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Acer uses Insyde services for its Snapdragon based Spin 7 notebook
PC market which now includes tablets see stellar growth in 2020
ARM acquires HPC/supercomputer software specialist Allinea
Supercomputer with performance density of 1.5 PetaFLOPS/m3
Use of Microcontroller chips in embedded computer market to grow faster
Full HD over USB: Demo by DisplayLink connecting four 4K HD monitors
When every needy-one has smartphone,PC, and HDTV; VR gets in with spiky growth
VLSI design companies press the throttle lever of cache coherent interconnect tech
Lenovo to make enterprise products for its Europe customers in Hungary
Personal computer still remains a top computing platform
Top three vendors of tablet computers in India: iBall, Samsung and Datawind
Gartner: Worldwide server shipment grew 8% and revenue by 7.2% in 2Q 2015
In the slowing PC market, Apple loses to Lenovo
TrendForce: Monitor shipment to decline by 4.8% and notebooks by 6.4% in 2015
Tablet/notebook hybrid devices heading for a high growth of 70% in 2015
AMD inches ahead of Intel in notebook processor performance by launching Carrizo
UEFI BIOS & memory failure detection for Intel client and server platforms
7.3 million chrome OS notebooks sales forecasted for 2015, a growth of 27%
PC market continue to slide in the first quarter of 2015
Cloud rain and plant; Cloud data and IoT
Gartner: 2.8% growth in PC, mobile and tablet shipment in 2015
Rockchip licenses Arteris FlexNoC IP for its RK series app processors
64 bit ARM processor core based supercomputer design is planned
PC market forecasted to recover growth in 2015
Toyota and Panasonic connect smart-car to smart-home via cloud
80% of Mobile PC and modem conn in emerging markets, as per a study
Sony sells its VAIO brand PC business
Communications, computer, and consumer: 1,2,3 of chip market
Declining PC market, reasons many
Gartner estimates IT spending of $3.8 Trillion in 2014
Avago to acquire LSI for $6.6 Billion; quite a powering acquisition
Worldwide server market estimation in 2013
6th consecutive fall in PC shipments across the world
Combination of gaze and touch to control your laptop
Globalfoundries ramping up production of Rockchip's 28nm tablet SoCs
Unix servers down by 38.8% in shipment in 1st Q 2013, finds Gartner
Commodity hardware and Linux OS helps in building supercomputers at low-cost
Market researchers estimate decline of PC shipments in 2013
60 GHz chip based WiGig powered mobile computer docking station
Education market to boost netbook sales, as per ABI
IHS: Shipment of micro servers in 2013 to grow by 230%
Toradex develops new architecture for embedded computers
Ultra-slim PC market to reach 44.2 M unit shipments in 2013, as per DisplaySearch
TrendForce: Top 10 LCD monitor brands shipment decline in 2012
145 Million tablet computer shipment estimated in 2013
Can Intel replicate the assembled PC like market in smartphones!
68% notebook PCs quadcore based by 2016 compared to 13% in 2012
Windows 8 fail to provide launch boost for the PC market
Data center security appliance to grow to $2.7 billion by 2016, forecasts Infonetics
Low cost and mainstream PCs are more in demand compared to high-end, as per IHS
Notebook shipment down by 4.6% and ultrabooks estimated to grow by 30%
9 out of 10 media tablets made by contract or outsourced manufacturers in 2012: IHS
Tablet display shipments in 2012 to go up by 56% globally, reports IHS
PCs account for 49.0 percent of DRAM shipments, the downtrend continues
Canalys: Global client PC shipments rose 12% y-o-y in Q2 2012
Karbonn tablet priced Rupees 6999 is powered by MIPS processor
Microsoft Surface and Windows 8 predicted to change the mobile market
SSDs yet to shake up HDD use in PC and notebook market
3x more shipments of PCs in China compared to worldwide
LCD monitor market going down in 2012, as per WitsView
AlI-in-one desktops and ultrabooks are on fast-growth path
Late entry into industrial computer domain costs AMD's growth
Tablets to exceed Notebooks shipments by 2016: NPD DisplaySearch
ZiiLABS and Symphony Teleca demo camera application in a tablet using openCL
Notebook PC manufacturing is becoming less profitable
Data center equipment fell to $2.2 billion in 1Q12, down by 6% from 4Q11: Infonetics
Octasic’s high-density VoIP solutions selected by Digium for new line of media gateways
Touch screen ultrabook penetration rate of 24.8% by 2015, predicts TrendForce
Dell Copper ARM server powered by Marvell’s SoC
Sony to tranform its mobile gaming and TV biz
Rs.6499 tablet by Micromax is going to be a hit
Tear down and BOM analysis of new LTE integrated iPad
Personal cloud touted as a replacement for the personal computer by 2014
Whether Windows8 and Ultrabooks create new growth in PC market?
