Not exact matches
Radio frequency chipmakers RF Micro Devices will buy peer TriQuint Semiconductor for about $ 1.6 billion in an all - stock deal to create a
company that could better compete in selling
chips to
mobile - handset makers.
Some of the
company's prior
mobile efforts have lagged, although it won an important victory convincing Apple (aapl) to use one of its 4G modem
chips in versions of the new iPhone 7.
The machinations may explain why the
company's well - regarded head of
mobile chips, Aicha Evans, reportedly tendered her resignation last month, only to change her mind after Krzanich made a full court press to keep her.
Moorhead's post prompted plenty of well - deserved bashing of Intel's
mobile failings and a recounting of how the once dominant
company of the «Wintel» era had been disrupted by smartphones running weaker, slower but cheaper and lower - powered ARM - based
chips.
In her current role James has helped the
company move beyond PC and server
chips and into newer technologies like
mobile computing and wearables.
On May 13, market research
company IC Insights reported that while the Santa Clara
company is still the largest microchip
company by revenue, it's losing market share to
mobile chip manufactures, such as Samsung and Qualcomm.
Larry Puglia, manager of the T. Rowe Price Blue
Chip Growth Fund, owns Alibaba along with Chinese Internet
company Tencent (tcehy), which is also capitalizing on
mobile payments.
The
company's
mobile payment solution takes a two - pronged approach by combining a near - field communication (NFC)
chip with the magnetic secure - transmission technology it acquired from LoopPay to transmit payment information between your device and a point - of - sale terminal.
The
company asked U.S. International Trade Commission to ban imports of all iPhones and iPads that contain competing
mobile communications
chips.
After struggling to compete against larger chipmakers like Qualcomm in smartphones and tablets, Nvidia is now increasing its focus on using its Tegra
mobile chips in cars and is already supplying
companies including Audi, BMW and Tesla.
The
company, which manufactures
chips for payment cards and
mobile phones, said revenue was largely driven by its cybersecurity business, as organizations increase their focus on data privacy and security.
With
companies like Qualcomm, Samsung, Intel, and Nvidia regularly releasing new
mobile chips that make their way into a wide range of tablets and smartphones, it's tough to tell at a glance at a spec sheet how well a given Google Android - or Apple iOS - based tablet will perform.
Nvidia's next - generation Tegra part will likely be built on a GK104 - derived part — but that's just the beginning of what the
chip means for the
company's
mobile prospects.
This shows the
company is pretty bold about taking over the low - end
mobile chip market.
TI has faced big competition from other ARM - licensees such as Samsung, Qualcomm and Nvidia and as a result the
company is looking to get out of the
mobile chip market so it can focus on other markets.
The Intel Z760 series of processors are the first
chips to have been developed on the
company's Oak Trail platform and will be noted for their extremely low power requirements, making them just right for
mobile and portable devices such as tablet PCs.
The complaint, which the ITC published publicly this week, is the latest in a series of patent - related legal actions between the two
companies that kicked off with Nvidia suing Samsung and
mobile -
chip maker Qualcomm in September.
Acer's new tablet is a sign of Intel's efforts to grow its presence in
mobile devices such as tablets, a hot market the U.S.
chip company has been late to get into.
Traditionally, Apple has been content to stay a step behind the latest processor technology, and reap the power efficiency benefits, and that's just what we heard it would do again... but today, right now on stage, the Cupertino computer
company unveiled a
mobile chip with quad core graphics, not a quad - core CPU.
Google is said by report sources to be working with Taiwan - based
chip producer MediaTek on a
mobile device that, while relatively low in overall specification, could end up being sold by the
company for under $ 100 off - contract.
There is upside to
companies with emerging market exposure in smart phones and playing the trend through the
chip manufacturers may carry less risk from the rollout and success of particular products like that of
mobile players like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL).
With blue -
chip corporations such as IBM and Vodafone involved in building a
mobile commerce network, regional and global travel
companies should be looking even more closely on what the region has to offer.»
Besides smartphones, the South Korean original equipment manufacturer also plans to implement its new
chips into memory cards and solid - state drives (SSDs), although the
mobile segment is a priority for the
company, at least as far as first - party products are concerned.
