October 31, 2011 - Industry News
Smartphone Sensors Pose Security Threat
As smartphones become more powerful, technologists have increasingly referred to the devices as pocket-sized computers. Yet less often do the ...
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June 20, 2011 - Industry News
Semiconductor Spending Boom Headed For Fall
With semiconductor capital spending on track to increase 10.2% over 2010 to $44.8 billion this year, the market is posed for a decline in late ...
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April 15, 2011 - Industry News
DARPA To Develop Android, iPhone Encryption
The defense research agency is seeking white papers on full disk and system encryption technologies for military smartphones. The Department of ...
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March 2, 2011 - Industry News
Roadmap for innovators a welcome move
The Union Budget 2011 is encouraging. The formation of National Innovation Council and State Innovation Councils to prepare a roadmap ...
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November 23, 2010 - Industry News
Smartphones To Ring Up 28% Of Holiday Shopping
Many shoppers are ready for Black Friday, long lines, and limited stock on the best deals: They are armed, not with crumpled lists and sugary ...
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October 19, 2010 - Industry News
Tablet Sales Expected To Top 200 Million By 2014
The market is expected to explode from 19.5 million units this year, likely cannibalizing sales of netbooks and e-readers, Gartner says. ...
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September 27, 2010 - Industry News
Marvell Unveils Triple Core ARM Processor
Marvell has introduced a triple-core ARM processor for smartphones and tablet computers that the company claims has the horsepower to drive ...
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August 24, 2010 - Industry News
Intel Launches Dual-Core Atom For Netbooks
Intel introduced its second dual-core Atom processor, and announced that more than a half dozen computer makers have signed on to ship netbooks ...
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August 13, 2010 - Industry News
DARPA Taps Intel, Nvidia For Extreme Scale Computing
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected four organizations to develop prototypes of a next-generation extreme-scale ...
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August 2, 2010 - Industry News
4G To Drive Wireless Infrastructure Spending Rebound
Global capital spending on wireless infrastructure equipment is expected to rise again in 2011 after two years of spending declines, with the ...
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July 30, 2010 - Industry News
TI Eyeing Purchase Of China Chip Foundry
An 8-inch wafer plant in China's Chengdu that is run by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) for the local government ...
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July 29, 2010 - Industry News
TI Eyeing Purchase Of China Chip Foundry
Texas Instruments is expected to buy a wafer plant run by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation. An 8-inch wafer plant in China's ...
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July 23, 2010 - Top Story News
Analyst Warns Of Semiconductor Monopoly
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s deep pockets and enormous fabs give it a substantial market lead over competitors, says chip market ...
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April 5, 2010 - Top Story News
Inside Apple's iPad: FCC Teardown Photos
The Federal Communications Commission has provided the first literal inside look at Apple's iPad, posting 17 photos of its teardown of the ...
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March 16, 2010 - Technology News
Do SSDs Belong In Laptops?
If there is confusion over when you use solid state disk (SSD) in the enterprise then there seems to be utter chaos when it comes to the ...
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December 15, 2009 - Industry News
Chip Foundries Increase Spending On Capital Equipment
As the global market for semiconductor equipment nears the end of a dismal year, spending by chip foundries and some memory companies is ...
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October 14, 2009 - Industry News
Electronics Industry Recovery Underway
Gartner says growth is resuming, but the effects of the recession on the electronics industry will linger for several years. Sales of PCs, mobile ...
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October 6, 2009 - Industry News
Chip Market Turnaround Unlikely In 2009
The semiconductor market is unlikely to see a significant market turnaround this year, despite manufacturers' success at reducing inventory ...
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August 21, 2009 - Industry News
U.S. Smartphone Sales Grew 47% In Q2
Smartphones continue to sell well, but feature phones grabbed 72% of U.S. handset purchases in the second quarter, according to NPD Group ...
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August 20, 2009 - Industry News
RIM Owns Half Of U.S. Smartphone Market
The worldwide boom in smartphones is defying the worldwide economic recession; globally, smartphone shipments grew by 13.4% in the second ...
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June 29, 2009 - Industry News
Apple Increases Investment In British Chip Designer
Apple has been on a chip-design spending spree, buying PA Semi, a vendor of low-power PowerPC processors, and hiring more than 100 people with ...
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May 15, 2009 - Industry News
One In Five Laptops Shipped In Q1 Was A Netbook
Manufacturers shipped nearly 6 million of the mini-laptops, with Acer leading the market with a 30.5% share. Global shipments of netbooks ...
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April 22, 2009 - Industry News
Sun's Deep Tech Bench Is Biggest Asset For Oracle
The most interesting omission I've seen in all the nattering about Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems is discussion of whether the ...
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March 27, 2009 - Technology News
Android Getting Flash Support
Bsquare will port the technology to Google's platform, and having Flash could give Android a leg up on Apple's iPhone. Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE)'s ...
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March 20, 2009 - Industry News
Mac Purchases Slip; Netbooks Climb In February
Would-be Apple buyers aren't opting for netbooks instead; they're holding off until economic conditions improve, an NPD Group analyst said. ...
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