Taipei, Nov. 15, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (TSMC’s) board of directors recently approved capital appropriation totaling NT$95.5 billion (US$3.29 billion at US$1:NT$29) for several expansion plans. ...
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Intel Capital has raised a $100m investment fund to assist enhance the innovation and the adoption of new technology and services in the automotive industry. The funding is part of company's ongoing work with automakers and in-vehicle ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft will support its Surface RT tablet with updates, including security patches, until April 2017, or nearly four-and-a-half years after its launch. The support lifecycle for the Surface with Windows RT tablet is ...
ARM CEO and UKtech50winner Warren East tells Computer Weekly how the ubiquity of its chips in smartphones has catapulted the company to the forefront of the mobile revolution and why its business model is crucial to fostering the innovation ...
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British chip designer ARM has posted a better-than-expected 22 per cent rise in profits for Q3, the company has announced in its latest financial report. The Cambridge-based firm, which along with designing processors for the iPhone and ...
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Computer Weekly has announced the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the role of technology in the UK economy. ...
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Imagination Technologies risks being gazumped in its$60m(£37.6m)bid to acquire microprocessor designer MIPS Technologies after the board of MIPS opened talks with rival CEVA. The news follows a significantly ...
Tablets will outsell laptops for the first time ever this quarter,at least in North America,and will continue to outsell them next year. That's according to NPD DisplaySearch,whose Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast Report suggests ...
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Jolla,the mobile operating system start-up founded by Nokia refugees,has finally unveiled Sailfish,the smartphone operating system based on Linux. The company had been in"stealth mode"for almost a year before it launched in the summer,and ...
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IDG News Service - Japan's Sharp, struggling with deep losses and searching for a financial savior, has cut short an early retirement program after being flooded with volunteers. The company said Tuesday that it ended the program after a ...
U.S.efforts to develop the next-generation high performance computing(HPC)platform are lagging because they don't have government funding.In China,it's a much different story. China has impressed analysts with its rocket-speed commitment ...
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Computerworld-Intel CEO Paul Otellini is getting ready to leave the company,and analysts say this could be a good change for the world's largest chip maker. Intel announced on Monday that Otellini,62,will retire in May after nearly four ...
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IDG News Service-Though U.S.political leaders managed to spark some good news for the economy Friday,technology stocks are down for the week,showing a continued lack of confidence in the sector. The problem has been earnings.Tech ...
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Chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)is preparing to cut up to 30 per cent of its workforce. The struggling firm is expected to announce between 2,200 and 3,300 of its 11,100 staff could go after lower than expected sales and ...
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E-commerce giant Amazon could venture into the mobile chip arena,as it looks set to acquire the mobile chip arm of semiconductor firm Texas Instruments. Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet,released in the UK this month,is powered by a processor ...
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