Acer has started shipping the C7 Chromebook netbook starting at$199 with Google's Chrome OS and Intel's Celeron processor. The low-power laptop has an 11.6-inch screen,and is for those who do most of their computing on the web,Acer said ...
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Samsung's recent licensing of 64-bit processor designs from ARM suggests that the chip maker may expand from smartphones and tablets into the server market,analysts said this week. Samsung last week licensed ARM's first 64-bit Cortex-A57 ...
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IDG News Service - Intel gained PC microprocessor market share over Advanced Micro Devices during the third quarter, but worldwide shipments of x86 chips declined at rates not seen in more than a decade, according to Mercury Research. ...
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IDG News Service - There's been a lot of talk from about 64-bit ARM servers, but without software the fledgling platform won't get very far. Several big vendors made announcements this week that show software support is on its way. Red ...
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IDG News Service-ARM on Tuesday introduced its first 64-bit Cortex-A50 series processor designs as the company tries to preserve its dominance in smartphones and tablets while catching up with Intel in servers. The new ARM ...
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RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA has launched the RFFM6901,a single-chip RF front-end module(FEM)for applications in the 868/915MHz ISM(industrial,scientific&medical)band as well as in wireless automatic metering ...
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA says that its new high-linearity WiFi front-end modules(FEMs)provide complete integrated solution in a single FEM for WiFi systems. Each of the devices integrates a power amplifier(2.4-2.5GHz for ...
IDG News Service-The U.S.Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory on Monday completed the deployment of a 20-petaflop supercomputer called Titan,which the lab hopes will give the U.S.an edge over China and Japan in the race to ...
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RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA has been awarded a$2.1m contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA)to enhance the thermal efficiency of gallium nitride(GaN)circuits used in high-power radar and other ...
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RF Micro Devices Inc(RFMD)of Greensboro,NC,USA,a manufacturer of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies,has appointed Alan Hallberg as corporate vice president and chief marketing officer(CMO).As ...
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday introduced 8-core FX series chips for desktops with prices under$200 in units of 1,000,giving gamers the ability to build faster PCs at lower prices. The FX-8350 and FX-8320 chips are based on new ...
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Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)posted third-quarter revenue figures of$1.27 billion(£0.79bn),a 10 per cent decrease on Q2 figures,and a 25 per cent year-on-year decline.This was in line with revised guidance issued by the firm ...
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IDG News Service-Come Oct.26,when Microsoft is set to stage a release party in New York City,consumers may have to choose between a tablet with Windows 8 or Windows RT.The operating systems look and feel the same,but devices will differ on ...
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IDG News Service-Hewlett-Packard and Dell have published compatibility lists of printers and multifunction devices for the upcoming Windows 8 and RT tablet OSes,with a large number of models listed as bring incompatible with Windows RT. ...
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IDG News Service-Chip company Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday said it would lay off 15%of its workforce as it tries to inch back to profitability at a time when the PC market is slumping. The company will lay off close to 1,800 of its ...
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