2012: Samsung new Exynos quad-core chip with 32-nanometer technology

Samsung Electronics will use its single-chip solutions for its next smartphone, the Galaxy S III, to lower dependence on U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm. The move comes as Samsung, the world’s top memory chipmaker, aggressively shifting focus to more profitable and less-volatile non-memory chips. Memory chips like DRAMs and NAND flashes are used to read and write data with these chips being commoditized. Thus they are cheap, compared with non-memory chips. Non-memories are to control an entire computing system and require advanced chip-making technology. ``Samsung’s single-chip solution is a combination of long-term evolution (LTE), telecommunications and W-CDMA functions,’’ a high-ranking company executive said Monday. The firm’s Exynos-branded quad-core mobile application...

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IPTV World Forum 2012: Intel in Smart TV business with the Intel® Atom™ CE5300 Media Processor

 Consumers will have even more options for their TVs whether it’s a flat panel, HDTV, 3DTV or the newest OLED TV, when service providers use the Intel® Atom™ CE5300 Media Processor (codenamed Berryville) in their set-top boxes, announced today at IPTV World Forum in London by Intel’s Service Provider Division. What’s a Media Processor? It’s the brains in a set-top box that seamlessly combines the Internet with TV. It means that Intel and service providers are all working to bring you an easy-to-use interface, 3D graphics capabilities, improved search, and of course, downloadable apps and games for your various...

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HP Recognizes Telefónica

    ANAHEIM, Calif. -- At its Technology Services Leadership Summit, HP today named Telefónica S.A. the 2011 Technology Services Customer of the Year for successfully using HP expertise over the past year to drive its business forward. HP has been collaborating with Telefónica, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world, for more than 30 years. Over the past seven years, Telefónica has expanded its relationship with HP from basic reactive services to multivendor support and infrastructure consulting. HP recently initiated an effort to help Telefónica migrate individual email platforms from multiple...

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Is the Google Nexus tablet a done deal? Could be priced $149.-

An anonymous tipster within the supply chain told  Android and Me  “It’s a done deal,” and  the target price is $149-199. One Android Insider’s take on the rumor: Many are referring to the device as the “Nexus tablet.” Google is choosing a cheaper processor over the quad-core Tegra 3 processor, which the tablet was rumored to use. Since ASUS, which some are saying is Google’s hardware partner, has close ties to Qualcomm, the Nexus tablet might use a Snapdragon processor. The Nexus tablet might arrive at the CTIA wireless convention May 8 to 10 in New Orleans. Other than the 7-inch display, no additional information has been provided on the specs.  Source: Forbes  via Android and...

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New Intel SSDs

Intel, following the launch of 520 series SSDs in February 2012, will release 300 series models, codenamed Maple Crest, in May and 720 series, codenamed Ramsdale, both based on 25nm MLC technology, according to Taiwan-based PC vendors and makers. With two storage capacity options of 400GB and 800 GB and featuring a PCIe interface, Ramsdale SSDs are specifically for business use. In addition, Intel will release 500 series SSDs, King Crest, based on 20nm MLC technology in the third quarter as well as models under the three series, including 700 series Taylorsville (100GB, 200GB, 400GB, 800GB) and 300 series Jay Crest...

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Samsung's Galaxy Note smartphone with 5.3 inch screen and stylus.

Samsung's Galaxy Note  next to the Samsung Galaxy II. Samsung showed its new Note smartphone today at IFA, just 12 months after it showed the Galaxy Tab to great acclaim, and when history judges the 5.3" supersized smartphone it just might play a much greater role in the development of the personal computer form factor. The incorporation of a stylus and the 1280×800 high-resolution Super AMOLED screen give the thin Android phone additional functionality by way of both sketching and note-taking and when Gizmag's Tim Hanlon tried the phone with its 1.4GHz dual-core processor, he's now thinking...

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Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2012: Intel expected to reveal details of its cooperation with China players.

Intel is set to host its Intel Developer Forum (IDF) for China on April 11 in Beijing, China with the market expecting the company will reveal details about its cooperation with China-based players such as Lenovo and ZTE in the smartphone industry as well as the performance in China's embedded industry. Sean Maloney, executive vice-president of Intel and chairman of Intel China will make a speech on the first day of the show and is also expected to reveal details of Intel's plans for the latest notebook, smartphone and tablet PC platforms. In addition, Kirk Skaugen, who just recently took over Intel's PC Client...

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