Cor Blimey, the mobile chip space is heating up, as the various players carry out their own little ARM’s race to beef up on performance, mainly through the addition of more cores.
Nokia Corp.’s announcement it would be dropping MeeGo and going Windows Phone 7 caused quite a “kerfuffle” inside Intel Corp., admitted Peter Biddle, general manager of Intel’s AppUp products and services.
While Texas Instruments and Qualcomm were busy paper launching dual and quad core processors at this year’s MWC, NVIDIA seemed a step ahead, demoing what looked to be a working model of its upcoming Tegra 3 quad-core mobile processor.
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.The tablet market is exploding, ignited by Apple Inc.'s iPad launch last April. By the...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In meteorology, clouds on the horizon may portend stormy weather. But in the wireless world, clouds could...
After Nokia Corp. very publicly distanced themselves from MeeGo development late last week, many wondered what would become of the in-development mobile OS, which was born out of a partnership between the Finnish phone maker and ubiquitous chip manufacturer Intel Corp.
RCR News Desk at Mobile World Congress: Industry Facts, Figures and Trends
Year of the Processor: Who is winning and who is losing
15 February 2011 - RCR Wireless Editor Sylvie Barak sits down with In-Stat’s Chief Technology Strategist Jim McGregor to examine mobile chips and...
RCR News Desk at Mobile World Congress: Industry Facts, Figures and Trends
Year of the Processor: Who is winning and who is losing
15 February 2011 - RCR Wireless Editor Sylvie Barak sits down with In-Stat’s Chief Technology Strategist Jim McGregor to examine mobile chips and...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
At today's big Nokia / Microsoft announcement, Nokia's ballsy new CEO Stephen Elop dished some details about the Finnish phone maker's plans with regard to the OS future handsets will be running. Obviously, Window Phone 7 featured heavily, however more interesting were the plans for Nokia's own platforms.
After a scathingly blunt memo from Nokia Corp. CEO Stephen Elop to his troops yesterday, Nokia has abandoned plans to launch its new N900 MeeGo smart phone next week. It's believed Nokia may launch a Windows Phone 7 device instead.After comparing his firm to...
Digital security firm McAfee says the number of malicious software attacks rose by 46% last year and that hackers have started zoning in on mobile phones – specifically the popular Android and iOS platforms.
The app store battle that used to rage between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. appears to have finally cooled down, with both parties seemingly happy that they have a huge enough catalogue of apps to satisfy even the most voracious smart phone user. However, some of the app distribution platforms on other systems leave a lot to be desired.
Just as Intel's latest and greatest chips, the so-called "Sandy Bridge" lineup has only just starting finding its way into new machines, and today Intel has released an advisory that a problem with the chip's SATA controller could degrade transfer speeds over time.
Business News Americas | January 28, 2011 | Matthew Malinowski
The Latin America division of US chip manufacturer Intel (NYSE: INTC) plans to shuffle more budget toward innovation efforts this year, the company's Latin America general director, Steve Long, told BNamericas without providing hard figures.
Intel...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Things tend to be big at the Consumer Electronics Show, the annual gadget-fest held this...
Most people probably haven't heard of the firm Imagination Technologies, but with the firm supplying the IP for around 80% of the world's mobile graphics, you might want to sit up and pay attention.Imagination Technologies has long been the darling of the world's largest...
San Jose based Networking firm Netgear was out in force at this year's CES show in Las Vegas, showing off a plethora of products it says will help push towards a fully internet enabled home, where content can move seamlessly from one device to another.
A little device which created a rather big buzz at this year’s CES was the new Mobile Gaming PC from Razer – dubbed the “Switchblade” - based on Intel’s Atom chipset.
SanDisk | January 5, 2011 | Business Wire
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that its 32 gigabyte (GB)1 and 64GB SanDisk® P4...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.I have always tried to give readers some perspectives on the coming year – trends...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.“… a cloud of mystery surrounds the new ASP business concept,” --Intellisoft, 1990 Today, the...
LAS VEGAS – "CES Unveiled" was a bit of a dismal affair Tuesday evening in the Las Vegas Venetian hotel, but RCR Wireless News was impressed by Lenovo Group Ltd.'s innovative take on tablet/netbook hybrids.Showing off both the LePad slate and the IdeaPad U1,...
Via CNTV
Chip making giant Intel has recently opened its new factory in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China. CCTV reporter Yin Hang sits down with Yang Xu, President of Intel China, to find out why the Chinese market is so valuable to Intel.
