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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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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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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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Smartphone Slowdown Hurts Loss-making Imagination
The dilution of Imagination's focus through its acquisition of MIPS and a slowdown in the smartphone business conspired to hurt Imagination's position as it announced half-year financial results.
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Blu-ray Closes Gap with DVD in Revenue Generation for Video Releases
The Blu-ray Disc (BD) format is an increasingly potent source of revenue for movie titles released on video, with BD now accounting for half of U.S. video retail revenue for major new...
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Manufacturing in 2014: Full Steam Ahead
The momentum gathered by the U.S. manufacturing sector in the second half of the year is expected to continue through early 2014.
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Bluetooth Upgrade Supports LTE/IoT
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has updated the core specification to version 4.1 providing number of changes to better support the co-existence of Bluetooth with LTE and its use for Internet of Things applications.
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Broadband Internet Penetration Deepens in US; Cable is King
Close to four-fifths of the United States is now connected in some form to the broadband Internet universe, with cable remaining the dominant mode of access across the...
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Apple Spurs Massive Growth in Smartphone Fingerprint Sensor Market
As it has done so often before, Apple Inc. is triggering a new technology boom, with its integration of a fingerprint sensor on the iPhone 5s inspiring a wave of imitators that will drive the...
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Can the 'Airbus of Chips' Plan Fly?
A specially appointed leadership group is expected to propose a plan to save European semiconductor manufacturing on December 16.
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Low-Cost 'Nano-Camera' Provides Accurate Images In Adverse Conditions
Researchers in the MIT Media Lab have developed a $500 "nano-camera" that is based on "Time of Flight" technology like that used in Microsoft's recently launched second-generation Kinect device.
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Retinal Implant Breakthrough Said to Restore Sight to the Blind
Researchers from the U.S. and Germany say they have developed an electronic system that uses electrical stimulation methods and retinal implants to restore sight to the blind.
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Apple Joining Rapidly Expanding Market for Larger-Sized Smartphones
Apple Inc. has reportedly begun to invest in the development of larger 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch displays for its next-generation iPhone products in a bid to capitalize on the spectacular...
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Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Module Aims at IoT
OWL355 module offers multiradio capability across Classic Bluetooth, Bluetooth low-energy and WLAN with full dual-band support for the 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz radio bands.
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Printed Paper Keyboard to Demo at CES
A startup company from the printing industry has brought together conductive inks, capacitive touch sensing and Bluetooth communications to produce printed switches that can be used for interactive posters and books.
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Qualcomm Lobbies for LTE on Unlicensed Spectrum
Qualcomm has begun to campaign for LTE Advanced mobile communications to be deployed on unlicensed radio spectrum at 5-GHz, where Wi-Fi resides.
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Intel Partners with Jaguar Land Rover on Infotainment
K luxury car firm plans to open a software and systems R&D center in Portland, Ore., to support collaboration with Intel and other West Coast partners on wireless infotainment systems.
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Chinese Supercomputer Maintains No. 1 Spot on Top 500 List
China's powerful Tianhe-2 remained atop the list of the world's 500 most powerful supercomputers. Delivering 33.86 petaflops per second, it remains nearly twice as fast as the second most powerful supercomputer.
