Samsung has finally taken the wraps off the Samsung Galaxy A7, the largest yet slimmest smartphone in the range. The electronics giant announced the first two phones in its new mid-range A category, the Samsung Galaxy A3 and Samsung ...
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Qualcomm has just announced that it’s bundling a killswitch onto its new flagship Snapdragon 810 chipset. Dubbed ‘SafeSwitch’, the feature will allow users to remotely disable their devices should they be lost or stolen. ...
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Samsung's Galaxy A3 and A5 have only been available in select markets so far, but now they're coming to UK. SamMobile reports the firmware for both devices is now available online, hinting it won't be long before they hit Europe. ...
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Apple has reportedly signed up rival tech firm Samsung as the lead manufacturer for its Apple Watch processor chips. According to Digitimes, Samsung is setting up to build several thousand 12-inch wafers per month using a 28nm ...
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Talk of the Snapdragon 810 chipset being delayed has emerged yet again, just one month after Qualcomm flat out refuted the rumours. What’s more odd is that LG already revealed its newly announced LG G Flex 2 would be carrying the ...
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The firm, founded in 1947, saw its turnover grow to £14.7m, up from £12.9m the year before. Soft toy designer, Keel Toys has seen revenues grow to nearly £15million as the business continues to supply to blue chip ...
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The Nokia N1 seemingly came out of nowhere, marking itself as the Finnish firm’s virginal take on tablets, and its first product since the Microsoft branding split. Fortunately for Nokia, demand seems high, as its tablet went on ...
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Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management applications, says that its EPC2100 family of eGaN ...
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Researchers at Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Semiconductors have achieved a 42% enhancement in light output from flip-chip indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by incorporating a photonic crystal ...
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Samsung's earnings in Q4 rebound from the prior quarter on brisk chip sales and reduced marking costs, a regulatory filing showed Thursday. Samsung Group is reorganizing its business empire to make it easier for the children of Samsung ...
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Xiaomi’s rumoured Mi5 flagship handset will be landing on January 15, if a new teaser poster is to be believed. A Xiaomi-stamped poster has turned up on the firm’s official Weibo page, pointing toward the new date, as spotted ...
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The chipset of HTC’s rumoured One M9 ‘Hima’ handset is hot topic of contention, and a new entrant has just joined the fray – MediaTek. Until now, the grapevine disparity saws rumours flitting between ...
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The consumer public has put out the call, and the hog industry is responding in a big way at the start of what's likely to be a year of major growth for the U.S. hog herd. New data show the breeding herd has climbed by 4%, with the number ...
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Global LED backlighting production value will drop about 10% in 2015 as production value for TV and tablet applications continue to fall, according to Taiwan-based LED makers. Smartphone applications will account for more than 30% of ...
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will form a strategic partnership with LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar by having its subsidiary, TSMC Solid State Lighting, sell MOCVD sets to Epistar and then acquiring new ...
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