Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system and next-generation smartphones launch later this year will accelerate semiconductor revenue growth in 2013 and beyond Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to grow by 4.6% in 2012 to $315bn ...
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Xtrinsic FXOS8700CQ combines a 14-bit accelerometer and 16-bit magnetometer with a high-performance ASIC in a single 3 x 3 mm package Embedded processing application provider, Freescale Semiconductor has introduced Xtrinsic FXOS8700CQ, ...
For mainstream and ultrathin laptops Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has launched its new A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) for mainstream and ultrathin notebooks all-in-one PCs, home theater systems and embedded designs. Part ...
AMD AppZone Player, which is powered by BlueStacks' technology, brings Android apps to the AMD-powered tablets, notebooks, all-in-one and desktop PCs worldwide Semiconductor firm AMD has launched its AppZone, an online destination for ...
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D2560 is built using the 32nm Saltwell architecture with a Cedarview processor core Chip maker Intel has introduced a new dual core processor, D2560, which is more advanced than the D2550 series launched in the first quarter of this year. ...
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Sharp is expected to sign an agreement by the end of November with Qualcomm US based Intel and Qualcomm considering joint investment of about JPY30bn ($369m) in the struggling Japanese electronics firm Sharp. Sharp is expected to sign ...
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According to the International Data Corporation, Android tablet shipments rose significantly in Q3 2012, while Apple saw their tablet market share drop. The tablet market grew 49.5% year-over-year in Q3 2012 with global tablet shipments ...
Mainly thanks to simmering market demand for new PCs running on Windows 8,Compal Electronics Inc.and Inventec Corp.,two of Taiwan's largest laptop contract manufacturers,both saw their revenue surge in November from October. Compal ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft today patched a dozen vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer(IE),Windows,Word and Exchange,fixing flaws in the new IE10 for the first time and crushing bugs in Windows 8 and Windows RT for the second month running. ...
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Tablets based on the Windows 8 on ARM OS(Windows 8 RT)are at a more advanced stage of development than tablets based on Windows 8 running on Intel chips,reports Bloomberg. "Microsoft has worked closely with Intel and our hardware ...
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A top UK games developer who released a title for sale in the Windows RT App Store has made just£52 on the game after a week on sale–and has vowed never to work with the RT platform again. Rubicon's title,Great Big War ...
Computerworld-Given a choice,customers of a Pacific Northwest PC system builder overwhelming pick Windows 7 over the newer Windows 8,the company's president said Thursday. "Windows 7 is known,it has years of solid reputation behind it,but ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA, which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, says that it is powering several smartphone platforms that are leveraging Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system. With the addition ...
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Hewlett-Packard is bringing a twist to its business laptop design with the new EliteBook Revolve,which is the company's first Windows 8 touchscreen laptop that can double up as a tablet in some circumstances. The Revolve has an 11.6-inch ...
US-based enterprise content management (ECM) software developer Hyland Software has introduced the new OnBase Insurance Field Adjuster App for specific use on Windows 8 platform. Developed in close cooperation with Microsoft, the new ...