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Intel Switches Out For Data Centre Success In Waning PC Market
But pushes back 10nm "Cannonlake" chip release to 2017, potentially damaging data centre progress
IBM Intros Cloud Services For Designing Chips For Mobile, Wearables
IBM's High Performance Services for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) help small and midsize businesses and startups design chips faster
Intel Buys Altera In £11bn Chip Deal
Intel will acquire Altera for $54 per share in an all-cash transaction to drive into more profitable growth areas
Toshiba Moves Accounting Probe Into Chip Business
Following an independent investigation set up earlier in May, Toshiba will now probing accounting irregularities in its TV, PC and Chip divisions
PayPal Deploys Applied Micro’s ARM Servers In Data Centres
Applied Micro Circuits' X-Gene SoC passes PayPal performance benchmarks
Samsung To Splash Extra £6Bn On South Korean Chip Plant
Samsung chip factory could focus on DRAM chip production, as well as mobile processors
AMD Suffers £120 Million Loss, Dumps SeaMicro Server Business
AMD blames "challenging PC environment", with revenues down 26 percent year-over-year
ARM Acquires Two Bluetooth Firms, Bolsters IoT Business
British ARM picks up Wicentric and Sunrise Micro Devices, adding strength to low-power wireless communications portfolio
Intel’s Pursuit Of Altera Ends After Price Disagreement
Altera officials reportedly turn down a per-share price of more than $50, thought at least one analyst doubts whether the deal is off
MWC 2015 – Intel’s Powerful New Chips Are Aimed At Budget Smartphones
Atom X3, X5 and X7 processors unveiled at MWC to power 2015's entry devices, says Intel
Intel To Merge PC And Mobile Chip Operations
Mobile division has struggled as Intel faces strong opposition from likes of Qualcomm and Nvidia
IBM Pays £931m To Offload Semiconductor Business
IBM will pay Globalfoundries $1.5bn to take on chip operations
MediaTek Chips Will Double Data Allowances With Opera Max Compression
MediaTek is to integrate Opera Max into its processors, offering mid-range Android smartphone users the chance to double their data
Intel Hires Qualcomm Exec To Boost Mobile Efforts
Intel poaches Amir Faintuch from Qualcomm in bid to improve prospects in smartphones, tablets and M2M
Qualcomm Small Cell Chip To Boost Indoor 4G Coverage For SMBs
Wireless routers could soon offer cost-effective Wi-Fi and 4G for SMBs and consumers with Qualcomm FSM90xx
Qualcomm To Buy Wireless Gigabit Chip Maker Wilocity – Report
Qualcomm's possible Wilocity purchase fuels interest in Gigabit Wireless tech
Fujitsu And Panasonic To Combine Chip Design Efforts
The new venture will be fabless, hire employees from both companies
Intel Expands Chip Agreement With Altera
Intel widens its foundry partnership with Altera to develop cheaper and faster multi-die components
techUK Forum Will Find Partners For UK Electronics Firms
New techUK e-net network aims to fix up smart chip makers with the companies that need their skills
MWC 2014: ARM Not Convinced By Smartphone Saturation Fears
ARM's James Bruce says mid-range smartphones, wearables and internet of things are a huge opportunity
MediaTek Hopes MT6595 Octa Core Processor Can Crack US And Europe
MediaTek hopes new SoC will democratise the smartphone market and allow the company to expand beyond Asia
ARM Cortex-A17 CPU To Boost Mid-Range Handsets
ARM Cortex-A17 targets mid-range smartphones and tablets
Smartphone Saturation Hampers ARM’s Royalty Revenues
ARM reports increase in profits despite high end smartphone slowdown
CES 2014: Imagination’s New GPUs Are 50 Percent Faster
PowerVR Series6XT graphics cores add plenty of new features, including 4K support
Smartphone Demand Boosts ARM Profits By 36 Percent
British chip designer ARM Holdings announces another rise in profits as license fees and royalties rise
New Chips Target ‘Internet Of Things’
AMD, Cisco and Intel are releasing new processors aimed at a market that is expected to hit $14.4 trillion by 2020
Bristol’s XMOS Joins EU Project For Efficient Chips
The European ENTRA project will build energy awareness into the chip design stage, to make gadgets more efficient
IT Life: Intel’s Stuart Dommett
Working for Intel has provided some thrills for Stuart Dommett
Intel Haswell Rolled Out For Xeon E3 Servers
Intel has rolled out the first Xeon server processors that includes the Haswell architecture