About a week from now, Intel is going to have a new CEO, Brian Krzanich, which was their former COO, to replace the current CEO Paul Otellini. It seems to me Otellini is getting out ... Read More »
Category Archives: Chips
Feed SubscriptionSamsung Galaxy Note 3 Could Use an 8 Core ARM Mali-450 GPU
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 might go back to using a Mali GPU (specifically the ARM Mali-450), after the Samsung Galaxy S4 took a short detour for an Imagination PowerVR SGX543 GPU. So what’s the ... Read More »
Get Ready for the Qualcomm Snapdragon S800
The long awaited Qualcomm Snapdragon S800 chip is going to start being mass produced at the end of May, which means it should arrive in devices at the end of the summer, or in fall. ... Read More »
TSMC’s 28nm Process Technology Helps It Captures 50% of the Foundry Market
Thanks to TSMC’s 28nm process technology, the company has captured almost 50% of the foundry market, according to Gartner. Since efficiency is the name of the game in the mobile market, it’s critical to have ... Read More »
Qualcomm’s High Ambitions for the PC Market
Ever since the release of the first 1 Ghz ARM processor, Qualcomm has been riding high in the mobile market, and is currently the leading chip maker. But its ambitions are much higher than the ... Read More »
AMD – Steady as She Goes
It’s no secret that AMD is not doing very well lately, and it hasn’t done that great over the past few years either, but it looks like the restructuring helped the company minimize its losses ... Read More »
Ultra Low-End Smartphones Give Worse Outlook for Intel
Intel hasn’t had a lot of luck in entering the mobile market so far, primarily because its chips haven’t been that competitive, in any of the three main competition metrics: price, performance, power consumption. The ... Read More »
Why Intel’s Decline Is Now Imminent
Intel earnings have just been published for the last quarter, and they are not looking too good. Their profit declined. The worst part about it is that it will continue to decline, because Intel faces ... Read More »
ARM for Linux Will Take Over the Industry, Says ARM
According to ARM, server vendors are looking to standardize across one CPU architecture and one operating system, and those are ARM, and Linux, respectively. ARM for Linux is set to become very popular in the ... Read More »
Qualcomm Becomes 3rd Biggest Chip Maker by Revenue
In the past 3 years, Qualcomm has seen tremendous growth, and it’s now the 3rd largest chip maker by revenue, after Intel and Samsung. Qualcomm’s path to success Ever since the Nexus One came out ... Read More »