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Thursday, May 24, 2012


Nvidia's Affordable 4G/LTE Modem Certified by AT&T. Nvidia  Icera  Tegra  4G  3G  2G
[11:25 pm]

Nvidia's Icera 410 4G/LTE Modem May Power Affordable Devices

Microsoft Clarifies Its Exec's Claims: 500 Million Windows 8 Copies in 2013 Are "Potential" Upgrades. Microsoft  Windows  Windows 8
[10:00 pm]

Microsoft Retracts Statement Regarding 500 Million Windows 8 Licenses to Be Sold in 2013

UMC Begins to Build Fab to Make 28nm, 20nm and 14nm Chips. UMC  Semiconductor  300mm  14nm  20nm  28nm
[11:32 am]

UMC Spends $8 Billion on Expansion, Confirms Development of 14nm FinFET Process Technology

 

Wednesday, May 23, 2012


Jury Finds: Google Android Did Not Infringe Oracle's Patents. Google  Android  Oracle  Java  Sun
[10:28 pm]

Google Not Guilty of Infringing Oracle's Patents

Microsoft Expects 500 Million People to Use Windows 8 Next Year [UPDATED]. Microsoft  Windows  Windows 8  Windows Phone  SkyDrive  Xbox
[8:23 pm]

Microsoft Projects Breakthrough for Windows 8 Sales Thanks to Compatibility with Different Devices

Thunderbolt Interface to Receive Green Light from Mainboard Makers in Second Half of 2012 - Rumour. Intel  Thunderbolt  ASUS  Gigabyte  Apple  Sony
[7:07 pm]

Thunderbolt Interconnection to Make It to Mainstream Systems Later in 2012

Apple and Samsung Fail to Reach Settlement at Special Meeting. apple  samsung  iphone  ipad  galaxy  galaxy tab
[6:18 pm]

Court-Ordered Meeting Does Not Resolve Apple Vs. Samsung Dispute

 

Tuesday, May 22, 2012


Foxconn to Invest $210 Million on New Apple Production Line. Apple  Foxconn  Apple TV  iTV  iPhone  iPad  Macbook
[11:05 pm]

Additional 36 Thousand Foxconn Employees to Make Apple Products

Via Technologies Kicks Off $49 Android Performance Computer Initiative. Via Technologies  Via  ARM  APC  Android  Google  Windows  WonderMedia
[9:02 pm]

Via Starts APC Initiative: $49 Android PC

 

Sunday, May 13, 2012


Intel Begins Work on 7nm, 5nm Process Technologies. intel  semiconductor  7nm  5nm
[11:58 am]

Intel Discloses Fab Transition Plans

 

Thursday, May 10, 2012


TSMC Reportedly Gives 28nm Supply Priorities to Nvidia, Qualcomm. TSMC  Qualcomm  Nvidia  Snapdragon  GeForce  Kepler  Fermi  28nm  GK104  GK107  Semiconductor
[11:15 pm]

TSMC Working Hard to Satisfy Demand for Nvidia and Qualcomm Chips

Mubadala: Globalfoundries Makes Losses, Unlikely to Become Profitable Shortly. ATIC  Mubadala  Globalfoundries  Semiconductor  AMD  IBM
[10:14 pm]

ATIC Does Not Expect Globalfoundries to Make Profits, But Will Continue to Invest

 

Wednesday, May 9, 2012


Calxeda Shows Live ARM-Based Cluster Running Ubuntu Linux. ARM  Calxeda  Cortex  HP
[10:37 pm]

Calxeda's EnergyCore Hardware Runs Ubuntu

Fujitsu and Lenovo Unveil USB 3.0 Dock Stations with DisplayLink Connectivity. Fujitsu  Lenovo  ThinkPad  DisplayLink  USB
[8:28 pm]

New Dock Stations Support Display Connectivity though USB

 

Tuesday, May 8, 2012


Dell Unveils World's First Microserver Based on Intel Xeon "Ivy Bridge" Chip. Intel  Dell  Ivy Bridge  PowerEdge  Xeon  22nm
[11:46 pm]

Intel's Xeon E3-1200 with 17W TDP Powers Dell PowerEdge C5220

Inventor of LiquidMetal: Material Will Be Ready for PC Production in Several Years. Apple  Nokia  Samsung  Liquidmetal
[10:36 pm]

Apple May Use Liquidmetal for "Breakthrough" Product - Inventor

 

Tuesday, May 1, 2012


Intel Shows-Off Pico-ITX PC with Core i "Ivy Bridge" Inside. Intel  Ivy Bridge  Core  22nm
[11:09 pm]

