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AMD Makes Big Claims for Zen-based CPUs

by Bob Raikes

AMD has announced at a ‘fan event’ new high performance CPUs based on its ‘Zen’ archicture and also revealed Ryzen as the new brand for Zen-based desktop and notebook processor families. AMD also gave …

Peraso Releases W120 WiGig Compliant Phased Array Chipset

by Bob Raikes

Peraso has announced a new W120 WiGig phased array chipset for consumer electronics. The W120 builds on the WiGig W110 Chipset, with support for high bandwidth applications such as wireless routers, VR devices and …

Tags:Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 49| WiGIG

MediaTek Adds to Deca-core Lineup

by Bob Raikes

Mediatek announced two new ten core application processors, the Helio X23 and Helio X27. There is a boost in general performance of around 20% with operation of the Arm Cortex-A72 cores at 2.6GHz and …

Tags:Chips| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Intel, Nvidia For Gaming at CES

by Bob Raikes

Reports from the supply chain suggest that the H version of Intel’s Kaby Lake (7th Generation iCore) for high performance and gaming notebooks will be shown at CES. The Nvidia GTX1050 notebook GPU is …

TI Processors Use Arm + PowerVR

by Bob Raikes

Texas Instruments has introduced the AM437x ‘Sitara’ processor series which can be used for a range of applications including digital signage and automation. The processors are based on Arm Cortex-A9 cores with a PowerVR …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 23 - Issue 47

MediaTek UltraCast Brings 4K Streaming

by Bob Raikes

Mediatek has announced its UltraCast technology which extends the Miracast Wi-Fi streaming system to support UltraHD content on the company’s Helio smartphone chipsets as well as chipsets for SmartTVs. The company said that it …

Snapdragon to be Made on Samsung 10nm

by Bob Raikes

We recently reported that Samsung is switching to 10nm technology and now we hear that Qualcomm will have its Snapdragon 835 made with the process. The chip is in production now and sets with …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 46

L2Tek introduces HDMI 2.0 chips

by Bob Raikes

Explore Microelectronics of Taiwan has a a number of new HDM chips including the EP9462S, a HDMI 2.0a 4-IN 2-OUT repeater with HDCP 2.2 in a 128-pin LQFP package. The chip supports four inputs …

Tags:Chips| HDMI| Interface Chips| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 46

New AptoVision Chip Optimised for KVMs

by Bob Raikes

AptoVision has now announced the BlueRiver NT1000 chip. The chip is part of the family of chips for transporting uncompressed, zero-latency Ultra HD/4K HDR over Ethernet and is optimised for AV/KVM switching and extension …

Tags:Chips| Large Display Monitor| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Samsung to Make Fingerprint Recognition Chips

by Bob Raikes

ETNews of Korea reports that Samsung may be about to enter the market for fingerprint recognition chips, currently dominated, it said, by Synaptics and FPC of Sweden, who are rated to have more than …

Tags:Chips| Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 45

MediaTek Plans 10nm for X30

by Bob Raikes

Mediatek plans to be one of the first companies to get to us 10nm processes for its chips and in the conference call around the Q3 results, the company said that the Helio X30 …

Tags:Chips| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Qualcomm Adds UltraHD Encoding

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 625 processor which is built using 14nm technology and adds UltraHD HEVC encoding, allowing capture of UltraHD content at 30fps. Other features include an octa-core 64-bit CPU, an integrated X9 …