TSMC: Solid Growth in Q4 Backed Up by Mobile

From EETimes: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) showed a solid 10.9% growth in revenue in the fourth quarter, which ended December 2013, compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company's fourth quarter net income and diluted earnings per share both increased by 7.7%.

The foundry...

Nintendo revises earnings down on weak Wii U, 3DS sales

From PC World: Citing disappointing holiday sales of its Wii U and 3DS game devices, Nintendo cut its earnings forecast for its fiscal year ending in March to a net loss.

The video-game giant warned on Friday of a net loss of ¥25 billion (US$240 million) for the year, instead of the ¥55 billion net...

AMD Sued for Overestimating Demand for Llano APUs

From X-bit Labs: The first high-performance accelerated processing unit (APU) from Advanced Micro Devices code-named “Llano” was not particularly successful product for the company: it launched late, its yields were lower-than-expected and its performance was not high. But Llano is yet to deliver...

Intel Seeks Visibility in Cloud Service Market

From EETimes: Intel is making a concerted effort to get traction among cloud customers -- an area where the company already dominates, but is seeking to further entrench itself.

Intel on Wednesday announced a new initiative aimed at the cloud space. The new “Powered by Intel Cloud Technology”...

Samsung Unveils Galaxy Tab 3 Lite

From DailyTech: Samsung has pulled the covers off the new Galaxy Tab 3 Lite. The tablet features a 7” display with a meager resolution of 1024 x 600. If you’re looking for the latest version of Android, you’ll have to look elsewhere – the Galaxy Tab 3 Lite comes preloaded with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean...

Motorola to Focus on Smartphones, No Strong Tablet Plans for Now

From X-bit Labs: Motorola Mobility was one of the first companies to respond to Apple’s iPad media tablet with a high-end Xoom slate in early 2011. While Xoom clearly was not a success due to Google Android’s flaws at the time, it made one thing clear: the company can develop a fine tablet, but...

Google Acquires Nest Labs for $3.2 Billion

From EETimes: Let the battle begin over the so-called “conscious home” -- a long-term vision held by Nest Lab’s co-founder Tony Fadell. Now that Google is inserting itself into that "home" picture, through the acquisition of Nest, a smart thermostat and smoke alarm developer, expect the market...

Intel slams brakes on plans for new chip factory

From PC World: Intel has put on hold a new chip manufacturing facility at its site in Chandler, Arizona, leaving the new space available for unspecified future technology.

The company said in February 2011 it was investing over $5 billion in the new Fab 42, which was expected to be completed last...

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