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Who will feel the pinch from the smartphone slowdown?

Posted Aug 05, 2013 - 01:01 am

Smartphone sales could start trailing off, at least in the U.S. So which chipmaker will likely feel the pinch of reduced sales?
Mobile, smartphone
Get ready for quantum leaps in SSD capacity and performance

Posted Aug 09, 2013 - 05:41 pm

One breakthrough promises an enormous leap in capacity while another promises a giant leap in speed. Combining the two into something great might take a little longer.
flash, Samsung
Big Iron is (still) not dead

Posted Sep 27, 2013 - 02:57 am

Even though x86 systems have greatly improved in reliability and scalability, you just can't beat a mainframe for big loads, and they are taking on work that was previously thought unthinkable.
big data, cloud computing
BRIC Nations Plan Their own "Independent Internet"

Posted Oct 04, 2013 - 02:19 pm

All Internet traffic flows through the U.S. since that's where the Internet originated. That's what allowed the rampant NSA spying. Some of the emerging economies want to do away with that.
Despite the competition, NAND flash has at least another decade of life

Posted Sep 11, 2013 - 12:18 pm

There are many would-be replacements to NAND flash but they won't be anywhere near as cheap for at least a decade, and thus not viable.
flash, memory
Same song, new refrain: AMD delays high-end processors.

Posted Aug 29, 2013 - 01:44 pm

Will AMD give more ground to Intel as it lets the release dates for its high-end products slip?
AMD, cpu
iPhone 5S could enjoy a 31% speed boost

Posted Aug 26, 2013 - 05:44 pm

The iPhone could be one-third faster and a lot prettier, according to this week's rumors.
Apple, Arm
Cisco introduces a network processor for SDNs

Posted Sep 16, 2013 - 03:16 pm

For the forthcoming Internet of Everything, with billions of connected devices, Cisco has the chip to handle billions of transactions.
chips, Cisco
Unisys takes on the big names in x86 servers with mainframe technologies

Posted Sep 09, 2013 - 01:46 pm

Hardware security born in the mainframe will now secure Red Hat and Microsoft operating systems in secure containers.
Dell, HP
Microsoft emerges as a CPU force with Xbox One and Kinect

Posted Sep 04, 2013 - 12:52 pm

Microsoft is not new to hardware, and it's some old, failed technologies that led to the Xbox One and Kinect in the first place.
AMD, Microsoft

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