Talks. Stocks are set to open higher. New records still within reach netflix erasing its gains this year, amid increasing streaming competition. Jim spoke exclusively with the ceo of one major competitor, his name, bob iger the company, disney. Full details from their conversation coming up. And under pressure, federal prosecutors in california, reportedly opening a criminal probe of Vaping Company juul stocks are looking to resume their march toward record highs. Investor sentiment getting a lift after washington did confirm trade negotiations with china will resume in a couple of weeks. Meantime, the president will address the u. N. General assembly in the next hour. Well see how long he goes jim, as we get more news out of the uk Supreme Court, maybe lesser likelihood of a no deal brexit yeah, but i also there is another court over there, just talking about the this is eu court, european commission, gives a big win to starbucks in terms of charging starbucks, violating eu state aid
And impeachment inquiry as the Fourth Quarter gets under way. Plus, no force can stop the Chinese People, president xi commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Communist partys rule, this as violent protests in hong kong ramp up. Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg rallying employees against critics, competitors, and president ial hopefuls, like senator Elizabeth Warren first up, though, investors looking ahead as we begin the Fourth Quarter after a volatile q3, which saw the dow and the s p extend their quarterly win streaks to 3 the nasdaq fell just short of a similar run. For the year, though, leading the major indices with a 20 gain, s p up almost 19 the best performance through q3 since 97. This is all affected by the fact that december was so bad last year. Yeah. For instance, apple up 42 you say, wait a second, great year but apple preannounced the stock had gone down. You have to look at all these to see what is up from the bear market whi what is interesting is this market has
Micron: 1α process Technology to reduce costs by up to 40%
News Highlights: Micron: 1α process Technology to reduce costs by up to 40%
Micron announced its new 1α manufacturing process for DRAM on Tuesday. Initially, the company will use it to make both DDR4 and LPDDR4 memory, but over time it will be used to produce all of the company’s DRAM. The manufacturing technology promises tangible DRAM cost reductions, but the company warns that it will be extremely difficult to scale up DRAM.
New Technology for new DRAMs
Meanwhile, Micron has transferred a substantial part of its DRAM production to its 1Z nm node which offers both high bit density (ie lower cost per bit) and high performance (ie higher margins possible). As a result, Micron says it feels pretty comfortable in terms of profit margins and product mix right now. Micron’s 1α manufacturing process is expected to provide a 40% improvement in bit density compared to 1Z (at mature yields), which will reduce the prod