Texas Instruments selling OMAP division
Laying down their ARMs
Word has reached SemiAccurate that TI is hip-deep in the process of selling off their ARM/OMAP division. Updated August 19th, 2011
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Intel accelerates Atom development
Wants to play a bigger role in the embedded space.
Traditionally most of the embedded space has belonged to ARM, MIPS and the good old PowerPC, but Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) is starting to get more active in this space.
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Is Marvell going to change the ARM game?
A dark horse to watch out for
It looks like a dark horse is going to be the one to watch for the next round of ARM CPUs, Marvell.
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Smart ASIC incorporates analog blocks
The design enables you to increase integration and lower costs.
Normally when you talk about ASIC’s (Application Specific Integrated Circuits), you always think of digital design, but now Triad Semiconductor Inc. has released a configurable ASIC that also includes analog blocks.
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SanDisk shipping Ultra SSD’s
SanDisk promises an MTBF of up to 1,000,000 hou
SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) has started shipping its Ultra SSD that is now available through online retailers such as Newegg.com.
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LSI samples three SAS12 chips
Move aside SATA, you are too slow
If 6Gbps SAS isn’t fast enough for your storage needs, LSI is coming to the rescue with SAS 12Gps silicon.
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Bulldozer to take on Intel
No mention of Bobcat, Piledriver or Backhoe
AMD (NYSE:AMD) wants a larger part of the server market and the secret ingredient is called Bulldozer.
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Holographic DVD stores 500GB
Moar P0rn, less space, efficiency wins!
Researchers from GE Global Research (NYSE:GE) have managed to squeeze 500GB of data onto a single DVD by using holographic storage.
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Bitspower shows off high end water cooling toys
Computex 2011: Amazing quality, carefully finished components
Bitspower is one of those niche manufacturers that puts out amazing quality parts, and gets very little credit.
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Thecus fills in their business NAS offerings
Computex 2011: Top, bottom, and now mid-range offerings
At CeBIT, Thecus went upmarket, and Computex saw more of the same.
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New tablet from Lenovo for both fun and business
First tablet to sport Netflix certification.
Lenovo (PINK:LNVGY) today announced its first family of tablets – the IdeaPad Tablet K1 for consumers, the ThinkPad Tablet for business customers, and the IdeaPad Tablet P1 for home and office use.
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Southern Islands, Kepler, and Apple’s A6 process puzzle outed
It all makes sense now
The final piece of the TSMC 28nm HKMG process puzzle was put in place at SemiCon last week, it now makes sense.
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RapidIO goes after PCI Express
New specification will allow the interconnect to go above 100Gbps
The RapidIO Trade Association has announced a technology roadmap of enhancements with the Serial RapidIO 10xN that supports single lane speeds of more than 10Gbps and device to device communication of more than 100Gbps, the association said in a press release.
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ReRAM gets closer to reality
Resistive memory, swings both ways
Samsung manages to rewrite resistive memory 1 trillion times and IMEC invents new filament to allow aggressive scaling.
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