Samsung shared more details about its next-generation Exynos 5 Dual dual-core mobile processor, saying it will be twice as fast as comparable Exynos chips used in the company's smartphones and tablets. The chip will also consume 30% less ...
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Nvidia on Thursday said it will bring wireless display to its Tegra chips, which will allow tablets and smartphones based on the chips to beam images and audio directly to high-definition TVs. The technology being implemented in Tegra ...
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The Japanese semiconductor industry is on a downward spiral as rival companies in Taiwan, South Korea and the U.S. made gains in chip, memory and integrated circuit sales, research firm IC Insights said in a study. The sales of ...
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IGEL Technology, a leading manufacturer of thin client hardware and software solutions, demonstrated its first Microsoft RemoteFX-certified system-on-chip (SoC) thin client this week at the Microsoft TechEd North America conference in ...
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Windows 8 is finally here and the stakes are sky high for Microsoft. “We’re so happy to be here today and to celebrate the global availability of a new era of Windows and Windows-powered PCs,” said Steven Sinofsky, ...
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Advanced Micro Devices is taking steps to bridge the gap between x86 and ARM processors, and hopes to build a foundation from which programs will operate on mobile devices like tablets independent of architecture, the company's chief ...
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Late next year, consumers will be able to buy smartphones that either come with native hypervisor software or use an app allowing them to run two interfaces on the phone: one for personal use, one for work. The technology could help ...
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Toshiba today confirmed ccc: It won't be delivering a Windows RT-based tablet anytime soon. "Toshiba has decided not to introduce Windows RT models due to delayed components that would make a timely launch impossible," the Japanese ...
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Emerging chip technologies that Arm Holdings announced this week, could help to power mobile networks that are being asked to handle more traffic with more fine-tuned controls. The provider of the dominant architecture for mobile devices ...
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Light-emitting diodes (LEDs)—small colored lights available in any electronics store—are ubiquitous in modern society. They are the indicator lights on our stereos, automobile dashboards, and microwave ovens. Numeric displays on ...
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Power semiconductor device maker International Rectifier Corp(IR)of El Segundo,CA,USA has appointed Gary Tanner as executive VP&chief operations officer,effective 2 January 2013. Tanner will be responsible for the continued implementation ...
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Back in 1960 Electronics Weekly was born into a ferment of III-V semiconductor research that within two years would produce the first practical LED. In 1960 Dr Nick Holonyak of General Electric was developing an unusual material,GaAsP,as ...
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The HSA Foundation is established to define and promote an open, standards-based approach to heterogeneous computing Technology firms AMD, ARM, Imagination Technologies, MediaTek and Texas Instruments (TI) have came together to form a non ...
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The new bluetooth low energy application software includes a master-slave feature that enables a CC254x SoC to support both master and slave modes at different times Wireless connectivity applications provider Texas Instruments (TI) has ...
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Intel retained the market leadership in terms of revenues Worldwide semiconductor industry achieved a slower growth in 2011 when compared to 2010 primarily due to the macroeconomic uncertainties in the US and Europe, the earthquake and ...
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