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Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth to co-exist within device
News New Wi-Fi specs that enable direct connections won't replace Bluetooth. Instead, both wireless protocols will likely be supported in the same device, says analyst.
Tags: Bluetooth, 802.11/Wi-Fi, Development/design, Mobile processors, Specification, Wi-Fi Alliance, mobile, Gartner Inc., photograph, Bluetooth
Qualcomm builds NFC into mobile chipsets
News The manufacturer is to support the contactless, short-range wireless technology, but analysts warn that near-field communications may struggle to take off soon.
Tags: Mobile processors, Notebooks and tablets, Qualcomm Inc., Mobile, GPS, mobile industry, London, bank, handset, industry
Intel accelerates 32nm processor plans
News The world's largest chip company is moving its focus to the next-generation designs faster than it had planned.
Tags: Processors, Multiprocessor servers, Product development and design, Intel Corp., Chip, Graphics, Spokesperson, server chip, motherboard company, Westmere
AMD delivers its own server platform
News Low-power platform, formerly codenamed Fiorano, offers server builders combination of six-core Opteron with choice of three chipsets from AMD.
Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PCI Express, Server, AMD Opteron, performance, processor, product marketing, data center, chipset
Qualcomm readies 3G/4G mobile chipsets
News Company says it is sampling dual-mode chipsets that can switch between 3G and 4G wireless networks. Commercial products are expected next year.
Tags: Development/design, 3G (Third Generation), Qualcomm Inc., Phone, network, mobile, Chip, Wireless, HSPA, 3G
South Korea hits Qualcomm with antitrust fine
News Chipset manufacturer gets record US$209 million fine by South Korea's Fair Trade Commission, for giving discounts and rebates to handset makers that avoid competitors' products.
Tags: Components, Qualcomm Inc., Wireless, South Korea, antitrust, Fair Trade Commission, handset company, chipset, manufacturer, Components
AMD ships Windows 7-ready chipset
News New 785G chipset provides integrated graphics and is tailored to the upcoming Microsoft operating system, according to AMD.
Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., DirectX, Graphics, Microsoft Windows 7, modeling, Microsoft Windows, OpenGL, chipset, PC
30 Snapdragon gadgets in the pipeline
News More than 30 products using Qualcomm's next generation Snapdragon chipset are already in the pipeline, chipmaker says.
Tags: Mobile processors, Qualcomm Inc., GUI, Graphics, operating system, ASUS, 3G, High Tech Computer Corp., chipset, spokesman
First Tegra-based netbooks and MIDs unveiled
News Nvidia's system-on-a-chip has shown up in a dozen netbooks and mobile internet devices at the Computex event in Taiwan.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Components, Graphics, Processors, Memory, Development/design, Mobile, NVidia Corp., Manufacturing, Video
Intel launches CULV chip for ultra-thin notebooks
News The SU2700 is designed for notebook computers that are larger and more powerful than netbooks, but still much thinner than traditional laptops.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Hardware, Components, Processors, Consumer Technology, Intel Corp., Chip, Dual-core, Notebook, processor
Rumor: Unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro in the works
News Apple also expected to announce a makeover for the Mac Mini, possibly as early as this week's Macworld Expo.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Notebooks and tablets, Mobile processors, Battery, Apple Inc., NVidia Corp., Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Graphics, Apple Macintosh
Intel cuts prices by up to 48 percent
News Price cuts have been applied to many Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, Pentium, Celeron and Xeon chips, as the company gears up to compete with rival AMD.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Multiprocessor servers, Forecasting, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Phenom, Shanghai, Intel Celeron, quad processor
Freescale and ARM promise US$205 netbooks
News Freescale has unveiled an ARM-based, Ubuntu-toting netbook reference design, claiming it will bring cheap internet devices to the younger, more widget-centric generation.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Processors, ARM, Intel Corp., Ubuntu, processor, Microsoft Windows, power management, Internet, handset
OLPC laptop drops AMD for Via
News As part of a wider hardware refresh by the One Laptop per Child project, the XO laptop for education in developing countries will get a Via C7-M instead of an AMD Geode processor.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Processors, ARM, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., One Laptop Per Child Project, AMD Geode, performance, Hardware, software, processor
AMD reorg merges microprocessor, graphics units
News Troubled chipmaker's second reorganization in little more than a year will combine its microprocessor and graphics units.
Tags: Processors, Leadership, Organizational structure, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Chip Company, Graphics, microprocessor, graphics chip
