Intel on Thursday demonstrated multi-gigabit wireless docking technology that affords speeds of up to 7Gbps, 10 times the rate of the fastest Wi-Fi networks based on the IEEE 802.11n standard. At its annual Intel Developers Forum, the ...
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Go-ahead confirms that€1.38 billion will be invested in technology development for future EUV and 450 mm wafer systems. On the up and up:ASML's stock price(last 24 months) Shareholders in ...
MIPS Technologies hopes to challenge ARM in the market for high-end tablets and smartphones with an upcoming processor design it presented at the Hot Chips conference in Silicon Valley on Tuesday. MIPS is known for chips used in home ...
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Following Intel and contract chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), Samsung Electronics will invest US$976 million in Dutch chip manufacturing equipment maker ASML to further development of next-generation lithography ...
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LED chipmaker Epistar has plans to completely take over subsidiary Huga Optotech through a share swap. Taiwan's largest chip maker, Epistar, has announced it will completely take over subsidiary Huga Optotech through ...
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IDG News Service-Box has received$125 million in funding,an infusion the company will use to boost its international expansion and strengthen its cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration,storage,file-sharing and content management software. ...
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UK chip maker ARM is expecting sales growth of 15% to £268m in its second quarter results, with profits up 23% to £66.5m, compared with the same quarter last year. The unaudited results from ARM, which provides most of Apple's ...
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NXP Semiconductors CEO,Richard Clemmer is predicting growth in the firm's product revenues of between 6 to12%in Q3,despite"the uncertain macro environment". Clemmer is expecting a signficant improvement in operating income performance ...
Intel isn't actively porting Android to work on tablets based on the upcoming Atom chip code-named Clover Trail,which is purpose built for Microsoft's Windows 8,according to a source familiar with the company's plans. Initial tablets ...
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IDG News Service-Samsung Electronics will buy the handset connectivity and location chip development operations of UK chip maker CSR for$310 million,the companies said Tuesday. Samsung aims to strengthen its application processor platform ...
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June revenues of Taiwanese-listed LED makers totaled NT$8.8bn (up 1.12% month-on-month, but down 5.6% year-on-year), according to LEDinside. Benefiting from rising demand for consumer electronic appliances and the traditional lighting peak ...
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Thomas Nielsen has stepped down after just eight months as CEO of RealNetworks, the Seattle-based company best known for its RealPlayer multimedia-streaming software. Rob Glaser, the company's founder and chairman, has returned to the CEO ...
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Philips has switched more OEM orders for LED lighting products to Taiwan-based Lite-On Technology from epitaxial wafers and chip maker Lextar Electronics, according to industry sources. Lite-On has landed more orders from Philips ...
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Private equity is sniffing around Renesas, according to Japan's Yomiuri newspaper.Private equity companies KKR and Silverlake, which made the ill-fated takeover bid for NXP back in 2006, are reported to be in talks about investing 'several ...
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ANR(the French National Research Agency)and CEA(the French Atomic and Renewable Energy Commission)have signed an agreement forming the Grenoble Institute of Technological Research(IRT):NanoElec Program. Centered on Grenoble,the IRT ...
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