspection. Aerosense drones are used for a wide range of purposes, such as investigating remote mountain areas or collecting image information before building tall buildings.

2. Research says Apple Watch accounts for 75% of the smart watch market. Apple has never announced the sales of Apple Watch, and analysts disagreed on how many smart watches Apple sold in the previous quarter. But at least one market research company believes that Apple has now become the number one smartwatch manufacturer with the highest market share. According to foreign technology media reports, market research firm Strategy AnalyTIcs estimates that Apple Watch shipped 4 million units in the previous quarter, accounting for 75.5% of the global smart watch market in the quarter after Apple Watch was released. Samsung followed it. After that, the market share was 7.5%. Other analysts predict that Apple Watch sales will be between 2.2 million and 3 million, so the forecast for Strategy AnalyTIcs seems a bit high.

Drone

Third, automotive electronics

1. American hackers invade cars and drive remotely, and car safety becomes an urgent problem. According to the connection, the two hackers are researchers of related technologies. In this trial, two security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek showed how to use the "zero-day vulnerability" to remotely control a car through the car entertainment system. Cherokee Jeep. They let an unsuspecting person drive the car, and then they opened the car's air conditioner, radio and wiper remotely. If this is not a big deal, then what happens next is much more horrible. The two hackers began to get involved in the car's operation. The driver of the car found that the car's speed was wrong, and began to panic, eventually stopping the car on a slope. This experiment has turned car safety into an urgent problem.

2, the future version of the flying car: the wing can be folded, docked in the ordinary garage. On July 22, according to foreign media reports, the concept of most flying cars has only stayed in the imagination of designers. The Terrafugia company in Massachusetts, USA, announced the design of its latest flying car TF-X, which is a step further from the real flying car. At the annual flight conference of the American Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Terrafugia announced its latest model of a flying car. Terrafugia also offers new animations, including how to operate T-FX and more. At takeoff, the video shows that the electric propeller is tilted 90 degrees. As the T-FX gradually transitions to flight mode, the propeller rotates until it is parallel to the car body. When the ducted fan is started, the propeller stops rotating and folds along the body.

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Fourth, virtual reality

1. Eye-moving virtual reality shows FOVE gains Samsung investment. According to Techcrunch, the virtual reality of the eye-moving control FOVE first appeared at the Disrupt SF 2014 conference. It was one of the participants of the “Disrupt NY 2014 Entrepreneurship Arena” event. Although the company did not win the competition, FOVE also had For the bright future, it joined the University of Tokyo's academic cooperation facility project. A few weeks ago, FOVE released Kickstarter's update that they have received additional funding from Samsung Ventures (the amount is unknown), and the company can more actively integrate Valve's Lighthouse personal tracking solution and OpenVR into its own devices. Raising these funds from Kickstarter supporters and Samsung Ventures is a good start for the company, and wait for shipments.

Eye-moving virtual reality heads FOVE to get Samsung investment

Five, display technology

1. LG will invest US$900 million to build a new OLED plant. Beijing time on July 23 morning news, LG Display announced on Thursday that it will invest 1.05 trillion won (about 908 million US dollars), build a new OLED display factory, and increase investment in the next generation of display technology. Currently, demand from companies such as Apple and LG is growing, so LG Display is considering increasing the capacity of OLED displays. LG Display and Samsung Display are the only two companies in the industry that are capable of mass production of OLED displays. Compared to traditional LCD screens, OLED displays offer greater flexibility and lower power consumption. Analysts have generally believed that LG Display will increase OLED screen production capacity and thus maintain its advantage over Chinese competitors. LG Display said that the factory's products will meet the market demand for foldable screens and car displays in the future.

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