Intel will start shipping its high-performance Atom smartphone chip with 3D transistors to device makers later this year, who will then test the chip for use in handsets. The Atom chip, code-named Merrifield, will improve performance and ...
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Apple will not create a new, inexpensive iPhone just for the sake of offering a cheaper alternative, Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a speech on Tuesday. The company's focus is on creating great products, and it will not make a smartphone that ...
Lenovo on Monday played down reports that it was interested in buying Research In Motion, saying that the BlackBerry maker was one of many companies it was looking at as a potential takeover target. Lenovo's chief financial officer, Wai ...
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IDG News Service - Intel has announced plans to release its first quad-core Atom processor before the end of the year, as the company tries to capture a bigger share of the tablet market dominated today by ARM-based processors. Code-named ...
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Intel has announced plans to release its first quad-core Atom processor before the end of the year, as the company tries to capture a bigger share of the tablet market dominated today by ARM-based processors. Code-named Bay Trail and ...
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Computerworld-Intel's former head of Ultra Mobility,hired Monday to become Qualcomm's chief marketing officer,shows that the San Diego-based chip maker is finally serious about marketing,one analyst said. The hiring of Anand ...
IDG News Service - Boston Limited on Monday said it was manufacturing and distributing a low-power server with ARM-based chips, becoming one of the few companies to make such a server commercially available. The Viridis server has the ...
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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 ...
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Microsoft has revealed its Windows 8 operating system (OS) will launch on 26 October. The date was announced at Microsoft's annual sales meeting and was published on its blog shortly after, according to the BBC. The launch date also ...
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IDG News Service - Advanced Micro Devices renewed its attempt to make an impact in the tablet market, this time with its new dual-core Z-60 chip which the company introduced on Tuesday. Beyond tablets, the new dual-core chip, code-named ...
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Advanced Micro Devices has announced it will sell ARM-based server processors in 2014, ending its exclusive commitment to the x86 architecture and adding a new dimension to its decades-old battle with Intel. AMD will license a 64-bit ...
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Don't expect HP to have a change of heart about building Windows RT devices anytime soon. Todd Bradley, Executive Vice President of HP's Personal Systems Group, said he's "not a big Windows RT fan" in an interview with CITEworld. ...
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Intel is working on LTE network support for its Medfield system-on-chips, which may finally open the door for Intel-powered smartphones in the United States. Sumeet Syal, Intel’s director of product marketing, told TechCrunch that ...
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Both the firms have formed partnership in June this year Chip maker AMD has revealed plans to develop server chips based on the low-power designs of UK-based Arm Holdings. Arm-based chips are currently used in most smartphones ...
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