Apple Tried to Buy Its Way Into TSMC’s Heart for Future A-Series Chips <em>Bloomberg</em>

Apple Tried to Buy Its Way Into TSMC’s Heart for Future A-Series Chips Bloomberg

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company declined Apple’s bid

Qualcomm’s Adreno 320 Is the Fastest Tablet GPU Available

Qualcomm’s Adreno 320 Is the Fastest Tablet GPU Available

Benchmarks show more than double the performance of any other Android tablet on the market

LG Officially Confirms Quad-Core LTE Smartphone Is in the Works

LG Officially Confirms Quad-Core LTE Smartphone Is in the Works

It will be the first to use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU

AMD’s Shares Rise as Acquisition Rumors Take Off

AMD’s Shares Rise as Acquisition Rumors Take Off

Samsung and Qualcomm are the rumored buyers of the Texas-based CPU designer

  • CPU
  • By Sebastian Pop
  • August 6th, 2012
Former Intel Senior VP Joins Qualcomm as Chief Marketing Officer

Former Intel Senior VP Joins Qualcomm as Chief Marketing Officer

Anand Chandrasekher will be tasked with overseeing global marketing

  • Apple
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • July 31st, 2012
iPad Mini Might Not Use Apple’s Processor

iPad Mini Might Not Use Apple’s Processor

It’s likely the company may want to keep up the battery life despite the smaller device

  • Apple
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • July 27th, 2012
iPhone 5 Could Face Delay

iPhone 5 Could Face Delay

Apple’s troubles might have something in common with Qualcomm’s 28nm issues

  • Tablets
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • July 25th, 2012
Snapdragon S4 Pro Mops the Floor with Tegra 3 and Samsung Exynos 4412

Snapdragon S4 Pro Mops the Floor with Tegra 3 and Samsung Exynos 4412

New benchmarks show that quad Krait is much more powerful than anything else on the market

TSMC Considering Making FABs for Particular Customers

TSMC Considering Making FABs for Particular Customers

This is likely a move to charm the likes of Qualcomm

  • Tablets
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • July 25th, 2012
Lenovo’s “Transformer” IdeaTab S2110 Available Now for Just $343

Lenovo’s “Transformer” IdeaTab S2110 Available Now for Just $343

A surprising 10.1” tablet with 20 hours of battery life and a cheap keyboard/battery dock

Qualcomm Decides to Stop Making Mirasol Displays

Qualcomm Decides to Stop Making Mirasol Displays

The company will be looking into licensing deals but nothing else

  • Apple
  • By Sebastian Pop
  • July 23rd, 2012
Samsung Dissolved Qualcomm Partnership to Sue Apple

Samsung Dissolved Qualcomm Partnership to Sue Apple

It needed the 3G patents in order to wage the patent war

Qualcomm’s Quad-Core APQ8064 “Krait” Has Console Grade Graphics

Qualcomm’s Quad-Core APQ8064 “Krait” Has Console Grade Graphics

The chip is only rated a as DirectX 9.3 GPU, but the performance is impressive

  • CPU
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • July 16th, 2012
GlobalFoundries to Take Over IBM’s Semiconductor FABs

GlobalFoundries to Take Over IBM’s Semiconductor FABs

It seems profits are too low and FABs are too expensive to build

GlobalFoundries to Manufacture 28nm Chips for Qualcomm

GlobalFoundries to Manufacture 28nm Chips for Qualcomm

It seems like our prediction actually is now confirmed

  • Tablets
  • By Constantin Murariu
  • July 10th, 2012
Imagination Technologies PowerVR GPUs Rule 78% of the Mobile GPU Market

Imagination Technologies PowerVR GPUs Rule 78% of the Mobile GPU Market

ARM, Nvidia, Qualcomm and the others are left playing catch up

  • Video
  • By Sebastian Pop
  • July 9th, 2012
AMD and NVIDIA Won’t Emulate Qualcomm’s Foundry Choices Any Time Soon

AMD and NVIDIA Won’t Emulate Qualcomm’s Foundry Choices Any Time Soon

TSMC has its 28nm chip orders well in hand, and that won’t easily change

 
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