Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is at ARM TechCon showing off 20nm Soc and 16nm FinFET-based development wafers. The 20 and 16nm nodes both posed significant hurdles for TSMC, so to see wafers being produced Continue reading “TSMC Showing 20nm HKMG and 16nm FinFET Wafers at ARM TechCon”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 30, 2013 at 9:31pm
Dell Completes Go-Private Transaction Date : 10/29/2013 Round Rock, Texas Dell today announced the completion of its acquisition by Michael Dell, Dells Founder, Chairman and CEO, and Silver Lake Partners, a leading global technology investment Continue reading “Dell Completes Go-Private Transaction”. …more
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Oct. 30, 2013 at 8:14pm
AppliedMicro is showing X-Gene X-C1 Server Development Kit at ARM TechCon show floor and we stopped by to get take a look at the development kit in person. We were told by the booth staff Continue reading “Hands On With The AppliedMicro X-Gene X-C1 Server Development Kit”. …more
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Oct. 30, 2013 at 8:08pm
AppliedMicro Announces General Availability of X-Gene System Development Kit for ARM 64-Bit Platform Worlds First Enterprise-Grade Hardware and Software Package Released for Mass Deployment SUNNYVALE, CA(Marketwired)10/30/13Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ: AMCC), also known as AppliedMicro, Continue reading “AppliedMicro Announces General Availability of X-Gene System Development Kit for ARM 64-Bit Platform”. …more
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Oct. 30, 2013 at 7:42pm
EIZO Releases World’s First 240 Hz Monitor for Gaming Hakusan, Japan, October 30, 2013 EIZO Corporation (TSE: 6737) today announced the 23.5-inch FORIS FG2421, the worlds first gaming monitor with a 240 Hz refresh rate. Continue reading “EIZO Releases World’s First 240 Hz Monitor for Gaming”. …more
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Oct. 30, 2013 at 6:12pm
Intel will be fabricating ARM processors for Altera starting in 2014! Intel’s largest chip manufacturing customer is Altera and they have signed a deal with Intel for them to produce their upcoming Stratix 10 SoC Continue reading “WTF: Intel Fabs To Make Quad-Core 64-bit ARM Processors”. …more
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Oct. 30, 2013 at 12:50pm
Altera Announces Quad-Core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 for Stratix 10 SoCs Manufactured on Intels 14 nm Tri-Gate Process, Altera Stratix 10 SoCs Will Deliver Industrys Most Versatile Heterogeneous Computing Platform Santa Clara, Calif., ARM TechCon, October Continue reading “Altera Announces Quad-Core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 for Stratix 10 SoCs”. …more
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Oct. 30, 2013 at 12:25pm
In the Take-Two Interactive earnings report they highlighted the early success of Grand Theft Auto V. In just six weeks the company has sold 29 million copies! It also appears that GTA V was able Continue reading “Rockstar Sells 29 Million Copies of GTA V in Six Weeks”. …more
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Oct. 30, 2013 at 12:17pm
Googles upcoming Nexus 5 smartphone is certainly the worst best kept secret. There have been a ton of leaks on the phone that is due out on on November 1st. Key Google Nexus 5 specifications Continue reading “Benchmark Shows Google Nexus 5 Is The Fastest Android Gaming Phone”. …more
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Oct. 30, 2013 at 11:54am
Single Supreme Fan Thermaltake Massive V20 Laptop Cooling Pad Taipei, Taiwan 30 October, 2013 Thermaltake today introduced another surprising notebook cooling pad from the same Massive series, Massive V20 Laptop cooler, Effective cooling performance with Continue reading “Thermaltake Launches Massive V20 Laptop Cooling Pad For $20”. …more
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Oct. 30, 2013 at 11:35am
Are you getting tired of updating your video card drivers? Just days after AMD released Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 video card drivers, we have learned that they have released Catalyst 13.11 Beta 7 drivers. This Continue reading “AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta7 Drivers Released For Battlefield 4”. …more
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Oct. 29, 2013 at 10:47pm
NVIDIA has made GeForce 331.65 WHQL drivers available to download. NVIDIA calls this an essential update for all GeForce GTX users, as GeForce 331.65 WHQL is the Game Ready driver for Battlefield 4 and Call Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce 331.65 WHQL Drivers Released – Huge BF4 Performance Boost”. …more
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Oct. 29, 2013 at 7:23pm
ARM Launches Interactive Platform to Spark Collaboration and Innovation Connected Community Program Evolves to Deepen Users Engagement with Industry Experts and the ARM Ecosystem SANTA CLARA, CA – (October 29, 2013) – ARM (LSE: ARM; Continue reading “ARM Launches Interactive Architecture Platform”. …more
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Oct. 29, 2013 at 6:10pm
Mad Catz Announces S.T.R.I.K.E.M Mobile Keyboard New GameSmart Keyboard Features Bluetoothand Near Field Communication (NFC) Technologies for Simple Connection to Multiple Devices San Diego October 29, 2013 Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (Mad Catz) (NYSE MKT/TSX: Continue reading “Mad Catz S.T.R.I.K.E.M Mobile Keyboard Has Bluetooth and NFC”. …more
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Oct. 29, 2013 at 6:01pm
ARM TechCon 2013 kicked off this morning and the theme this year is Where Intelligence Connects. ARM expects roughly 4,000 hardware engineers and software developers to attend the show that is designed to facilitate collaboration Continue reading “ARM Introduces Mali T700 GPU Series For Next-Generation Devices”. …more
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Oct. 29, 2013 at 5:49pm