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| Achronix to sample Intel fabbed FPGA |
2/21/2013 |
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By using Intel provided hardened IPs as cell-based logic around its FPGA, Achronix was able to save area, reduce power consumption by half, and cut cost and design time similarly.
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| Apple iWatch is a flexible wareable screen |
2/21/2013 |
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Titled "Bi-Stable Spring With Flexible Display." It describes a flexible touch-screen device that can display information. The device can be worn in any location, according to the patent, though one of the drawings shows it being worn around the wrist.
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| IBM teaches business to go Mobile |
2/21/2013 |
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The computing and consulting services giant unveiled IBM MobileFirst, a mix of tools and services all designed to help companies manage, secure and use more business applications on mobile devices.
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| Google stock value on the rise |
2/20/2013 |
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And Google still plays second fiddle to Apple, which is the most valuable U.S. company with a market value of $432 billion. Google is now No. 3 with a market value of $266 billion, behind Exxon Mobil Corp.
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| Republic Wireless to offer $19 unlimited plan |
2/20/2013 |
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Republic has configured the smartphone so that it can make and receive calls — and handle all your other data requirements — over Wi-Fi, which in fact you're encouraged to do. When Wi-Fi is absents, Republic's Wi-Fi Hybrid Calling technology comes in. Under those circumstances, calls are handled via Sprint's nationwide cellphone network. Sprint has a wholesale business relationship with Republic.
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| Maxim provides LTE transceiver for small cells |
2/20/2013 |
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The company believes that small cell designers will need RF transceivers which support all the LTE and 3G frequency bands. The receiver supports LTE FDD-LTE and TD-LTE modes as well as 3G WCDMA mode.
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| Korean manufacturers hold 67% of DRAM market |
2/20/2013 |
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Samsung accounted for 42%, or US$2.89 billion, of the global DRAM market in the fourth quarter, while Hynix' share stood at 25%, said DRAMeXchange. The size of the worldwide DRAM market came to US$6.87 billion in the fourth quarter, up from US$6.43 billion in the third.
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| Microsoft to replace Hotmail webmail service |
2/19/2013 |
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Plenty will change. Outlook.com has a completely different look and navigation structure than Hotmail — one that builds off the cleaner, tile-based look of Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 8. There also are plenty of usability features Microsoft is touting in Outlook.com.
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| Chinese government sponsored cybra espionage exposed |
2/19/2013 |
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“The details we have analyzed during hundreds of investigations convince us that the groups conducting these activities are based primarily in China and that the Chinese Government is aware of them,” U.S. computer-security firm Mandiant Corp. said in a 74-page report released on Tuesday.
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| Intel to provide Internet TV service |
2/18/2013 |
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Just as broadcast TV has evolved from free-to-air to cable, satellite and telcos, Huggers hopes Intel’s new Internet TV service will be viewed as “a new distribution platform” that programmers will embrace.
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| Exploitation continue through JAVA |
2/18/2013 |
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"The attack was injected into the site's HTML, so any engineer who visited the site and had Java enabled in their browser would have been affected," Sullivan told Ars, "regardless of how patched their machine was."
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| LG to invest in OLED televisions |
2/18/2013 |
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LG has invested heavily in OLED technology and has shown off prototype OLED televisions in the past few years. Now the firm is set to invest in bringing the cost of that technology down.
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| Apple's lawsuit against Samsung put on hold |
2/15/2013 |
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A U.S. judge asked Apple and Samsung whether an Apple patent lawsuit over search technology should be put on hold for several months until after an appeals court resolves a separate lawsuit between the two companies.
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| HTC to unveil new "One" phone |
2/15/2013 |
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HTC has invited press to attend an event in New York City on Feb. 19. The company is expected to reveal its main smartphone for the year.
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| Micron unveil 128GB TLC Flash chip |
2/15/2013 |
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Micron Technology has launched a triple-level cell (TLC) 128-Gbit NAND flash memory in a 20-nm manufacturing process technology that it claims is the world's densest memory.
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| PTI report revenue growth 2Q 2013 |
2/14/2013 |
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Powertech Technology (PTI) expects business to pick up in the second quarter, and continue to recover for the rest of 2013. said company chairman DK Tsai.
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| UMC predict flat revenue for 1Q13 |
2/14/2013 |
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UMC expects its wafer shipments to rise 6% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013, with average selling prices (ASP) decreasing also 6%.
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| Cadence to buy Indian IP startup |
2/13/2013 |
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Cadence Design Systems Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire analog and mixed-signal IP core developer Cosmic Circuits Pvt. Ltd.
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| Fujitsu may cut 2000 Fab jobs |
2/13/2013 |
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Fujitsu Ltd. has announced a radical restructuring of its semiconductor business that is likely to include major disposals and put 2,000 employees at risk of losing their jobs
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