Posted April 1, 2013, 7:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
NEC is looking to jettison their struggling mobile phone division after two straight years of losses. The move would help the Japanese company increase profitability despite the fact that they have said until now that it’s an important part of…
NEC has expanded its Lavie notebook family with a new premium system that is said to be the thinnest offering of its kind. At its slimmest point, the 15.6-inch Lavie X ultrabook measures only half an inch thick (12.8mm) -- a feat that required extra-thin internal components...
Posted September 5, 2012, 6:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Lenovo still classifies their consumer PC division as an important cog for company growth even as other manufacturers struggle with maintaining profit margins as a result of declining sales. As such, executive director of worldwide consumer product launch Nick Reynolds…
Qualcomm could soon be facing some serious competition in the mobile communications chipset market as Fujitsu Limited, NTT DoCoMo, NEC, and Fujitsu Semiconductor have agreed to form a joint venture to create and sell semiconductor products with built-in modem capabilities.…
Posted June 19, 2012, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple, Software
A large group of Japanese companies are reportedly set to join forces on June 21 to create what is being described as an "iOS Consortium." Hitachi and NEC are among the 70 companies that share a single goal of speeding…
Posted September 12, 2011, 6:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
The unrelenting surge of tablet news continues today with fresh announcements from Sony, Acer and NEC. First up, Sony has finally announced the launch of its new consumer slate, the 9.4-inch Honeycomb-based Tablet S. To accompany its dreary name, the device…
NEC and Tohoku University have announced the development of the world's first Content Addressable Memory (CAM) that maintains the same high operation speed and non-volatile operation as existing circuits when processing and storing data on a circuit while the power…
Posted January 27, 2011, 10:14 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
As expected, Lenovo and NEC have announced a joint venture that forms NEC Lenovo Japan Group, the largest PC group in the country. The duo will be able to grow their commercial and consumer PC businesses in Japan, the third…
Lenovo is reportedly in talks with Japanese hardware company NEC regarding a joint venture in the PC business, according to the Wall Street Journal. Although it is unclear exactly what kind of partnership might be in the works, speculation suggests…
Posted July 23, 2010, 2:16 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
With Intel holding back USB 3.0 support on its own chipsets until sometime in 2011, or even further, NEC has been able to capitalize on the slowly but steady adoption from manufacturers. Pretty much every motherboard we've seen sporting 'SuperSpeed'…
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