Simon Segars, ARM's president who will take over the CEO role from Warren East in July, told CNET today that he'll be focused on executing the current plans in place, rather than overhauling ARM's strategy.
"What we've been doing is a very appropriate strategy for responding to the dynamics of the market in which we operate," Segars said. "There will be no fundamental shift in strategy. It's about execution and making sure we take … Read more
Apple and its manufacturing partner are readying the next-generation processor expected to land in future iPhones and iPads.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, is expected to tape out -- one of the final steps before manufacturing -- Apple's A7 chip this month, according to a report in Digitimes.
That will set the stage for pilot production by TSMC this summer and commercial production by the first quarter of 2014.
The A7 will use TSMC's future 20-nanometer manufacturing process -- which isn't expected to be ready until 2014.
Apple, in fact, is designing products now based on … Read more
In a few short months, Intel will have a new CEO. Who that person will be remains a mystery, but he (or she) is sure to have a big role in shaping the future of the company and the broader technology industry.
Since Intel sure isn't talking (a spokesman simply said the search is ongoing and thorough and that Intel hopes to have a replacement by the time CEO Paul Otellini retires in May), CNET decided to list a few candidates whose names are mentioned on Wall Street and around the Intel water cooler. Keep in mind that our … Read more
Intel merrily building processors for Apple's iPhone and iPad is a nice thought. So, hold on to that thought for at least a couple of years.
Until then, Samsung's in the way. That chipmaking giant has a factory in Austin, Texas, for building iPhone and iPad processors -- now and well into the future.
And Samsung seems to be doing a pretty good job. Courtroom wrangling alone won't necessarily drive an immediate wedge between the two companies if Samsung delivers the goods, which it has done pretty consistently.
Then there's the other big obstacle to an Intel deal: … Read more
Intel desktop circuit boards may begin to get scarce.
The chipmaker cut back on motherboard orders by 80 percent to only 100,000 units, claims an Asia-based Digitimes report, citing sources in the "supply chain."
A person familiar with Intel's motherboard business contacted by CNET could not confirm whether the 80 percent figure was accurate but said the general thrust of the report was correct, as Intel announced in January that it was winding down the desktop motherboard business.
"We disclosed internally...that Intel's desktop motherboard business will begin slowly ramping down over the course … Read more
HANOVER, Germany--Intel today debuted a technology called display as a service (DAAS) that it hopes will transform how people use their gadgets.
The technology breaks the hard link between a video source and a screen the way virtualization software breaks the hard link between an operating system and a processor. With DAAS, people can view what's on their tablet on a big-screen TV, mirror the same imagery on multiple displays, or link up multiple displays to create a single, bigger display.
Another possibility, which Intel Labs' Divya Kolar described on blog post, is to combine multiple devices' video onto … Read more
Intel's new "Haswell" chip design is just around the corner. But we're already getting a peek at finished products, courtesy of a German PC vendor.
High-end laptops with Intel's upcoming fourth-generation Core series of chips appeared on DevilTech's site, according to Heise online.
Unannounced Intel silicon in those rigs includes quad-core Core i7s, such as the 4800MQ and 4900MQ.
And speaking of leaks, Haswell chips are actually up for pre-order on some online retailers.
For those who follow Intel chip rollouts closely, the chipmaker usually debuts quad-core mobile chips first and then follows up … Read more
The tech research firm said it expects computer shipments to drop 1.3 percent this year, worse than its prior view for a 2.8 percent rise. And that decline comes after a 3.7 percent slide in 2012.
"Disappointing holiday sales, an underwhelming reception to Windows 8, and continuing economic malaise that further crimped IT budgets marked the face of the market during the second half of 2012, leading to a year-on-year decline of … Read more
Intel won't have its best shot at mobile salvation until late this year. Let's hope that's not too late.
As of today, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Dell, Samsung, and Acer, among others, are all shipping high-profile Windows 8 tablets and hybrids with Intel's "Clover Trail" Atom processor.
And all are billed as running "all your favorite Windows applications."
The problem is that Atom still isn't up to the task, as CNET Reviews and many other reviewers have pointed out.
In short, it's Netbook deja vu all over again. Atom-based Netbooks were never … Read more
At that time, the Santa Clara, Calif., semiconductor maker's presence in the smartphone market was essentially nonexistent. Today, Intel has 10 phones shipping in 20 countries (though not the U.S.), and it keeps improving its power consumption and performance.
While that's good progress, Intel still has a long way to go, as the company readily admits. It hopes the new chips it's officially launching today at MWC 2013 will … Read more
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