Intel Demos 10cm*10cm System Powered by Ivy Bridge

TSMC Increases Shipments of 28nm Wafers by More Than Two Times in One Quarter. TSMC  Semiconductor  28nm  40nm  65nm  55nm  80nm  90nm  130nm  150nm  Business
[10:24 pm]

TSMC Significantly Boosts Output of Leading-Edge Chips, But They Are Still in Shortage

 

Monday, April 30, 2012


Venture Capitalists Looking Forward to Outsource Elpida's Production to China, or Sell the Plant - Report. Elpida  SK Hynix  Micron  Holy Capital  TPG Capital  Business
[11:24 pm]

Elpida to Lose Independence as a Result of Bankruptcy Procedures

IDT to Buy PLX Technology to Boost Data Center Interconnects Portfolio. IDT  PLX  Business
[9:45 pm]

IDT to Acquire PLX Technology for $330 Million

 

Friday, April 27, 2012


AMD, Globalfoundries, Others Set to Use Fully-Depleted SOI with 14nm, 20nm Chips. AMD  Globalfoundries  Semiconductor  Soitec  20nm  14nm
[10:27 pm]

AMD, Globalfoundries to Use Fully-Depleted SOI Technology

 

Thursday, April 26, 2012


Apple is Ten Years Behind Microsoft with Security Technologies - Antivirus Developer. Apple  Kaspersky Lab  Mac OS  Windows  Microsoft
[11:10 pm]

Security Expert Blasts Apple's Security Features

Globalfoundries' Fab 8 to Enable 3D Stacking of Chips. Globalfoundries  20nm  28nm  32nm  TSV  Semiconductor
[5:56 pm]

Globalfoundries 20nm Process Tech to Support Through-Silicon Vias at Fab 8

Nvidia: Power Efficiency of Kepler - Result of Close Collaboration with TSMC. Nvidia  TSMC  28nm  20nm  Semiconductor  Kepler  GeForce  Tegra  Tesla  Quadro  Maxwell
[4:23 pm]

Nvidia and TSMC Tailored GPU Design and 28nm Process Technology for Each Other

 

Wednesday, April 25, 2012


UMC "Progressing Smoothly" with 28nm Process Technology Roll-Out. UMC  28nm  Semiconductor  TSMC
[9:36 pm]

UMC: First 28nm Product Samples Delivered to Customers, Mass Production on Track for Second Half

Intel: Fabless Business Model Is Collapsing. Intel  22nm  Semiconductor  Business  TSMC  Globalfoundries  UMC  SMIC  IBM  Samsung
[12:56 pm]

Intel Claims Major Advantages for Owning Factories

 

Tuesday, April 24, 2012


Toshiba to Build New Semiconductor Facility in Thailand. Toshiba  Semiconductor
[11:00 pm]

Toshiba Replaces Inundated Semiconductor Fab in Thailand

Intel Buys Supercomputer Interconnect Hardware Assets from Cray. Intel  Cray  HPC  Xeon  MIC  Gemini  Aries  Cascade
[9:41 pm]

Intel Further Enhances Exascale Capabilities with Interconnect Hardware from Cray

 

Wednesday, April 18, 2012


Microsoft to Offer Three Windows 8 Editions. Microsoft  Windows  Windows 8
[9:43 pm]

Microsoft Windows 8 to Come in Three Flavours

TSMC to Offer Only One Version of 20nm Process Technology. TSMC  20nm  14nm  16nm  18nm  28nm  Semiconductor  EUV
[3:34 pm]

TSMC Looking Forward at 18nm, 16nm Half-Nodes

 

Tuesday, April 17, 2012


Intel: Own Factories Ensure High Margins, But Foundry Business Has Its Advantages. Intel  Semiconductor  22nm  14nm  TSMC  UMC  Globalfoundries
[11:51 pm]

Intel Would Rather Make Chips for Apple Than for Qualcomm

Apple and Samsung Ordered to Conduct Settlement Conference. Apple  Samsung  iPhone  iPad  Galaxy  Galaxy Tab
[11:48 pm]

Apple and Samsung to Have Patent Settlement Conference Within 90 Days

 

Monday, April 16, 2012


ATIC and State of Saxony to Jointly Research Three-Dimensional Chip Packaging. ATIC  Globalfoundries  Semiconductor
[2:55 pm]

Abu Dhabi and State of Saxony Team Up for $4.8 Million "Twin Labs" Project