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Apple 'to design own computer chips'

Apple is building the capability to design its own computer chips in a strategic shift aimed at cutting its reliance on outside suppliers, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 6

Bluetooth 3.0 Launches April 21

(PhysOrg.com) -- The short-range wireless standard Bluetooth 3.0 will officially launch on April 21. The Bluetooth 3.0 standard is expected to deliver faster short-range wireless speeds up to 480 Mb per second.

Technology / Telecom

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Intel launches high-performance chips for workstations

The world's biggest chip maker Intel rolled out a line of "revolutionary" chips designed as high-performance engines for datacenters, work stations and research computers.

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Mobile industry champions paying with phones

Paying with a mobile phone is gradually become a reality for consumers, with banks, telecommunications operators and Internet players all jumping in to offer payment options.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Qualcomm challenges LCDs through new e-reader

A new electronic display is poised to challenge power-hungry LCDs after U.S. mobile chip maker Qualcomm Inc. teamed up with a South Korean bookseller to introduce a new e-reader.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Samsung seeks sales ban on iPhone 5

South Korea's Samsung Electronics will file lawsuits to try to block the sale of Apple's iPhone 5 as part of its global legal tussle with the US technology giant, a report said Tuesday.

Technology / Business

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 14

Intel teams with Google on smartphone chips

Intel on Tuesday announced that it has teamed with Google to tailor chips to get top performance out of smartphones powered by the Internet giant's Android software.

Technology / Business

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Designing the hardware

Computer chips' clocks have stopped getting faster. To maintain the regular doubling of computer power that we now take for granted, chip makers have been giving chips more "cores," or processing units. But ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Intel buys wireless chip tech in mobile-phone push (Update)

(AP) -- As the world's biggest maker of computer chips, Intel Corp. can't afford to ignore its huge blind spot in mobile phones.

Technology / Business

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Analysts warn that FTC suit could damage Intel

The Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against Intel Wednesday -- the most far-reaching in a string of recent regulatory actions -- poses a huge threat to the Santa Clara, Calif., chip giant and could reshape the semiconductor ...

Technology / Business

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Intel shares soar as company beats soft forecast

(AP) -- Intel Corp. offered support Tuesday for its assertion that the computer business is rebounding, even as other parts of the industry throw off mixed signals. Intel's results and outlook were much better ...

Technology / Business

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Intel hit with $1.45B fine in Europe

(AP) -- Intel Corp. was fined a record $1.45 billion by the European Union on Wednesday for using strong-arm sales tactics in the computer chip market - a penalty that could turn up the pressure on U.S. regulators ...

Technology / Business

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Germany's Infineon needs state guarantees: report

German chip maker Infineon is in negotiations with the government over state guarantees worth several hundred million euros (dollars), the Welt am Sonntag paper reported Sunday.

Technology / Business

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Intel CEO gets $12.4M in 2008 pay

(AP) -- The value of Intel Corp. Chief Executive Paul Otellini's compensation package rose slightly to $12.4 million in 2008, a year in which the chip maker's profit was whacked by a global slowdown in personal computer ...

Technology / Business

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National Semiconductor to cut 1,725 jobs

(AP) -- Faced with a steep decline in sales, chip maker National Semiconductor Corp. said Wednesday it will eliminate more than one-quarter of its work force, or 1,725 jobs.

Technology / Business

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