AMD to acquire SeaMicro, a microserver expert
Toshiba to acquire 3.5 Inch HDD machinery and IP from Western Digital
Gateway and thin client are estimated to reach 4.2M in 2012 from 0.34M in 2011
MWC: Stiff battle-like competition between mobile phone OEMs
Tablet screen size: not one-for-all is market opportunity
Tablet gaining popularity in office environment
Mobile-device overtakes computer as top consumer of semiconductor devices
CES 2012 is more of convergence tech than a consumer
ebook readers sales by units grow by 108% in 2011
Higher resolution for tablet PCs is the trend in LCD panels as per study
Server shipments in 3Q11 grew 7.2% y-o-y
Qualcomm collaborate with bookseller Kyobo to launch $310 e-reader
Tear down analysis of Kindle tablet from IHS finds tricks in low cost design
Tablet world is powered by ARM processors
Gartner: Global PC shipments grew 3.2 percent in 3rd Q 2011
Mobile PC shipments is forecasted to increase 27% Y/Y, to 276.9 million units
Steve Jobs; Excellent human who pioneered in making the machine more human
In-Stat: Tablet shipments to reach 250 Million units in 2017
Gartner: Western Europe PC market declined by 19 percent in 2nd Q 2011
Intel put on the platter $300 Million with the cool and thin processors chips
Apple and Android tablets race to serve the growing market demand
IHS iSuppli finds Apple's iPad tablet is design efficient to beat its competitors
Wireless applications to consume more semiconductor devices than the computers
The semiconductor device content in tablet to approach $14B by 2015, estimates In-Stat
IHS iSuppli: Nearly half of notebooks shipped in 2015 to feature quad-core processor
Gigaset uses Dialog's VOIP chips in its phones
The LCD panel shipments for tablet computers grown 28% M-o-M in May 2011
Tablet form-factor analysis: 9.7 and 10.1 Inch vs 7 Inch
Tear down analysis of Samsung Chromebook by IHS iSuppli
PC shipments of 81.3 M units in the 1st Q2011, down 0.3 % an year ago
Gartner: Worldwide server revenues grew by 17.3% in 1st Q 2011
PC sales in Q1 2011declined due to tablet growth
DisplayPort-enabled PC equipment shipments to see a growth of 154.6%
Semiconductor vendor ranking in 2010; the movers and shakers as per IHS iSuppli
PC market continue to drive the global semiconductor market
Notebook/netbook shipment slowing from 30% Y/Y growth in 2010 to 27% in 2011
Japan tremors and tsunami will pass through the global semiconductor industry
Netbook can turn into tablet offering a new formfactor in portable computer business
Semiconductor chips for tablets: Analysis after iPad2 launch
In-Stat: Tablet shipments to surpass 58 million units in 2014
Apple iPad commands 90% market share
Apple keeps hold on its mobile apps and the content to generate revenue
SoC design software packages ready for 28nm process of common platform alliance
Hard Disk Drive market is still not affected by SSD due to cost factor
One Billion GeForce chips shipped by NVIDIA
LCD Display panel industry to face the demand-supply risk of Tablet computers
Study says 10GbE NIC/LOM shipments to surpass 16 million ports in 2014
Strategy Analytics's tech predictions for 2011
The innovation tracks of smart phone and notebook converged as tablet computers
DisplayPort and HDMI to obsolete VGA and other analog video interface by 2015
Worldwide server market revenues grew by 13.2% to reach $11.8 billion in 3rd Q 10
Cloud up in the air pouring content to handheld computers
Worldwide content security gateway market grew 10% in 3Q10 to reach $715.2 millios
LSI's MegaRAID software used by IBM's ServeRAID M5000 6Gb/s controllers
The PC specific processor sales grew modestly in 3rd quarter 2010
AMD demos monolithic processor chips with both CPU and GPU
PSSC Labs selects LSI's SATA+SAS RAID controller cards for its PowerWulf Cluster computing systems
ABI: 11 million media tablets and 43 million netbooks to ship worldwide in 2010
NVIDIA provides CUDA supprt for OpenCV
IMS: Wireless PC peripheral to grow fast over the next 5yrs
ASUS uses AMIMON's WHDI technology for its WiCast PC to TV connectivity kit
User study: 90% of Apple iPad buyers will be existing Apple owners
Dual core Atom based netbooks are launched
Pen-like grip wireless mouse uses Nordic Semiconductor's chips
India's $35 tablet: 35 billion+ US$ revenue from 1 billion+ sales
ABI Research: Tablet shipment to touch 11 Million in 2010