Amazon is the latest in a long line of
companies to show interest in AI
chips with both Google and Apple investing in AI research and Huawei's Kirin 970 sporting a
mobile AI computing platform featuring a dedicated Neural Processing Unit.
Google's Pixel 2 includes the Pixel Visual Core — the
company's first
mobile chip which unsurprisingly is concerned with machine learning.
The
company already announced its new Exynos 5 Octa processor with enhanced graphics and 3 GB low - power RAM for the
mobile devices, so these new
chips would be available in the Galaxy Note III.
Our devices may never truly be secure, says the CEO of the
company that designs the heart of most
mobile chips.
The solution consists of the Snapdragon 845
Mobile VR Platform, i.e. a specifically optimized version of the
company's latest and most capable
chip to date, -LSB-...]
Chinese regulators have been penalizing overseas
companies, like the American
mobile chip giant Qualcomm, which was forced to reduce prices for
companies that sell smartphones within the country.
The OEM, which has relied mostly on Qualcomm chipsets for its
mobile phones, would be the nation's second to Huawei for sourcing its processing
chips from within their respective
companies.
With
mobile payments taking over, it would have been realistic for Huawei to include an NFC
chip inside this phone, but it seems the
company had no such plans.
The Shenzhen - based original equipment manufacturer started teasing the OnePlus 6 earlier this week, with the
company already confirming its next flagship will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845
chip and as much as 8 GB of RAM, with its most premium variant also being set to arrive with 256 GB of internal flash memory, though the new
mobile lineup is still likely to lack a microSD card slot.
The tablet has a 7.9 - inch display with 2048 x 1535 resolution, just like the iPad mini, and packs a 2.2 GHz quad - core Tegra K1 processor and a 192 - core GPU — Xiaomi is the first
company to use NVIDIA's latest
mobile chip, which is an absolute beast when it comes to
mobile performance.
In the future, Energous plans to license its technology to other
companies, which could create their own charging routers and
chips to add such wireless charging powers to a variety of
mobile and / or home devices.
The
company's new announcement bulks up its
chip line and offers the first ever six - core CPUs for
mobile.
Qualcomm, the world's biggest
mobile chipmaker, has announced a range of products at the
company's analyst meeting today, including a new Snapdragon Wear platform for wearables, the first commercial gigabit LTE modem for
mobile devices, and several new low to mid-range
mobile chips.
The self - contained headset and software development kit will showcase key elements of Qualcomm's
mobile chip - based VR system, including full inside - out motion tracking and a partnership with eye - tracking
company Tobii.
Back in February, Samsung finally unveiled a
mobile processor that can support 4K at up to 120 fps, but since the
company uses Qualcomm
chips in its U.S. variants - the Snapdragon 835 only supports 4K at 30 fps - the feature never actually s howed up in any of the
company's phones.
Samsung's future smartphones will have unlocked, activated FM radio
chips, according to the
company behind terrestrial radio
mobile app NextRadio.
Not only does Samsung produce
chips for a number of other
companies, including Apple, but it also makes a separate line of Exynos processors for its own
mobile devices.
It's the
company's best
chip ever built and also the first
mobile processor to feature 6 cores and 12 threads, as well as the new Intel Thermal Velocity Boost (TVB), which could offer a turbo frequency of up to 4.8 GHz.
Today, the
company announced a new series of 8th generation desktop and laptop
chips, including the flagship six - core i9 - 8950HK
mobile CPU.
MediaTek earlier rumoured to announce MT6592 octa - core
chip and now silently the
company has introduced the same as world's first - ever true octa - core processor for
mobile devices.
MediaTek's System - on -
Chip mobile processor business has been stepped up in the last eighteen months with the
company having pushed into eight, or octa, core processors and into the new 64 - bit architecture, plus developing its own integrated 3G and LTE basebands, or modems.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 was unveiled in December as the
company's latest and greatest
mobile chip, and it's a pretty powerful one.
OnePlus is finally growing into a «full - service»
company — they included both a fingerprint sensor and NFC
chip on their OnePlus 3T, allowing the device to make
mobile payments and Android Pay purchases with a swipe of your finger.