A "perfect storm" of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8 and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC market into a free fall during the first quarter this year, according to the latest report from research ...
Tags: PC, software, Computer Products
Hewlett-Packard's new densely packed low-power Moonshot server has finally come out of the company's labs and is available to customers in the U.S. and Canada starting at $61,875. This will be the first time commercial users will get a ...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard, Atom Processor
Despite stronger-than-expected growth during the fourth quarter, 2012 was still a miserable year for the semiconductor market and suppliers, with only eight out of the Top 25 chipmakers managing to eke out revenue growth—but nine ...
Hewlett-Packard in the future will offer customized Moonshot servers at different prices and also offer configurations with ARM and Intel Xeon processors. HP on Monday started shipping the first offering in its new class of hyperscale ...
Tags: HP, ARM, XEON Chips
Nitronex LLC of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes gallium nitride (GaN)-based RF power transistors for the defense, communications, broadband, and industrial & scientific markets, has named David W. Runton as its new VP of ...
Not fazed by a takeover battle looming on the sidelines, members of Dell's research division are putting together the pieces for prototype ARM supercomputers that could be deployed in the future. Dell has a good idea what an ARM ...
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Radio-frequency component and compound semiconductor company RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has appointed James A. Clifford as vice president, Foundry Services. RFMD says that Clifford has wide-ranging experience in ...
Not fazed by a takeover battle looming on the sidelines, members of Dell’s research division are putting together the pieces for prototype ARM supercomputers that could be deployed in the future. Dell has a good idea what an ARM ...
Tags: Dell, supercomputers, computer
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS), has filed a new lawsuit in US District Court alleging the infringement of Peregrine ...
Tags: Peregrine, RFMD, Peregrine's HaRP invention
For 2012, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has reported record full-year revenue of £88m, consisting of £69m (79%) from Wireless, £18m (20%) from Photonics, and £0.95m (1%) from ...
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Simon Segars will become CEO of ARM when Warren East retires on July 1, the company said on Tuesday. Segars is currently ARM’s president. As CEO, he will take charge of a fast-growing company whose processor designs are used in most ...
Tags: tablets, smartphones, Apple, Samsung
Radio-frequency component and compound semiconductor company RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has announced a new gallium arsenide (GaAs) sourcing strategy intended to increase manufacturing flexibility, expand gross margin, and ...
Tags: RFMD, flexible GaAs sourcing strategy, semiconductor company
Simon Segars will become ARM CEO when Warren East retires July 1, the company said Tuesday. Segars is currently ARM's president. As CEO, he will take charge of a fast-growing company whose processor designs are used in most tablets and ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
RF Micro Devices Inc (RFMD) of Greensboro, NC, USA says that it has been selected by a leading smartphone maker to supply multiple 3G/4G LTE components into a recently announced fourth-generation flagship smartphone platform. The ...
Tags: smartphone maker, smartphone manufacturers, smartphone
As demand for PC processors plummets, Advanced Micro Devices has borrowed technologies from mobile devices and gaming consoles as a way to perk up sales for its latest A-series laptop processors that were introduced on Tuesday. AMD's ...
Tags: AMD, laptop chips, mobile devices