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NVIDIA mobile roadmap leaked, confirms quad-core Tegra 3

24 January 2011, 15:38

A couple of websites seem to have got hold of a Tegra roadmap slide intended for MWC.

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Next gen Apple A4 SoC expected to have dual CPU and GPU cores

17 January 2011, 10:53

All this extra grunt will reportedly be used to drive an iPad 2 with a much higher-resolution screen.

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GlobalFoundries positions itself for 28nm push

13 January 2011, 10:35

The microchip foundry optimizes its 28nm manufacturing process and plans to double its fab investment.

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BlackBerry PlayBook chip confirmed as TI OMAP4430, but Motorola Atrix is Tegra 2

11 January 2011, 11:45

The long-awaited dual-core SoC offering from TI is set to make its debut in RIM’s new tablet.

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Intel pays NVIDIA $1.5 billion to end legal dispute

10 January 2011, 23:07

Once more the chip giant has to pay-off one of its smaller rivals.

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Freescale unveils Cortex A9 offering

4 January 2011, 10:10

The i.MX 6 series is scalable to four cores, each clocking at up to 1.2GHz.

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NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 rumoured to be the reference platform for Android Honeycomb

15 December 2010, 09:40

If this is true it could be the kick-start Tegra desperately needs.

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Texas Instruments discusses its new high-end OMAP4440 chip

9 December 2010, 17:35

The OMAP 4 platform finally starts to take shape with the announcement of a new high-end SoC.

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Imagination Technologies announces new high-end graphics core

7 December 2010, 16:14

A bunch of announcements as the UK embedded graphics specialist raises the stakes.

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Qualcomm talks up new Snapdragon

18 November 2010, 11:16

The MSM 8960 is five times faster and consumes a quarter of the power of the original Snapdragon.

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Imagination Technologies unimpressed by ARM graphics move

16 November 2010, 18:25

A resounding ‘meh!’ from the embedded graphics market leader as ARM tries to muscle-in on its market.

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ARM reveals its big graphics move

10 November 2010, 16:46

Serves notice to UK rival Imagination Technologies that it’s serious about embedded graphics.

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AMD ships first Fusion chip ahead of schedule

10 November 2010, 11:25

It’s been a very long time coming, but AMD is finally realising the vision behind its acquisition of ATI.

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MIPS throws down the gauntlet to Intel and ARM with new processor

27 September 2010, 14:00

New multicore IP is aimed at the CE sector, but could herald a third player in the smartphone chip market.

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Intel launches a bunch of mobile CPUs

27 September 2010, 10:51

After AMD made its move in desktops, Intel counter-attacks in notebooks.

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New AMD CPUs – official pricing

21 September 2010, 05:22

Find out what prices the new AMD processor-in-a-box prices are going into the channel.

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ARM takes on Google TV with its own set-top box platform

10 September 2010, 17:16

A busy week for the low-power chip designer as it combines with Trident Micro to take on Google TV.

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Qualcomm CEO talks tablets, Mirasol and AR

9 September 2010, 15:55

Paul Jacobs addressed the European press at Qualcomm’s IQ 2010 event.

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EXCLUSIVE: ARM unveils next gen processor – promises 5x performance increase

9 September 2010, 08:19

Codenamed Eagle, ARM says the Cortex-A15 MPCore is the biggest thing it’s ever done.

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GeForce GTX 460 prices slashed

7 September 2010, 14:38

Rumoured price-drops materialise as cards start retailing for as little as £116.

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GlobalFoundries optimizes 28nm process for ARM Cortex A9

2 September 2010, 00:30

The semiconductor fab sees dual-core SoCs at 28nm as its key market and reveals its 20nm roadmap.

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Intel targets Qualcomm with Infineon Wireless acquisition

31 August 2010, 10:08

The $1.4 billion acquisition of Infineon’s wireless division will help Intel offer complete mobile chipset solutions.

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Intel halves price of Core i7 950

27 August 2010, 11:15

Previously pointless chip will soon be available for under £200 ex VAT.

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Microsoft talks up its own CPU/GPU hybrid chip

24 August 2010, 10:48

The chip inside the latest Xbox 360 is an SoC combining the previously separate processors on a 45nm process.

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ARM and partners invest in server chip start-up

16 August 2010, 10:25

Smooth-Stone is designing low-power ARM server chips to provide another alternative to Intel.

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Imagination Technologies to bring Flow technology to more devices

12 August 2010, 16:27

Following the launch of FlowSongs, the UK chip-maker plans to bring the cloud into the home.

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Intel releases pricing for new Core i7, i5 and Atom CPUs

19 July 2010, 12:56

It was a busy weekend for the Intel processor price list, with new desktop CPUs across the whole range.

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First AMD Fusion chip brought forward to Q4 2010

16 July 2010, 17:39

The Ontario APU will ship in the 4th quarter, with systems expected to be available early next year.

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Nokia sells modem business to Renesas for $200 million

6 July 2010, 10:38

As Nokia tries to revitalise its handset fortunes, it forms and alliance with the chip giant to develop LTE.

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Some electronic components in critically short supply

5 July 2010, 10:57

Researcher iSuppli is reporting that lead times have doubled for many types of electronic component.

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TI to launch OMAP4 tablet development platform

25 June 2010, 16:12

Texas Instruments looks to capitalise on the tablet craze for its next generation SoC.

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Intel launches six new mobile CPUs

21 June 2010, 16:56

The chip giant once more updates its price list on the quiet with some frequency boosts.

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ARM and partners launch next-gen SoC platform

14 June 2010, 18:00

IBM, Samsung, GlobalFoundries and Synopsis lower the barriers to entry to the 32/28nm manufacturing nodes.

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