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ARM Server Pioneer Calxeda Closes
Startup that was a pioneer for ARM-based servers has said it is restructuring after apparently running out of money.
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Handset Makers Prepare to Battle Over 4G in India
As India's telecomm operators draw up battle plans for 4G, handset makers—both domestic and international—are gearing up to offer handsets in India at subsidized rates.
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Active Cloaking Device Widens Light Scattering Coverage Range
University researchers have proposed an active “invisibility cloak” that can drastically reduce the scattering over a wide frequency range in the microwave regime, orders of magnitude broader than any available passive cloaking technology.
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Startup Preps Tools for ARM Software Development
A two-year old startup claims to have automation technology that can reduce code size and thereby save energy in embedded systems. The company is creating development tools to apply it to designs based on Cortex-A and Cortex-M cores from ARM.
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Teardown: Audi MIB High (8V0857273H6PS)
Motorized Display Unit - Retractable 5.8' LCD Display; Display part of overall Audi MIB System built by Alpine.
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TowerJazz Forms Chip-Making JV with Panasonic
Specialty semiconductor foundry TowerJazz to create joint venture to manufacture chips for Japanese consumer electronics vendor Panasonic using Panasonic's three chip fabs in Japan.
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Avago to Acquire LSI Via Debt-backed Deal
Communications technology firm Avago is buying networking and storage chip vendor LSI to put together a diverse company with annual revenues of $5 billion.
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Intel 64-bit Mobile Processors Hit Market
Intel is shipping its 'Bay Trail' Atom 64-bit mobile application processors, made on a 22-nm FinFET manufacturing process, giving Intel a technical lead in the mobile application processor market.
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ST Joins Open-Source ARM Mbed Project
STMicroelectronics has joined NXP and Freescale in supporting the mbed open-source community organized by ARM around microcontroller development.
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ARM Buys Lighting Software Firm to Improve Graphics
Processor IP licensor buys games software firm to help it bring improved graphics to mobile applications.
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Intel to Acquire Mindspeed's Wireless Chip Unit
Intel has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Mindspeed Technologies' wireless infrastructure business unit for roughly $12 million.
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Qualcomm Aims 64-bit Processor at Low-End
Qualcomm has made a surprising move by aiming its first 64-bit application processor at the entry to mid-level smartphone.
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Russia Churns Out Skolkovo as Latest R&D Innovation Hub
Dmitry Medvedev re-elected Skolkovo Foundation chairman as Russia's prototypical high-technology R&D center continues to take shape.
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Startup Claims Communications Breakthrough
MagnaCom, an Israel-based startup, has patented a modulation scheme that it claims doubles spectrum bandwidth efficiency compared with the best of incumbent technologies.
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Exclusive Video Teardown: ZTE's $40 Android Smartphone
IHS puts the ZTE U793 under the knife to determine how ZTE turns a profit on a smartphone that sells for as low as $40.
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Panasonic Ships Chip Patents out to IP Licensor
Panasonic is assigning 900 patent families to a subsidiary of an Ottawa IP licensing house as it seeks to monetize its past R&D. The moves are thought to be part of a raft of measures as the company exits semiconductors.
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Startup Seeks Funds to Realize 'Belt' Processor
A California startup is proposing the Mill, a novel form of processor architecture that dispenses with registers and, it is claimed, can bring DSP-like power efficiency to general-purpose computing.
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Flat-Panel TV Market Hits High Note in September
The global market for flat-panel televisions exceeded 20 million units in shipments for the first time this year in September, even though that volume was down from the same time last...
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Researchers Develop TFET for High Speed/Low Power CMOS Replacement
Researchers from Pennsylvania State University have developed a tunnel field effect transistor that uses the quantum mechanical tunneling of electrons through an ultrathin energy barrier to provide high current at low voltage.
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Chip Plant Closure Demanded After Toxic Discharge
Taiwanese chip packager and tester ASE has been fined for polluting the Houjin River and may have to close a plant responsible for 10 percent of the company's revenue, according to local reports.
