Freescale unveils basestation on a chip
In a move that could have an impact on how wireless carriers meet 4G data demands, Freescale Semiconductor unveiled plans for a "basestation on a chip."
In a move that could have an impact on how wireless carriers meet 4G data demands, Freescale Semiconductor unveiled plans for a "basestation on a chip."
Nvidia unveiled its next-generation graphics processing unit (GPU) architecture, dubbed Fermi, and announced a key supercomputing win with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.The takeaway: Graphics and visualization are becoming key to scientific discoveries.
Intel said Europe's top antitrust regulator failed "to meet the required standard of proof" when it fined the chip maker $1.45 billion for anti-competitive behavior against AMD. The news comes as Apple named Intel's top lawyer Bruce Sewell as its general counsel.
At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Executive Vice President Sean Maloney demonstrates some new embedded technologies. He shows off a new digital billboard and virtual slot machine that can be remotely managed and reprogrammed on the fly using Intel's vPro processor technology.
Qualcomm announced its next generation Snapdragon chips for smartphones and tablets. These dual-core and quad-core chips will put Qualcomm back in an arms race with Nvidia, which is grabbed key design wins.
Marty Seyer, senior vice president of AMD's commercial segment, looked to "set the record straight" on the chipmaker's performance vs. Intel in the server market.
The chances of Dell acquiring AMD are likely to be slim, but the management free chipmaker does make a good takeover target.
At the AMD analyst meeting officials outlined the company's roadmaps.
AMD CTO Phil Hester said the semiconductor industry made a big mistake by entering megahertz wars at the expense of power management and how applications were actually used. And now the industry could be headed for a similar mistake by playing a game of "I have more cores than you do.
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