Intel tweaks its Atoms
Nothing nuclear
Chipmaker Intel has made a small update to its low-power Atom chip lineup.
Foundry market growing
Six percent growth in a flat market
The overall semiconductor market is going to be flat or slightly down this year, but the foundry market is forecast to grow 6.1 per cent.
Samsung slashes chip spending
20 per cent cut
Samsung plans to cut investment in semiconductors by up to 20 percent next year to prevent further price falls.
SoCs made more reliable
On-Chip error correction is the way forward
UK-based silicon IP firm UltraSoC has come up with a way of making SoC's more reliable using on chip error correction.
AMD expands FM2+ chip lineup
Three new parts
AMD will expand its socket FM2+ chip lineup with three new parts – the A10-7890K and A8-7690K APUs, and the Athlon X4 880K CPU.
Oracle shows off SPARC details
Sonoma ready for the big time
Oracle has been sharing a few details about its SPARC processor code-named Sonoma. Sonoma is not a sleeping Italian mama at all but a place where Americans grow wine that Europeans will not touch.
AMD adds new processor to Godavari line
A8-7670K is now with us
AMD has added the A8-7670K to its Godavari APU lineup which has four Steamroller CPU cores clocked at 3.6GHz.
Nintendo signs up for AMD in latest model
Now AMD has the full set
The last of the console makers is ready to sign up to AMD chips, according to the latest rumour
Chinese Micron take-over will be tricky
Analysts warning
The takeover of the chipmaker Micron by a Chinese government controlled outfit is going to be extremely tricky, warned analysts.
ASML profits bode well for chip industry
$6.44 billion in sales
Dutch outfit ASML Holding, the world's second largest maker of semiconductor production equipment has managed to flog more than $6.44 billion worth of gear.