Intel’s Spectre and Meltdown headaches continue
Meltdowns, suspect share dealing and class-action suits, it’s been an interesting 2018 for Intel so far, and it doesn’t seem to be getting better quickly.
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Intel hit with class action suit over CPU defects
Law firm Doyle APC has filed a class action lawsuit against Intel for the design defect found in all of Intel’s x86-64x CPUs.
Qualcomm dominates smartphone applications processor market
The latest smartphone component data from Strategy Analytics reveals that, despite its legal challenges, Qualcomm remains dominant in the smartphone chip market.
Qualcomm launches domestic IoT chip platform
At the Computex tech show mobile chip giant Qualcomm launched its Mesh Networking Platform designed to improve domestic routers with IoT in mind.
Qualcomm refreshes mid-market Snapdragons
The Snapdragon 660 and 630 chips aim to give you most of the fun of a Snapdragon 835 at a fraction of the price.
Qualcomm goes one better with the Snapdragon 821
US mobile chip giant Qualcomm has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone SoC – the Snapdragon 821 – which promises to be a bit better than the popular 820.
ARM launches new high-end CPU and GPU cores
UK mobile chip designer ARM has unveiled its latest high-end processor and graphics cores, which should feature in many of 2017’s flagship smartphones.
ARM launches fastest mobile CPU core yet
UK low power chip designer ARM has announced the launch of its latest flagship CPU design – the Cortex-A72 – which promises almost double the performance and the energy efficiency of the previous high-end CPU design, the Cortex-A57.
Intel launches IoT platform to take the fight to ARM
IT chip vendor Intel has launched an IoT (Internet of Things) platform, which it said will unify gateway, connectivity and security components thus also simplifying IoT deployments. The silicon giant has also announced integrated hardware and software products based on the Intel IoT Platform.
ARM raises the IoT processor bar with Cortex-M7
Low-power silicon designer ARM has unveiled a 32-bit chip designed specifically with the Internet of Things in mind. The company has already signed up several licensees for the offering including Atmel, Freescale and ST Microelectronics.
Intel heralds arrival to smartphone market at CES
Intel has used consumer gadget show CES as a platform to declare its arrival to the smartphone market, announcing a multi-year deal with handset maker Motorola Mobility and unveiling a Lenovo handset based on its new Atom processor platform. However, disrupting the current state of the market could prove to be a struggle for the firm, suggests one analyst.
Android to be optimised for Intel’s Atom chips
Chip manufacturer Intel is teaming up with Google to ensure that future releases of the Android operating system are optimised for Intel’s Atom processors. Intel said that it wants to step up its efforts in the lucrative smartphone arena at the opening keynote of the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.
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