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Article | 26/01/2011 Intel developing security 'game-changer'
Intel's chief technology officer says the chip maker is developing a technology that will be a security game changer.
Article | 27/01/2011 Intel to invest $100M in U.S. university research
Intel announced today that it's set to invest $100 million over the next five years into U.S. university research.
Article | 26/01/2011 UMC revenue rise points to widespread semiconductor demand
United Microelectronics (UMC), the world's second-largest contract chip maker, saw revenue for 2010 increase 35.9 percent over 2009. Robust demand for...
Article | 26/01/2011 Intel, IBM to discuss new high-end chips at ISSCC
Intel and IBM will soon provide details of their latest high-end server processors, which may contain cutting-edge technologies that could ultimately ...
Article | 25/01/2011 Memory-chip prices set to rise with DRAM demand in Q2
Taiwan’s largest computer memory chipmaker on Tuesday forecast a jump in demand for its components in the second quarter of the year as orders from co...
Article | 25/01/2011 Optimism for DRAM rises despite tablet threat
The price of DRAM, the main memory chips inside personal computers, may tick up in coming months as stronger demand for laptop and desktop computers w...
Article | 21/01/2011 Wi-Fi Direct still finding its stride
Wi-Fi Direct is still scarce in announced or shipping products, but it would be wrong to reach a gloomy conclusion about the new peer-to-peer technolo...
Article | 21/01/2011 New super-tough glass strengthens gadget screens
One of Japan's largest glass manufacturers debuted on Thursday a new glass designed for smartphones and tablet PCs that is considerably tougher than c...
Article | 21/01/2011 Acer says it has no plans to phase out netbooks
Acer on Wednesday in a statement said that it has no plans to phase out netbooks as it increases its focus on tablets.
Article | 20/01/2011 AMD puts Fusion processors into embedded systems
Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday announced Fusion processors for embedded systems as it tries to put its chips in new devices such as set-top boxes...
Article | 18/01/2011 Hands-only remote control emerges in Taiwan
A Taipei university team has developed a tiny chip that allows remote control over home appliances with no more than a wave of the hand and features t...
Article | 15/01/2011 New Nvidia GPU Does Wireless Video, Looks Ridiculous
Nvidia, makers of graphics cards, took a step into a strange future recently when they announced a wireless graphics card, the KFA2 GeForce GTX460. W...
Article | 13/01/2011 Lower prices to hurt DRAM vendors this year
A huge decline in memory prices could hurt DRAM vendors this year, with overall revenue projected to decline by 11.8 percent in 2011, research firm IH...
Article | 12/01/2011 Taiwan's Compal to raise laptop part prices
Compal Electronics, one of the world’s biggest contract laptop makers, will raise component prices this year to shore up a drop in profits, affecting ...
Article | 12/01/2011 Sapphire builds Intel 'Sandy Bridge', USB 3.0 motherboards
AMD GPU stalwart Sapphire has announced it is building a range of Intel motherboards. The Intel products are all being made by Sapphire in Taiwain, an...