Worldwide shipment of Blu-ray players to exceed 62.5 Million in 2011
Market researcher ABI estimates Linux-based OS' share to grow by 62% by 2015
Toshiba and Intel launch tablet PCs for education in Japan
Semiconductor industry sales forecast for 2010: SIA; 28.4%, Gartner; 27%
Amimon ships more than half a Million PC to TV connecting wireless ICs
IDC report: Enterprise cloud server hardware market to reach $12.6 billion by 2014
Cloud computing powered data backup services revenue to grow by 27.9% by 2015
Technology distributor Avnet readies its partners for cloud computing wave ride
Robust market demand for semiconductor devices in 2010
Latest semiconductor market stats from SIA and IDC
The market growth to continue for semiconductor industry in remaining quarters of 2010
Pocket projectors heading for strong growth in 2010
New mouse technology employs natural movement of hands for 3D browsing
Remote system recovery and admin feature for industrial computers by IEI
New iPad for a battery-weakened iPad; an excellent business strategy by Apple
Apple's iPad is just a drizzle; heavy rain of tablet PCs highly predictable in 2010 and 2011
Fujitsu's USB 3.0-SATA Bridge IC wins USB-IF compliance certification for SuperSpeed USB
Qualcomm and HP showcases Android-based smartbook device
Netbook growth to trigger additional growth in external monitors; Isuppli
Ready reference design from Freescale Semiconductor for tablet smarbooks
Eurotech wins 1.2M USD contract to supply embedded computers
Broadcom acquires Dune Networks to get into cloud computing
Intel invest to built 1000 times more powerful of current supercomputer
Intel and NEC join hands to develop supercomputer technologies
Intel and AMD race neck to neck in supercomputing domain
Quanta selects Tilera's 64-core processor for cloud computing
Notebook and netbooks propel Intel back into growth path
Cavium's NITROX PX security adapters deployed in Hitachi's blade server systems
Smartbook was the top attraction at Freescale Semiconductor's event in Bangalore
LSI retained its top position in Host Bus RAID Controller market with further growth
LSI and Terascala partner to drive storage sales used in high-end computers
DisplayLink's USB graphic display interface ICs shipment-counter crossed 1 Million
The semiconductor devices and components for thinning laptops
AMCC RAID controllers are used in Boston's SAN storage product
Dell and HP adopt Broadcom technology to remotely manage enterprise PC network
It's a small computer, network computer and also called plug computer
Dell has chosen SiSM671/968/307DV chipset for it's Thin-Client PC
Cypress Semiconductor's new module can download a movie to a phone in a minute
Synopsys timing analysis tool to support multicore
Intel's new processor to pack graphic part and main processor in single chip
Detailed study of possibility of a $20 Laptop computer
A new finger vein authentication called "mofiria" from Sony for laptops and phones
Intel's another legend Craig Barrett to Retire in May
Technology to transfer data from DRAM chips to processor @ 1 terabyte per second
AMD's 4th quarter 2008 revenues down by 35% compared to 3rd quarter
Wireless USB to VGA kit wins CES innovation award
AMD's supercomputer for delivering multimedia content to digital gadgets
Freescale steps into laptop market by introducing silicon and tools for netbook design
Fujitsu and WinMagic together deliver security solutions for disk drive content
Hardware-based anti-theft technology for notebook computers and businesses
Hitachi GST and Intel to jointly develop Solid State Drives (SSD)
Amid the flat and weak market Fujitsu produced record disk drives
Quad core Shanghai's performance to boost AMD's server processor business
Market survey finds consumers prefer to surf net on mobile device instead of PC
LSI's RAID-On-Chip is opted by leading computer vendors
AMD appoints Ramkumar Subramanian as sales and marketing VP of India
India is playing important role in WiMAX success
Broadcom acquired digital TV business from AMD
Security tools for any unauthorized data transfer through USB flash drive
Intel releases guidelines to PC makers to get Energy Star stamped
Fujitsu continues to drive disk drive density to new levels with it's latest technology break through
The enhanced PCI express proposal gets the name “Geneseo”.
