Taiwan-based analog IC design houses have seen a pull-in of short lead-time orders from their notebook clients, estimating that orders for September are about 30% higher than the prior month's levels, according industry sources. Intel is ...
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Semiconductor giant Intel is to start producing mobile and embedded systems using its latest manufacturing process technology in a bid to muscle in on a market that it had previously ignored. The company is planning to launch a number of ...
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Apple could be about to launch new Haswell-based MacBook Pro and iMac models, according to new reports. With Apple's rumoured 10 September event just around the corner, speculation about a?MacBook Pro refresh?and an update to the iMac is ...
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PC sales in Western Europe crashed by 20 per cent in the second quarter, according to analyst group Gartner, with Acer and Asus experiencing crushing falls in sales of more than 40 per cent. Gartner's Meike Escherich, principal research ...
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ASUS has announced the launch of its latest M51AC desktop with Windows 8 operating system and powered by the latest fourth-generation Intel Core processors (Haswell) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphics. The M51AC also has a Wireless Charger ...
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Upcoming Atom chips from Intel will appear in tablets priced as low as $150, the company's CEO said Wednesday, vowing that Intel will not get caught flat footed again by "the next big thing." Intel's low-power Atom chips are vital to its ...
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The slowdown in the PC market decisively caught up with Intel today following second quarter results in which revenues fell by 5.1 per cent compared to the same quarter in 2012. The company posted revenues of $12.8bn in the second quarter ...
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Best Buy has discounted some MacBook Pro laptops by as much as $200, and offered college students another $100 off in a promotion that may hint at impending refreshes of Apple's signature notebook. The U.S. retailer's sale features ...
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The latest generation of Intel's lineup of Core processors, known as fourth-generation (or Haswell), is performing as expected, with our first batch of tests turning up laptops with notably long battery life and generally excellent ...
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A row is brewing over benchmarks used to assess the performance of smartphone semiconductors after one of the tools had to be revised following claims of discrepancies over its results. The AnTuTu benchmark, which is used on Android ...
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Monday morning, Microsoft announced that a plethora of new channel partners will?soon carry the company's Surface tablets. Mere hours later, one of the new resellers – CDW – was caught offering a previously unannounced variant ...
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TWELVE hours, 15 minutes. That's the video playback time the new MacBook Air delivered in our tests - conducted at 75 per cent screen brightness on a 13-inch model. Last week, we pitted the 2013 MacBook Air against its predecessor, the ...
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Apple and Samsung have both released new laptops that utilize the power management capability of Intel's latest chip -- and to great result. But these are top-of-the-food-chain systems -- sleek and thin, with power-efficient SSDs and a ...
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Intel is now looking to the Android operating system as it breaks away from years of optimizing its top line of Core PC processors, including the recently launched Haswell processors, chiefly for Windows. Intel is looking to hire a ...
Targeting gaming and multimedia enthusiasts, AMD announced a 5GHz processor at E3 in Los Angeles.A The AMD FX-9590 is an eight core CPU. Another new processor, the FX-9370, runsA at 4.7 GHz. Both processors will be available in July and ...
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