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Heterogeneous computing & the role of custom compute
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor has been purposefully designed to provide innovative user experiences for premium-tier mobile devices. To deliver the type of innovation consumers expect, mobile processors must be designed to handle increasing computing requirements, while simultaneously using less battery power and remain cooler than ever, with thinner and lighter designs being employed by OEMs.
Mergers & acquisitions continue through uncertain business climate
IC Insights has examined the huge surge of Merger & Acquisition (M&A) activity in the IC industry during the first six months of 2015. In just the first half of 2015, announced semiconductor acquisition agreements had a combined total value of $72.6bn, which was nearly six times the annual average for M&A deals struck during the five previous years (2010-2014).
Mobile anti-malware technology utilises cognitive computing
Qualcomm Technologies (QTI) is extending its mobile security technology leadership with the introduction of Qualcomm Snapdragon Smart Protect.
6th Discovering Start-Ups competition finalists announced
The 16 Discovering Start–Ups 2015 finalists announced recently will pitch their disruptive technologies and business plans to a panel of over 30 judges including angel investors, VCs and industry experts from the likes of Samsung, Qualcomm Ventures, MediaTek Labs, Deloitte, IBM, Telecom Italia and Google. The finals takes place in London on 21st October sponsored and hosted by Deloitte, the business advisory firm.
Investment brings flexible sensors to market
Large investments have been made to enable flexible, thin sensors rather than rigid sensors. By Guillaume Chansin, Senior Technology Analyst, IDTechEx.
Operators take lead in Small Cell Forum development drive
At its Rome 30th Plenary, the Small Cell Forum outlined six new development programmes designed to ease and speed small cell deployment, focus on developing technical solutions for HetNet integration, and establish requirements for 5G.
Charger interface IC is compatible with Qualcomm's Quick Charge 3.0
Expanding its ChiPhy charger-interface IC family, Power Integrations has announced the first IC for off-line AC/DC chargers compatible with Qualcomm's Quick Charge (QC) 3.0 protocol. The QC 3.0 protocol implemented in the CHY103D device substantially reduces losses in the smart mobile device handset during rapid charging, enabling system designers to choose to charge handsets faster or reduce phone touch-temperature during charging.
Last call for Discovering Start-Ups Competition
The 6th Discovering Start-Ups Competition (DS15), jointly organised by Cambridge Wireless (CW) and SETsquared, has already seen tech start-up entries from across the UK and Europe from mobile apps and IoT to Big Data and software solutions for education and healthcare. Today is the last chance for early stage tech companies, digital entrepreneurs and SMEs to win the chance to pitch their business ideas to an expert panel of judges and VCs represe...
Semiconductor inventory under control
The semiconductor market is currently in a slow growth period. After 10% growth in 2014, the market is expected to only show low single-digit growth in 2015. Our own forecast at Semiconductor Intelligence is 1.5%. In several previous market slowdowns, inventories in the channel have climbed as some companies were slow to adjust their inventories to match lower demand levels.
Next-gen GPU architecture for the ultimate mobile camera experience
Qualcomm has announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, has introduced its next-gen visual processing technology with new versions of its GPU and Image Signal Processing (ISP) unit to deliver significant advancements in performance, power efficiency and user experience to Qualcomm Snapdragon processors.