New Products Intel new processors for the diverse and growing PC market in 2021 Display Link and Targus launched first universal dual-video docking station SBC for Hi-Rel command and control applications Dialog's 98% efficient PMIC for notebooks shrinks space by 50% eASIC reprogrammable technology with Intel Xeon processors for cloud sys 64 bit ARM servers: Both chips and systems now in supply Advantech's suggestions for Windows XP embedded users ARM's SBSA spec standard for ARMv8-A based 64-bit server design High speed docking station chip-set supports dual 2K display and Gb Ethernet Connecting ARM mbed to Axeda Machine Cloud is made easy Add voice recognition/speech-to-text feature to your SOC design AMD to make server chips by embracing both x86 and ARM instruction set New low power server processors X1150 and X2150 from AMD eATCA system architecture from Advantech improves blade density NVIDIA to provide WHQL-certified Windows 8.1 drivers to OEMs Add voice recognition/speech-to-text feature to your SOC design AMD to make server chips by embracing both x86 and ARM instruction set New low power server processors X1150 and X2150 from AMD eATCA system architecture from Advantech improves blade density Nuvoton unveil embedded super I/O chip for mother boards HD web cam chips from Sonix supporting Haswell architecture $70 BOM tablet reference design from TI and AllGo Android 4.0 tablet from Action Semiconductor and Ramos targets India market Convert your HDTV display device into a computer by plugging a dongle 100 Gbps full duplex network processor introduced by Broadcom $45 Tablet-like computer designed by U.S. based Indian Prof. is offered to AP students Broadcom's 3 chips for Android Ice Cream Sandwitch Mobile App from SonicWALL connects iPad and iPhone to network resources TPM device for motherboard to protect against hacking iPad and iPhone can be enabled with USB connectivity using Silex Tech Embedded DisplayPort 1.3-compliant TCON with PSR tech from IDT Hardware monitoring IC chip supports PECI 3.0 interface Toshiba launches glass-free 3D Notebook computer in Japan Cortina adds new member to its 40G/10G optical transport processor family 10GBASE-T PCI Express network adapter for cloud and enterprise servers Intel Atom based PICMG 1.0 full-size CPU card from Axiomtek 6 Gb/s SATA III repeater ICs from Parade Technologies VGA to STANAG 3350 converter module from Advanced Micro Peripherals Atom processor based rugged computer from Adlink Video ICs to convert LVDS to DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI or VGA interfaces New motherboard based on Intel Core i7/i5 processor platform from IEI Dual-channel buffer for re-driving SAS/eSATA/SATA signals Toshiba achieves hard disk drive storage density of close to 1 Gb per square mm 64-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) Ethernet Switch for data centers New graphics card from AMD supporting DirectX 11 gaming High-integrated PMIC with integrated EEPROM for TFT LCD notebook panels Eurotech's compact, low power embedded system based on Intel Atom Processor First embedded computer with DisplayPort for digital signage applications Intel Atom based PCI single board computer from AAEON in half size form factor 15" XGA TFT LCD fanless Industrial Panel PC with IP66 rating from Advantech Fanless Panel PCs from Advantech offers high performance with low power consumption Eurotech's Intel Atom processor based Catalyst FX embedded system Intel Atom based fanless ETX computer module New LSI SAS 9200 series 6Gb/s SAS host bus adapters with SATA+SAS connectivity NEC launches USB 3.0 SOC Design Solution Exar's new processor chip for enterprise storage applications ATI Radeon HD 5800 series with DirectX 11 compliant graphics cards from AMD A single-chip VGA port protector IC for PC-based applications Compact COM Express module with Intel Atom N270 and 945GSE/ICH7M Chipset Advantech's ETX CPU module with twin SATA (SOM-4487) for embedded apps New fanless embedded console server from ACROSSER 250MHz ARM9 based embedded computer from Technologic New Engenio 4900 disk storage system from LSI Advantech's new ARK-6310-3M04E Intel ATOM based embedded computer Intel Atom based single board computer for portable embedded computer applications Embedded computer RuffSystem 840 from Adlink targets rugged applications Fingerprint solution for notebooks/netbooks from AuthenTec New PCI Express to PCI translation bridge IC Low priced new MB86C30A USB 3.0-SATA Bridge IC 8.0 GT/s PCI Express 3.0 interface IP for system-on-chip (SoC) from Synopsys New hard disk drive read channel IC from LSI PCI Expess 3.0 PHY IP core for SoC designs in 40nm process Industry's first DisplayPort to VGA adapter IC ADI's new USB isolator IC for safe interface among medical electronic devices New USB power switch for hot swapping USB interface Lanner launches Intel Atom based industrial PC New 3-Gbps SDI equalizer with low jitter noise Improved VGA multiplexer IC with low on-capacitance and on-resistance Realtek's LCD DisplayPort monitor controller IC pass VESA CTS 1.1 certification New system-on-chip controller for multifunction printers Energy efficient graphic processors for new gaming experience in notebooks 512GB solid state drive using 43nm Multi-Level Cell NAND Serial Attached SCSI enterprise hard disk drives which double the capacity Microcontroller for wireless keyboard/mouse ECP2M family development kit for fast PCI express design 7400 series Xeon server processors from Intel Pericom's new Display-Port(DP) & PCI Express switch families AMD's new stream processor delivers a performance exceeding 1 Tera Flop Tegra: the world's single chip computer Front Monitor Diodes from Atmel Intel has unveiled very low power consuming quad core processors Fujitsu launched 40-GB hard disk drive for automotive applications Winbond's new embedded controllers for laptops with SPI flash interface and IR port. NXP Semiconductor (Old Philips Semiconductor) has released a wireless USB device controller for wireless USB applications.
New Products
Intel new processors for the diverse and growing PC market in 2021
Display Link and Targus launched first universal dual-video docking station
SBC for Hi-Rel command and control applications
Dialog's 98% efficient PMIC for notebooks shrinks space by 50%
eASIC reprogrammable technology with Intel Xeon processors for cloud sys
64 bit ARM servers: Both chips and systems now in supply
Advantech's suggestions for Windows XP embedded users
ARM's SBSA spec standard for ARMv8-A based 64-bit server design
High speed docking station chip-set supports dual 2K display and Gb Ethernet
Connecting ARM mbed to Axeda Machine Cloud is made easy
Add voice recognition/speech-to-text feature to your SOC design
AMD to make server chips by embracing both x86 and ARM instruction set
New low power server processors X1150 and X2150 from AMD
eATCA system architecture from Advantech improves blade density
NVIDIA to provide WHQL-certified Windows 8.1 drivers to OEMs
Nuvoton unveil embedded super I/O chip for mother boards
HD web cam chips from Sonix supporting Haswell architecture
$70 BOM tablet reference design from TI and AllGo
Android 4.0 tablet from Action Semiconductor and Ramos targets India market
Convert your HDTV display device into a computer by plugging a dongle
100 Gbps full duplex network processor introduced by Broadcom
$45 Tablet-like computer designed by U.S. based Indian Prof. is offered to AP students
Broadcom's 3 chips for Android Ice Cream Sandwitch
Mobile App from SonicWALL connects iPad and iPhone to network resources
TPM device for motherboard to protect against hacking
iPad and iPhone can be enabled with USB connectivity using Silex Tech
Embedded DisplayPort 1.3-compliant TCON with PSR tech from IDT
Hardware monitoring IC chip supports PECI 3.0 interface
Toshiba launches glass-free 3D Notebook computer in Japan
