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| AMD cuts CPU prices |
12/12/2013 |
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AMD has implemented comprehensive price cuts for its desktop processors, including FM2 socket A4 5300/4000 CPUs, sold in China and North America to counter Intel's reduced-priced Pentium and Celeron models, according to industry sources.
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| Xilinx unveil 20nm chip |
12/12/2013 |
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Xilinx has announced that it began to ship its first 20nm silicon in early November 2013, continuing to execute on an aggressive UltraScale device rollout
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| TSMC revenues slide to US$1.5 billion |
12/11/2013 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$44.33 billion (US$1.5 billion) for November 2013
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| Qualcomm rolls in 64-bit Snapdragon |
12/10/2013 |
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Qualcomm lead the way for a new 64-bit generation of ARM processors announcing the Snapdragon 410 processor that will hit smartphones in the second half of 2014.
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| DRAM spot price surge up 5% |
12/9/2013 |
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DRAM spot prices have risen significantly with recent quotes soaring more than 5% on a single day, buoyed by a recent pull-in of short lead time orders from China's tablet market, according to industry sources
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| Nanya-Inotera revenue soar 117% |
12/9/2013 |
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Taiwan-based DRAM maker Inotera Memories saw its November revenues soar 117.3% from a year ago while revenues at Nanya Technology grew 33.7%
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| Four things important for smartphones next year |
12/6/2013 |
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Next year will also see at least one major vendor emphasize that a new smartphone model can be transformed into a PC-like device, CCS Insight expects. The device will come with a second interface when deployed as a computer.
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| Get your $99 Win tablet on Monday |
12/6/2013 |
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Microsoft's new 12 days of deals promotion promises a sale each day until Christmas week rings in. To kick off the holiday discounts, Microsoft will sell the Dell Venue 8 Pro for just $99, down dramatically from $299 at its retail outlets and online stores.
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| Broadcom joins bandwagon on wearables |
12/6/2013 |
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a chip that lets a device communicate over low-power Bluetooth links and charge its batteries wirelessly. But the chip fits neatly into two hot new trends: wearable computing and the Internet of things.
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| China Mobile denies rumor of signed iPhone contract |
12/5/2013 |
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The Wall Street Journal said the rollout of iPhones by the world's largest mobile carrier by users, with more than 700 million subscribers, is expected to start around the time of a Dec. 18 China Mobile conference in the city of Guangzhou.
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| Intels touts new architecture for telecom processor |
12/5/2013 |
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Telcos are trying to consolidate their hardware on a common infrastructure to offer them more agility. As this transition happens, Intel (as well as ARM) is trying to offer an architecture onto which telcos can consolidate.
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| Memory market propels Micron to top growth semi company |
12/5/2013 |
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Partly because of its success in the booming DRAM and NAND markets, Micron will grow by 109.2 % in 2013, catapulting the company up the semiconductor market’s ranks to No. 4 in 2013, rising from No. 10 in 2012.
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| Jeff Bezos wants package delivery by drones |
12/4/2013 |
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“There will have to be sense-and-avoid technology so you are sure it won’t crash into other airplanes, some kind of encrypted communications spectrum (and) you will have to have training for pilots. All of that stuff has not yet been established by the FAA,”
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| Nvidia sells Tegra Note through partners |
12/4/2013 |
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Nvidia is responsible for development, design and production of Tegra Note while partnering with graphics card vendors for marketing under their own brands.
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| India PC market continue to emerge |
12/4/2013 |
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The combined desk-based and mobile PC market in India reached roughly 3.2 million units in 3Q13, a 7.9 percent increase over 3Q12.
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| Game resolutions hampered by complex memory system |
12/3/2013 |
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the higher complexity of the Xbox memory architecture is the likely culprit behind the Lower resolutions of some of the Xbox launch titles, compared to the same games running on a PS4. Call of Duty Ghosts, for example, is said to run at 1080p on the PS4, but only at 720p on Microsoft's console.
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| CMOS sensor goes HD |
12/3/2013 |
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The CMV 12000 product features 5.5 x 5.5µm pixels laid out in a high-resolution 4096 x 3072 matrix covering superHD (4k) resolution in an APS-C optical format. Using the patented 8T pixels the sensor offers high sensitivity and low noise and global shutter.
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