GigaomChipmaker AMD names Lisa Su its new CEO
AMD has named Lisa Su its new president and CEO replacing Rory Read who stepped down. Su has a tough road ahead of her. Read more »
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AMD has named Lisa Su its new president and CEO replacing Rory Read who stepped down. Su has a tough road ahead of her. Read more »
Does the internet of things need an entirely different style of operating system? ARM thinks so. It upgraded mbed to bridge full-featured OSes and the real-time OSes for the embedded market. Read more »
ARM has released a higher-performance microcontroller core design aimed at the the internet of things, and several chip firms are already using it. Read more »
Apple’s new phones are packed with more computing power without a significant cost to the battery life, thanks to upgrades of the A8 application processor and M8 motion co-processor. Read more »
Philips’ new all-white connected Lux bulbs are half the cost of its colorful Hue lights, and a nice addition to the overall system — once you figure out how to make… Read more »
The company whose chip is bringing 3-D computer sight to a Google handset project has released a second generation SoC that would offer better vision with less of a battery drain. Read more »
Big Blue’s research plans calls for smaller silicon chips and a future in which silicon isn’t even necessary as it invests in other areas of exploratory manufacturing. Read more »
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As part of the fanfare around the launch GE-backed Quirky launching Wink as a separate company dedicated to the connected home, GE is opening up pre-orders for a connected light bulb… Read more »
To ensure that ARM or other alternative architectures don’t gain ground in the data center, Intel is launching a customizable chip that marries its Xeon CPUs with an FPGA. Read more »