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Fujitsu announces new ARM cortex-based bridge SoC
October 31, 2012 10:26 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsFujitsu Semiconductor America today introduced an Interface Bridge SoC that incorporates 10 different interfaces, more than any other similar single device. Designed for advanced Wi-Fi television tuner applications, the new MB86E631 combines a dual-core ARM@ CortexT-A9 processor and multiple interfaces, including...
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes
October 30, 2012 5:24 pm | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsUsing a new method for precisely controlling the deposition of carbon, researchers have demonstrated a technique for connecting multi-walled carbon nanotubes to the metallic pads of integrated circuits without the high interface resistance produced by traditional fabrication techniques.
Google unveils another phone, larger Nexus tablet
October 29, 2012 3:44 pm | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsGoogle is adding a few more gadgets to holiday shopping lists. The devices announced Monday include the latest in Google's line of Nexus smartphones and a larger version of the 7-inch Nexus 7 tablet that the company began selling in July under the Nexus brand. The Nexus 4 smartphone is being...
Future of Nokia hangs on Windows Phone 8 rollout
October 29, 2012 9:35 am | by MATTI HUUHTANEN - Associated Press | News | CommentsFor Nokia, it comes down to this: Is Microsoft's new phone software going to get it back in the smartphone race, or is it going to be too late? After being the top seller of cellphones in the world for 14 years, Nokia failed to meet the challenge when Apple in 2007 introduced the dazzling iPhone...
Poll: Little demand for Microsoft's Windows 8
October 29, 2012 1:35 am | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsMicrosoft bills Windows 8 as a "re-imagining" of the personal computer market's dominant operating system, but the company still has a lot of work to do before the makeover captures the imagination of most consumers, based on the results of a recent poll by The Associated Press and GfK. The phone...
Taiwan's HTC reports 79 percent drop
October 26, 2012 4:26 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsTaiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp. on Friday reported a 79 percent drop in third quarter profit as intensifying competition from Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. hurt sales. HTC said its profit totaled 3.9 billion New Taiwan dollars ($99 million) on revenue of NT$70 billion in the three...
Samsung logs record-high profit
October 25, 2012 8:52 pm | by YOUKYUNG LEE - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsSamsung Electronics Co.'s third-quarter net profit nearly doubled over a year earlier to a record high propelled by strong sales of Galaxy phones that helped widen its lead over rivals. The South Korean company said Friday its July-September net income totaled 6.56 trillion won ($5.97 billion),...
Now the mobile phone goes emotional
October 25, 2012 3:54 pm | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsMobile devices include an increasing number of input and output techniques that are currently not used for communication. Recent research results by Dr Eve Hoggan from HIIT / University of Helsinki, Finland, however, indicate that a synchronous haptic communication system has value as...
China rare earths producer suspends output
October 25, 2012 11:34 am | by JOE McDONALD - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsChina's biggest rare earths producer has suspended production in an effort to shore up plunging prices of the materials used by makers of mobile phones and other high-tech products. State-owned Baotou Steel Rare Earth (Group) Hi-tech Co. said in a statement released through the Shanghai Stock Exchange...
LG Electronics post profit on smartphone sales
October 24, 2012 1:04 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSouth Korean consumer electronics maker LG Electronics Inc. reported a third straight quarterly profit on Wednesday as sales of smartphones designed for faster wireless networks helped end losses at its mobile phone business. LG forecast higher smartphone sales for the current quarter...
Nokia launches $980 million bond offering
October 23, 2012 5:44 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsNokia Corp. is planning to raise €750 million ($980 million) via an issue of bonds as part of an effort to build up its reserves ahead of next month's launch of phones running Microsoft's new Windows 8 software. The launch is a hugely important event for the struggling cellphone maker, which has...
Japan's large-scale PV power exhibition
October 22, 2012 7:53 pm | by SEMICON | News | CommentsPVJapan 2012, the leading photovoltaic exhibition in Japan, will take place on December 5-7. PVJapan is the best event for industry stakeholders to gain knowledge of Japan’s renewable energy industry, including solar energy. Leading-edge technologies will be exhibited on the show floor...
