AMD Fusion APUs; another accelerator for supercomputing?

Posted by on Dec 06, 2011 | Comments Off

While Intel and Nvidia engage in a war of words over which architecture best suits high performance computing –graphics cards or many integrated cores (MIC)—rival chip designer AMD is offering up its own Fusion architecture for consideration, and some vendors are already taking the bait. View the full article HERE . More here: Technology News copy  Read More →

‘Second Coming’ of Magma Forced Synopsys to Deal

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In the aftermath of the Synopsys-Magma deal, analysts are wondering how long Magma co-founder and serial entrepreneur Rajeev Madhavan (shown) will stick around. For now, Madhaven says he is content to stay with the merged company so he can get the technology he helped create into the hands of more chip designers. Keep reading: Technology News copy  Read More →

Qualcomm unveils health subsidiary, cloud hub

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Qualcomm has announced the spin-off of its wireless health division into a wholly owned subsidiary called Qualcomm Life. The firm said Qualcomm Life would be in charge of a $100 million fund, managed by Qualcomm Ventures, to invest in wireless health technologies. View the full article HERE . More here: Technology News copy  Read More →

Heliatek achieves 9.8 percent organic solar cell efficiency

Posted by on Dec 05, 2011 | Comments Off

Heliatek GmbH has achieved an organic solar cell efficiency of 9.8 percent for a 1.1 cm² tandem cell manufactured with a low- temperature deposition process. View the full article HERE . Keep reading: Technology News copy  Read More →

Report: Taiwan to offer consumer spending incentive

Posted by on Dec 04, 2011 | Comments Off

Throughout the first quarter of 2012 the Taiwan government plans to provide its citizens with subsidies for the replacement of old air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines, according to a Taiwan Economic News report. View the full article HERE . Continued: Technology News copy  Read More →

October global chip sales fell back, says WSTS

Posted by on Dec 04, 2011 | Comments Off

Global chip sales in October were $23.41 billion down 20.5 percent from the preceding month and down 4.1 percent on the $24.40 billion recorded for October 2010, according to figures published by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics. Continued: Technology News copy  Read More →

Freescale files claim against MediaTek, Zoran – again

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Freescale Semiconductor Inc. has filed a complaint with the U.S Continued: Technology News copy  Read More →
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