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Qualcomm becomes world's third largest semiconductor supplier
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It's been a rough year for the semiconductor industry according to iSuppli, with 59 of the 157 leading suppliers expected to see revenue declines. Overall, chip revenue is projected to fall by 2.3% (over $7 billion) in 2012 as double-digit drops plague seven of the top 20 outfits...
Amazon interested in Texas Instruments' mobile chip division
- Amazon is in “advanced negotiations” to acquire Texas Instruments’ OMAP chip division, according to Israeli financial newspaper Calcalist. The company is reportedly looking to bolster its mobile device division and the move would allow it to better compete with industry…
Texas Instruments plans to exit the smartphone and tablet market
- Texas Instruments is planning to pull out of the smartphone and tablet sector with ambitions to reach a broader market that they believe will be more profitable and stable. The announcement was made by senior vice president for embedded processing…
Multiple Kindle Fire 2 tablets are in the works
- Google may only have a few months to capitalize on the sub-$200 tablet market as one analyst is predicting that Amazon could have up to four Kindle Fire 2 variants in the works. Richard Shim of NPD DisplaySearch claims that…
HP intros Passport 1912nm "Internet Monitor" and new IPS displays
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HP has unveiled a handful of new desktop displays including an all-in-one "Internet Monitor" that runs a cloud-centric operating system. The Passport 1912nm serves as a "visitor hub," supplying basic Web access to lobbies, hotels, waiting rooms, airports and other such environments...
HSA Foundation announced, AMD licenses ARM technology
- AMD, ARM, Imagination Technologies, MediaTek, and Texas Instruments on Tuesday announced the formation of the Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation, a new non-profit consortium that seeks to "define and promote an open, standards-based approach to heterogeneous computing that will provide…
Texas Instruments, Qualcomm announce ARM processors for Windows 8
- Texas Instruments and Qualcomm have both announced ARM processors that are compatible with Windows 8. The two companies likely got the green light right after Microsoft gave its first preview of Windows 8 yesterday.
Texas Instruments to buy National Semiconductor for $6.5b
- Texas Instruments today signed an agreement to purchase fellow chipmaker National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion or about $25 per share, a hefty premium over National's closing price today of $14.07. The all-cash transaction has already been approved by both company…
Texas Instruments unveils OMAP 5 with two Cortex-A15 cores
- Only a few months after unveiling an updated version of the OMAP 4 SoC, Texas Instrument has unveiled the OMAP 5 mobile platform. The latest chip features two Cortex-A15 processing cores running at 2GHz and "transforms the concept of mobile,"…
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