Working with Xsens Technologies, STMicroelectronics next week will demonstrate the world's first wearable wireless 3D body motion-tracking system based on consumer-grade sensors. Advanced motion capture using sensors is already used in a ...
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Apple is growing increasingly confident that its own chip designs will be used to replace Intel processors in its Mac personal computers. Apple engineers, who began using Intel chips for Macs in 2005, believe that the ARM-based ...
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-British chip designer Imagination Technologies plans to acquire the operating business of processor maker MIPS Technologies,as well as some of its patents,in an effort to strengthen its position on smartphones.At the same ...
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Chip designer ARM has unveiled a new series of 64-bit microprocessors intended to drive the company into the server market. The launch comes a day after Intel's rival in desktop and server computing microprocessors, AMD, revealed its plans ...
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IDG News Service-AMD has called a press conference in San Francisco on Monday where it's likely to announce plans for a SeaMicro server based on an upcoming 64-bit processor design from ARM. AMD CEO Rory Read is expected at the event,and ...
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UK chip maker ARM saw pre-tax profits grow 22%toGBP68m in its third quarter,compared with the same period last year. The company's sales grew 20%toGBP144.6m.Processor royalty revenue also increased 27%year-on-year. ARM CEO Warren ...
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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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Shares in technology giants Intel and IBM dropped as both companies showed weakness in their third quarter revenues. Chip manufacturer Intel reported a quarterly revenue of $13.46bn (£8.32bn), down from $14.23bn (£8.8bn) in ...
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Computer chip maker Intel has reported falls in both sales and profits in the third quarter,saying the results"reflected a continuing,tough economic environment". The company reported a net profit of$2.97bn for the quarter ending 29 ...
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IBM has reported flat net profits of$3.8bn as demand for its software services and tight cost management offset the effect of a stronger dollar. IBM said that,excluding UK pension-related charges,profits rose 3%to$3.9bn in the third ...
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Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar had September revenues of NT$1.616 billion (US$54.7 million), representing a decrease on month of 6.09%, while LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics had sales of ...
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Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Tekcore,suffered a net loss in 2011 and is likely to see continued net losses in 2012 due to large depreciation costs for its 11 4-inch MOCVD sets,according to stock market analysts. Tekcore ...
In response to the government's decision to postpone an increase in power prices originally scheduled for the December 10, 2012, Taiwan-based LED chip packaging company Everlight Electronics indicated that the LED lighting market in Taiwan ...
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Benefiting from the increasing demand from China's October 1 holiday, certain LED manufacturers have been receiving more backlight orders. The demand growth in the Chinese market is attributed to China's subsidy policy for energy-saving ...
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