Why Losing Two Chip Architects Ahead of Autopilot Hardware 3.0 Launch is NOT a “Big Loss for Tesla”
Reports have emerged this week that two key chip architects, David Glasco, System Architecture Lead, and Dan Bailey, System Circuit Design…
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iPhone Chip Supplier Could Lose Quarter of a Billion Dollars From Virus Attack
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is possibly the largest chip maker in the world. It supplies chips to companies like…
Pixel 2 “Visual Core” chip support now on Android 8.1 Oreo update final beta
The Short: Finally, support for the Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL’s Visual Core chip is now available with the…
Chipmaker Marvell Tech to buy rival Cavium for $6 B in cash and stock
Chipmaker Marvell Technology on Monday said it would pay around $6 billion in cash and stock to buy rival company,…
Samsung Cleverly Confirms Dual Camera on Galaxy Note 8 via Exynos 8895 SoC Features
Most of the information about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is either from leaks in the supply chain or…
After OLED Capacity Expansion, Samsung Wants to Corner Memory Chip Market
One of the world’s top makers of smartphones, Samsung Electronics, said on Tuesday it will invest at least $18.6 billion…
Google has Just Guaranteed the Longevity of the Google Pixel Smartphone Line
A Variety report shows that Google has nabbed ex-Apple employee and microprocessor industry veteran Manu Gulati to head up its own…
Microsoft Qualcomm Partnership on Windows 10 on ARM Causing Ripples at Intel
In an indirect but more-than-obvious allusion to Microsoft and Qualcomm’s partnership to produce Windows 10 PCs that run on Snapdragon…
Why ARM Revealed its DynamIQ CPUs before PC Makers Showcase Intel Implementations at Computex
SoftBank-owned British semiconductor company, ARM, has unveiled its Cortex-A75 and other CPUs and GPUs for 2017. Of note is the fact…
New Google Assistant Devices Coming in Q4 2017 with MediaTek’s New MT8516 Chipsets
This Thursday, Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek announced that it has launched a new processor chipset that will address the needs of…
Apple Readying for a Showdown with a Key Component Supplier, GPU Standoff?
Imagination Technologies, Apple’s vendor for PowerVR graphics processors – GPUs – that you’ll find in the iPhone and iPad, has…
Samsung to Supply Chips to Tesla Motors for Driverless Technology
According to Country Caller, a report in Electronic Times, a South Korean site, shows that Samsung will soon sign a…
After iPhone 7, Will Samsung Galaxy S8 Drop the 3.5 mm Audio Jack Next?
The Samsung Galaxy S8 is the next big smartphone in the lineup that witnessed the launch of the Note 7, iPhone…