IDG News Service - Weak economies in the U.S. and Europe together with a slowdown in manufacturing in China hurt semiconductor sales during the second quarter this year, and the market will deteriorate further in the coming quarters as ...
Tags: China, semiconductor sales, chip, computing
Tizen 2.0, the open-source smartphone operating system, is now available as an alpha release with an accompanying software development kit (SDK), the Tizen project announced on Tuesday. The release lends credence to rumors that project ...
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IDG News Service-Emerging chip technologies that Arm Holdings announced on Wednesday 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 ...
IDG News Service-ARM is catching up with Intel on 3D transistors,announcing a new partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to manufacture 64-bit chips that are faster and more power-efficient than current chips in which ...
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IDG News Service - Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Sony and Qualcomm have formed the In-Location Alliance, which will work to improve the accuracy of indoor positioning, the companies said on Thursday. Indoor positioning is the next frontier ...
Tags: Nokia, Samsung, Sony, indoor navigation, mobile services
Japan's Sharp is seeking an investment from U.S. chip giant Intel and other companies. A day after Kyodo News, Japan's largest news agency, reported that Sharp is in final negotiations for Intel to invest up to $500 million, the Japanese ...
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Computerworld - Sprint will start selling the quad-core LG Optimus G smartphone on Nov. 11 for $199.99 and a two-year contract, nine days after AT&T put its version on sale for the same price. The Sprint LG Optimus G will have a ...
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Samsung Electronics is assuming that technology in the iPad and iPhone violates its patents without knowing the actual processes in the devices'chipsets,Apple argued on Tuesday in Australian Federal Court. The second day of Apple and ...
Advanced Micro Devices has cut orders to contract chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries, expecting a "choppy demand environment" in the next few quarters. The company said Thursday it has amended its wafer-supply agreement to cut its purchase ...
Tags: chip, AMD, GlobalFoundries, PC, server, graphics processors
Google has added indoor floor plans to the Web version of its Maps service, allowing any device with a browser to show the way in airports, rail stations, shopping malls and museums in nine countries. The indoor maps have previously been ...
Tags: Google, Web version, its Maps service, iPhone, iPad, Web Users
Taiwan's MediaTek announced a new quad-core ARM chip made for mid- to high-end Android devices that the company hopes will keep it competitive as rival chip makers also come out with their own quad-core chipsets. The MediaTek MT6589 chip ...
Qualcomm has agreed to invest up to $120 million in struggling Japanese firm Sharp, with the two companies to work together to develop low-power displays for mobile devices. Qualcomm will invest half of that amount by Dec. 27, with the ...
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Specifications for a new Google smartphone have been published on a pre-order page by Carphone Warehouse, before the device has been launched. The Google Nexus 4 handset will be available for free on tariffs of £31 per month and ...
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Google's next smartphone, the Nexus 4, will have a 4.7-inch screen and start shipping on Oct. 30, according to U.K. retailer Carphone Warehouse. The follow-up to the Galaxy Nexus, which was announced in October last year, is widely ...
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Google's product unveiling event next Monday will feature a 10-in. tablet running Android 4.2, possibly named the Samsung 10, and an LG Nexus 4 smartphone, according to reports. The Next Web said it learned of the new tablet from an ...
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