Chip manufacturing firm GlobalFoundries will begin construction of a new manufacturing plant in Abu Dhabi next year, the majority stakeholder of the company said on Friday.

A HP kutatói jelentős áttörést értek el a memrisztor-technológia kifejlesztése terén. Szakembereik szerint az általuk bemutatott megoldások lehetővé teszik, hogy rövid időn belül újfajta "emlékező" chipekkel váltsuk ki a ma használt flash- és DRAM-memóriákat.

Rambus on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire security technology company Cryptography Research (CRI) for US$342.5 million in a cash and stock deal. The move could help the company address interest among chip makers to add security features on hardware.

Chip maker Broadcom said Sunday that it will pay US$41.9 million for SC Square, a move that will bring expertise in smart-card security to the Irvine, California, architect of silicon for communications equipment.

Az IDC elemzőcég tanulmánya szerint a processzorgyártó 2015-re akár 15 százalékos részesedést is szerezhet a PC- és laptop-piacon. A cég elsősorban a piacvezető Intel kárára terjeszkedhet.

Intel is speeding up the release of tablet chips in an attempt to close the power and performance gap with ARM, which dominates the tablet market, analysts said this week.

Intel expects tablets running its power-efficient chip code-named Oak Trail to become available next month, the company said on Friday.

Texas Instruments anticipates between four and six months of disruption to its chip manufacturing operations in Japan following the massive earthquake that struck on March 11.

A Sandy Bridge E lapkák érkezte miatt szükség van egy új lapkakészletre is a megfelelő támogatáshoz - még idén jön az X79.

Oracle customers this week expressed concern about the effort and cost of upgrading IT infrastructures after the software maker said it would stop development for Intel's Itanium chip architecture.

Dell on Tuesday is set to announce low-power PowerEdge servers that can quickly band together to execute transactions more efficiently than traditional servers, which use faster, but more power-hungry chips.

The chip war will heat up as Advanced Micro Devices prepares PC processors to rival Intel's Sandy Bridge chips, which have already started appearing in laptops, analysts said this week.

Technology companies across Asia have found ways to help people in Japan left devastated by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake last Friday, the 7-meter tsunami it spawned, and displacement caused by troubles at a nuclear power plant there.

Prices of widely used chips, including NAND flash memory and DRAM, have both risen sharply since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck and hurled tsunami waves at the northeastern part of Japan.

A cég mérnökei nagy erőkkel dolgoznak a Snapdragon chipek fejlesztésein. A cégvezetők abban bíznak, hogy a Microsofttal kötött együttműködés révén új piaci szegmenseket hódíthatnak meg.

Qualcomm on Tuesday said it is stepping up its software efforts as its chips begin supporting more operating systems, including Microsoft's upcoming Windows OS, which will be targeted at mobile devices, tablets and PCs.

Intel has completed its US$7.68 billion acquisition of security vendor McAfee, the chip maker announced on Monday.

Az IDC elemzőcég szakértői szerint az AMD a Llano chipek késése miatt nem tudja kihasználni a Sandy Bridge processzorok gyártási hibája miatt kialakult lehetőségeket.

Slip-ups by a competitor are usually good for business, but Intel's recent problems with its Sandy Bridge chips won't help Advanced Micro Devices to steal market share from its bigger rival, according to IDC.

Looking into its crystal ball at where trends are leading, Intel hopes to bolster on-chip capabilities to vastly improve the security and functionality of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.