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Intel Presents Broadwell CPU, 14nm FinFET Process
First products expected before end of 2014, volume coming in 2015.
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Teardown: Samsung Chromebook 2
The Samsung Chromebook 2 is Samsung’s latest portable computing offering. The device runs on the Chrome OS, and has a Samsung Exynos 5 Octa apps processor.
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Blackberry Forms New Business Unit
Blackberry Limited has created a new business unit that will combine its patent portfolio with some of its technology assets.
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Mentor Extends Nucleus RTOS Platform
Mentor Graphics Corp. has released a new version of its Embedded Nucleus real time operating system (RTOS).
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Samsung Buys into IoT with SmartThings Startup
Samsung has bought a startup called SmartThings that has been pioneering the use of an app plus boxed sensors to control and monitor the home.
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Startup Funded to Develop Organic Semiconductor Display Materials
More bendable, more flexible, more foldable displays could result from low-temperature, printable organic semiconductors for displays according to SmartKem.
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Actions Semi Restructures to Focus on Tablets
After a tough Q2, Chinese fabless chip firm to restructure its subsidiaries in an effort to cut losses and grow market share.
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Fab Method Shows Promise for Solar-Powered Phones
A new way to control molecular assembly shows promise for producing organic photovoltaics in enough quantity to replace phone batteries as the power source.
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IR Launches Insulated-gate Bipolar Transistor
Series of 600V Trench-gate Field Stop IGBTs targeted at welding applications.
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QWERTY’s Retreat a Boon to Touchscreen-Controller Vendors
The standard QWERTY keyboard is being relegated to a smaller role while smartphones, tablets, ATMs, point of sale units and even PCs have gone the touch-screen route.
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Electronic Passports Struggle for Stamp of Approval
Politics will hamper the rise in ePassports to just 175 million units by 2019, according to a new report from IHS Technology.
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EZchip Revenues Expand 33% in Q2
Israel-based chip vendor posts record sales for the quarter.
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Lenovo's Sales Rise on Wireless Growth
China-based OEM maintains position as the world’s top PC maker for the fifth consecutive quarter.
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EMS Providers Beef up Design Capabilities to Attract OEMS
OEMs and startups are increasingly turning to EMS providers not just to build products, but to help design, develop and bring them to market.
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Intel to Buy Former LSI Networking Business for $650M
Terms of the agreement call for No. 1 chip vendor to acquire former LSI business from Avago.
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SMIC Teams on China’s First 300-mm Testing Facility
Foundry forms joint venture with Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology Co. to provide bumping and related testing for 300-mm wafers.
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TE to Acquire Chinese Connector Company
Connector manufacturer TE Connectivity will acquire Xiamen SIBAS Connectors and Xiamen Delixing Electric Equipment of China.
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America Semiconductor Adds Powell to its Distributor Roster
Distributor Powell Electronics has signed an authorized distribution agreement with America semiconductor and will carry the chipmaker's line of rectifiers, diodes and other products.
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Charging Electric Vehicles Wirelessly
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB are developing a means of charging EV batteries wirelessly.
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AOS Rolls Out Smart Load Switch
California-based chip vendor adds high current smart load switch designed with a rapid turn-off fault protection and current monitoring.