Cortina adds new member to its 40G/10G optical transport processor family
10GBASE-T PCI Express network adapter for cloud and enterprise servers
Intel Atom based PICMG 1.0 full-size CPU card from Axiomtek
6 Gb/s SATA III repeater ICs from Parade Technologies
VGA to STANAG 3350 converter module from Advanced Micro Peripherals
Atom processor based rugged computer from Adlink
Video ICs to convert LVDS to DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI or VGA interfaces
New motherboard based on Intel Core i7/i5 processor platform from IEI
Dual-channel buffer for re-driving SAS/eSATA/SATA signals
Toshiba achieves hard disk drive storage density of close to 1 Gb per square mm
64-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) Ethernet Switch for data centers
New graphics card from AMD supporting DirectX 11 gaming
High-integrated PMIC with integrated EEPROM for TFT LCD notebook panels
Eurotech's compact, low power embedded system based on Intel Atom Processor
First embedded computer with DisplayPort for digital signage applications
Intel Atom based PCI single board computer from AAEON in half size form factor
15" XGA TFT LCD fanless Industrial Panel PC with IP66 rating from Advantech
Fanless Panel PCs from Advantech offers high performance with low power consumption
Eurotech's Intel Atom processor based Catalyst FX embedded system
Intel Atom based fanless ETX computer module
New LSI SAS 9200 series 6Gb/s SAS host bus adapters with SATA+SAS connectivity
NEC launches USB 3.0 SOC Design Solution
Exar's new processor chip for enterprise storage applications
ATI Radeon HD 5800 series with DirectX 11 compliant graphics cards from AMD
A single-chip VGA port protector IC for PC-based applications
Compact COM Express module with Intel Atom N270 and 945GSE/ICH7M Chipset
Advantech's ETX CPU module with twin SATA (SOM-4487) for embedded apps
New fanless embedded console server from ACROSSER
250MHz ARM9 based embedded computer from Technologic
New Engenio 4900 disk storage system from LSI
Advantech's new ARK-6310-3M04E Intel ATOM based embedded computer
Intel Atom based single board computer for portable embedded computer applications
Embedded computer RuffSystem 840 from Adlink targets rugged applications
Fingerprint solution for notebooks/netbooks from AuthenTec
New PCI Express to PCI translation bridge IC
Low priced new MB86C30A USB 3.0-SATA Bridge IC
8.0 GT/s PCI Express 3.0 interface IP for system-on-chip (SoC) from Synopsys
New hard disk drive read channel IC from LSI
PCI Expess 3.0 PHY IP core for SoC designs in 40nm process
Industry's first DisplayPort to VGA adapter IC
ADI's new USB isolator IC for safe interface among medical electronic devices
New USB power switch for hot swapping USB interface
Lanner launches Intel Atom based industrial PC
New 3-Gbps SDI equalizer with low jitter noise
Improved VGA multiplexer IC with low on-capacitance and on-resistance
Realtek's LCD DisplayPort monitor controller IC pass VESA CTS 1.1 certification
New system-on-chip controller for multifunction printers
Energy efficient graphic processors for new gaming experience in notebooks
512GB solid state drive using 43nm Multi-Level Cell NAND
Serial Attached SCSI enterprise hard disk drives which double the capacity
Microcontroller for wireless keyboard/mouse
ECP2M family development kit for fast PCI express design
7400 series Xeon server processors from Intel
Pericom's new Display-Port(DP) & PCI Express switch families
AMD's new stream processor delivers a performance exceeding 1 Tera Flop
Tegra: the world's single chip computer
Front Monitor Diodes from Atmel
Intel has unveiled very low power consuming quad core processors
Fujitsu launched 40-GB hard disk drive for automotive applications
Winbond's new embedded controllers for laptops with SPI flash interface and IR port.
NXP Semiconductor (Old Philips Semiconductor) has released a wireless USB device controller for wireless USB applications.