From X-bit Labs: SanDisk Corp., one of the world’s largest producers of NAND flash-based devices, this week introduced special Secure Digital (SD) memory cards designed specifically for the latest cameras that can record video in 4K resolution (3840*2160 and similar). The new SanDisk Extreme PRO...
From EETimes: The Silicon Valley venture capitalists who once nurtured the semiconductor industry have almost all moved on to greener pastures in web startups, so it's not entirely clear what will be the source of tomorrow's chip innovations.
That was the conclusion of a panel of veteran...
From PC World: LG Electronics has introduced the third generation of its low-end L series, with three new smartphones that all run Android 4.4 or KitKat.
The South Korean company has a history of launching its products ahead of Mobile World Congress, and this year is no different. Last week, the G...
From DailyTech: Google has been rolling out its ultra-quick Google Fiber service in certain U.S. cities over the last couple of years, but the tech giant is already working on much faster internet offerings.
According to USA Today, Google already has internet speeds of 10 gigabits per second in...
From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has revealed details about its upcoming microprocessor for enterprise servers at the International Solid State Circuit Technology Conference. The chip will feature up to fifteen cores, all-new topology as well as enhanced RAS [reliability, availability, scalability]...
What exactly is computer security? From an engineering perspective, encrypting your data with a strong key and a complicated algorithm ought to keep anyone away from your sensitive information. After all, if it takes a supercomputer a billion years to crack a 128-bit AES key, imagine what it takes to defeat something done with 256-bit AES encryption. In reality, as much as this sounds great on paper, this is certainly not the case. Regardless of...
From PC World: Advanced Micro Devices’ first ARM chips code-named Seattle will not initially be compliant with specifications from the HSA Foundation, which can boost overall system performance, but support will be added in future generations of the server chips.
The HSA (Heterogeneous System...
From DailyTech: Windows 8 was billed as a next generation operating system that would meld together the PC and tablet worlds. In the end, however, the operating system did more to infuriate users than to bolster the sales of new PCs and Windows-based tablets.
Things have gotten so bad that even...
From X-bit Labs: Since Sony Corp. plans to leave the market of personal computers later this year, it would naturally cease to use Windows operating system for desktops and notebooks. However, the company is interested in sustaining relationship with Microsoft Corp. and to utilize its mobile OSes...
From EETimes: Broadcom and Mediatek have rolled out competing integrated LTE applications processors focused on sub-$300 smartphones in their race to catch up with announced chips from market-leader Qualcomm in what are still the early days of 4G cellular.
Broadcom announced a reference design...
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