High-tech product announcements this fall
October 22, 2012 4:23 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsIt's high season for consumer electronics. Manufacturers of various gadgets are unveiling their holiday lineups. Add to that products surrounding a new version of Windows coming out Friday. Here's a recap of the announcements so far: — Sept. 4: Microsoft Corp. releases the first major update to...
SEMICON Japan 2012: Focus on Next-Generation Technology Challenges — with Keynotes from Toshiba, Intel, Xilinx and TSMC
October 22, 2012 12:53 pm | by SEMI | News | CommentsSEMICON Japan 2012, one of the largest exhibitions in the world for semiconductor manufacturing and related processing technology, will take place at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on December 5-7. Today, SEMI announced an exceptional lineup of keynotes speakers
Early Look at Windows 8 Baffles Consumers
October 22, 2012 12:40 pm | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsThe release of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system is a week away, and consumers are in for a shock. Windows, used in one form or another for a generation, is getting a completely different look that will force users to learn new ways to get things done.
Tokyo court finds Apple doesn't infringe Samsung patents
October 22, 2012 12:09 pm | by CNET | News | CommentsJapanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported over the weekend that Apple won a pair of cases against Samsung over the last several weeks. The first, which came down in mid-September, found that Apple did not infringe a Samsung patent...
Consumer electronics industry announces Ultra High-Definition
October 22, 2012 11:59 am | News | CommentsThe next generation of so-called “4K” high-definition display technology for the home – giant-screen TVs with more than eight million pixels of resolution, four times the resolution of today’s high-definition televisions – will be called “Ultra High-Definition” or “Ultra HD,” connoting its superiority over conventional HDTV, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).
Samsung kicking Apple to curb for LCD panels
October 22, 2012 11:56 am | by CNET | News | CommentsThe Korea Times says Samsung will replace the lost Apple business with more display orders from Samsung's handset business and Amazon. Samsung's display business plans to end its LCD panel supply agreement with Apple...
Renesas Electronics releases new power supply
October 19, 2012 10:22 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsRenesas Electronics releases new power supply ICs that cut microcontroller power supply system component counts by 50 percent and significantly reduce standby mode power. Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions...
Sony to close factory, cut workforce by 2,000
October 19, 2012 5:40 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSony Corp. says it plans to close a factory in central Japan, tweaking its restructuring plan by cutting 2,000 jobs from its workforce in moves expected to save it $385 million. The company's Minokamo factory, in Gifu prefecture, employs 840 people making lenses for digital cameras, lens blocks...
Apple Loses Appeal in Tablet Patent Dispute With Samsung
October 18, 2012 12:27 pm | by Stan Schroeder | News | CommentsApple lost its appeal of a UK court’s ruling that Samsung did not copy the iPad with its Galaxy tablet, Reuters reports. In July, Britain’s High Court ruled in favor of Samsung, explaining that Samsung’s Galaxy tablet, despite certain similarities, is simply “not as cool.”
element14 drives the Raspberry Pi revolution forward
October 17, 2012 10:58 am | News | Commentselement14, the first collaborative community and electronics store for design engineers and electronics enthusiasts announced its continued partnership with Raspberry Pi with the launch of a new 512MB board version of the revolutionary, credit-card sized computer...
KDDI to sell nine new smartphones
October 17, 2012 10:22 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsKDDI Corp. said it will launch nine new smartphone models capable of a high-speed data communication service in Japan, a move likely to further intensify competition among mobile phone carriers to pursue better infrastructure. Of the nine models that are capable of using the LTE high-speed network, eight will hit the market on Nov. 2.
Sharp unveils seven-inch tablet with power-saving IGZO panel
October 17, 2012 9:57 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSharp Corp. unveiled a 7-inch tablet computer Wednesday equipped with its state-of-the-art IGZO power-saving liquid crystal display in a bid to recover its flagging earnings performance. The Aquos Pad SHT21 with high image quality consumes only one-tenth the power...
Chinese Gov't Backs Clearwire TD-LTE Band
October 16, 2012 12:41 pm | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe Chinese government is backing the use of the 2.6 GHz band for TD-LTE, the same band Clearwire plans to use for its TD-LTE network in the United States. The announcement is a victory for Clearwire, which has been working with China Mobile to build global support for TD-LTE in the band through the Global TD-LTE Initiative.
