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Tuesday 1 February 2011
Intel identifies chipset design error, implementing solution
As part of ongoing quality assurance, Intel has discovered a design issue in a recently released support chip, the Intel 6 series, codenamed Cougar Point, and has implemented a silicon...
Thursday 13 January 2011
Notebook vendors show no interest in Oak Trail
Because Acer and Asustek Computer have both shown their unwillingness to launch Oak Trail-based tablet PCs, Intel has recently been aggressively trying to persuade these vendors with...
Tuesday 11 January 2011
TCL adopts SiS Android Internet TV SoC
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) has announced that TCL - China's largest TV brand - has adopted SiS9561 as the key SoC component of their first generation Internet smart TV. SiS9561...
Thursday 6 January 2011
CES 2011: TI announces DLP Pico HD chipset
At the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Texas Instruments (TI) has unveiled a new era for portable high definition (HD) entertainment with the new DLP Pico HD chipset...
Monday 3 January 2011
USB 3.0 chipmakers to push into new AMD platform
USB 3.0 chipmakers have recently started to push their chips in AMD's new Ontario and Zacate platform, which do not support USB 3.0 natively, and since AMD will not launch a platform...
Thursday 30 December 2010
AMD readies next-generation netbook/tablet PC platform
AMD is set to announce its Brazos platform, a combination of the company's Ontario APU and Hudson chipset, at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011. The company has already prepared...
Wednesday 22 December 2010
MStar aims to be top-ranking handset and STB chipset vendor
MStar Semiconductor will aim to become the top ranking chip supplier for handsets and set-top boxes (STBs) in the coming years, company chairman Wayne Liang said at an investors conference...
Wednesday 8 December 2010
MediaTek looks to smartphone sector to halt sales decline in 2011, says company chairman
IC design house MediaTek will focus on smartphones, and has introduced Android and Windows Phone chipset solutions to grab a share of the global brand vendor market, according to...
Monday 1 November 2010
Intel reveals Chief River platform for notebooks
Intel recently notified its partner about its latest platform Chief River that adopts 22nm Ivy Bridge processors with native support of USB 3.0, according to sources from motherboard...
Thursday 9 September 2010
MediaTek launches new analog TV chipset, says paper
MediaTek has launched the MT8223 analog TV chipset according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. MediaTek claims that the MT8223 is the world's first ultra highly...
Monday 6 September 2010
MediaTek and MStar competing for IPTV solution orders from Skyworth, says paper
IC design houses MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor are competing neck-and-neck on an order for 600,000 units of IPTV solutions to be released by China-based branded LCD TV vendor Skyworth,...
Friday 3 September 2010
VIA Technologies posts net loss for 1H10
VIA Technologies has reported a net loss of NT$1.44 billion (US$45.011 million) or NT$1.89 per share for the first half of 2010, versus NT$786 million in losses a year ago. Revenues...
Friday 13 August 2010
Commentary: Intel FTC settlement unlikely to benefit VIA, SiS
VIA Technologies is unlikely to benefit from Intel's settlement with the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), under which Intel has agreed to terminate certain marketing strategies that could...
Wednesday 11 August 2010
VIA expects to benefit from Intel lawsuit, says paper
VIA Technologies recently noted that Intel's settlement with the US fair trade commission (FTC) will allow the company's x86 patent contract with Intel to be extended for another...
Tuesday 27 July 2010
AMD to integrate USB 3.0 support in upcoming chipsets; to launch more CPUs in 2H10
AMD is currently in talks with Renesas Electronics, which was merged with Japan-based NEC, about the licensing of USB 3.0 technology, and is considering integrating USB 3.0 support...