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Could Intel enable $200 Ultrabook?
Dylan McGrath
5/20/2013 12:25 PM EDT
Market research firm IHS believes the chip giant could reinvigorate the PC industry--if it's willing to sacrifice its own margins.
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dylan.mcgrath
@luting. I'm with you. I would be surprised if Intel went for this.
Samsung wants to launch 5G in 2020
Dylan McGrath
5/14/2013 12:01 PM EDT
South Korean giant claims first adaptive array transceiver technology operating in the millimeter-wave bands.
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John.Donovan
Andrzej11 is right--this is a highly defined lab experiment filtered through the marketing ...
BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45
Dylan McGrath
5/2/2013 1:24 AM EDT
This credit card-sized Linux computer was one of the coolest demos on the show floor at last week's DESIGN West.
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bobdvb
I don't think it is a direct assault by the IC manufacturers because the volume of the market ...
Apple iWatch, Google Glasses to lead wearable computing surge
Dylan McGrath
2/21/2013 2:30 PM EST
The rumored Apple smart watch and the augmented reality glasses being developed by Google are expected to be just the beginning for wearable gadgets.
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Duane Benson
Re "some advertising super-imposed on my real view." More than once, I've run across some starry ...
Could RIM really mount a comeback?
Dylan McGrath
1/30/2013 2:31 AM EST
IHS says Blackberry 10 is Research and Motion's last, best hope to challenge the smartphone powers that be.
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Frank Eory
For every Blackberry owner I ever knew, "email" was precisely the reason they loved it so much. But ...
Samsung overtakes Apple as top chip buyer
Dylan McGrath
1/23/2013 1:25 PM EST
Together, pair of global electronics giants consumed 15 percent of semiconductors in 2012.
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shyam334
I believe it includes internal purchases as well.
Dylan McGrath
1/18/2013 4:31 PM EST
After its proposed acquisition by IDT was blocked by regulators, a leaner version of he PCI Express chip company is moving on.
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mkelly99
No, they would have had a monopoly on stand alone PCI express switch chips. There are no other ...
Fabless model shows no sign of collapse
Dylan McGrath
1/14/2013 2:01 PM EST
Some see evidence of the decline of the fabless-foundry model. The numbers tell a very different story.
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EDA vendors cashing in on move to FinFETs
Dylan McGrath
12/6/2012 10:01 AM EST
Synopsys co-CEO Aart De Geus says technical challenges facing chip makers bode well for design tool vendors.
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Win 8 failing to boost PC sales
Dylan McGrath
11/29/2012 1:55 PM EST
Much hoped for boost to PC sales from the launch of the new operating system has thus far failed to materialize.
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Mark.Rackin
In my case, Win8 DID result in a new PC sale...only NOT one running Win8! My wife's XP Celeron ...