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Semiconductor Spending Boom Headed For Fall
June 17, 2011
Gartner says capital spending will rise 10.2% this year, but an oversupply in the market will lead to slowdowns over the next two years.
ARM Edges Into Enterprise Servers
June 17, 2011
Calxeda's Trailblazer Initiative has lined up 10 "big data" partners on an ecosystem to close ARM's gap with Intel in the enterprise server space.
Dot Hill Mounts 3 TB Storage For SMBs
June 14, 2011
The entry-level AssuredSAN 3000 Series storage array systems scale up to 288 terabytes of storage, bundle disaster recovery software.
Nvidia Adds Baseband Processors With Icera Acquisition
June 13, 2011
Icera's baseband processors for 3G and 4G smartphones and tablets, combined with Nvidia's Tegra 2 applications processor, extends the chip maker's reach in the OEM mobile market.
Future Of HDD Market Lies In Hybrid Drives
June 10, 2011
Hybrid drives that combine legacy hard disk drives with NAND flash technology represent an opportunity for further growth, according to IDC.
Meet Samsung's Monster 1 TB Laptop Hard Drive
June 10, 2011
The trend toward higher capacity hard disk drives continues in laptops, as evidenced by Samsung's SpinPoint M8.
ICube Produces Unified Android Tablet Chip
June 09, 2011
The Harmony Unified Processor architecture combines the CPU and GPU into one unified core, the China-based semiconductor maker claims.
Apple Bounds To Top Semiconductor Buyer
June 09, 2011
The company spent nearly 80% more on chips last year to meet demand for its consumer products, and now consumes 30% of all NAND flash memory in the world, reports IHS iSuppli.
ARM Updates Processor Interface Protocol
June 08, 2011
AMBA 4 specification supports multicore computing through system-level cache coherency across clusters of processors.
Dell Intros Storage Hardware, Firmware Updates
June 08, 2011
The EqualLogic NAS, PowerVault storage arrays, and software update build upon Dell's fluid data architecture model for the data center.
Intel Factory Explosion Injures Seven
June 08, 2011
The small blast occurred in an Arizona semiconductor plant being readied for 22-nm chip production.
Startup Aims To Cut Chip Power Needs In Half
June 07, 2011
SuVolta’s new processor designs call for 50% power savings compared to traditional chips, with an eye toward phones, tablets, and laptops.
As PC Sales Decline, iPad Grabs Share
June 07, 2011
Analysts continue to downgrade PC sales forecasts, but also warn that other than iPad, tablets are not selling as fast as the industry had hoped.
Disk Storage System Sales Surge
June 06, 2011
Revenue rose 13.2% due to an increasing demand for storing digitized media and the rebounding economy, reports IDC.
AMD Ramps Up APU Production
June 03, 2011
The chipmaker's Fusion processors have sold out due to increased demand for smaller, more powerful computers.
TI ARM Processor Targets Smartphones, Tablets, Notebooks
June 02, 2011
Texas Instrument's OMAP 4470 processor is powered by a pair of 1-GHz ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore engines and two 266-MHz ARM Cortex-M3 cores for multimedia performance.
AMD Intros Fusion Chip For Windows Tablets
June 01, 2011
The Z-series "Desna" accelerated processing unit supports hardware graphics acceleration in a low-energy design.
SanDisk Announces SSDs For Tablets, Thin Laptops
June 01, 2011
Featuring SATA III interfaces, both solid state drives are designed for smaller, portable devices like ultra-thin laptops and tablets.
Samsung Introduces Faster, Lower Power Memory Modules
June 01, 2011
The 4Gb DDR3 DIMM chips are placed in 32 Gb memory modules based on 30 nm-class chip architecture.
Intel Ultrabooks Promise Thin, Powerful Mobile Computing
May 31, 2011
The computers will be powered by Atom processors, which Intel says will outpace Moore's Law as they shrink from 32 nanometers to 14 nm over the next three years.
Tablets Cut Into Hard Disk Drive Revenue
May 31, 2011
Growth is slowing for HDDs due to the increasing use of low-cost, portable devices and cloud storage, reports IHS iSuppli.
Intel Considers Fabbing Chips For Others
May 27, 2011
Fueling rumors that Intel will manufacture custom chips for Apple, CFO Stacy Smith said the company is open to manufacturing processors for competitors.
Cray's XK6 Supercomputer Promises 50-Petaflop Performance
May 27, 2011
AMD 16-core, Opteron processors, Nvidia Tesla graphics processors, and a Linux-based operating system are the foundation of Cray's fastest machine.
Kingmax Claims First 64-GB MicroSD Card
May 26, 2011
The Taiwan semiconductor company hasn't said when the chip will ship or how much it will cost.
Freescale Semiconductor Launches IPO
May 26, 2011
The semiconductor company saw its shares post modest gains in early trading as it seeks to regain its former glory in a tough chip market.