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  Broadcom unveils Android 4.0 optimized chips for 'affordable' smartphones

  By Andrew Webster on February 27, 2012 10:21 am

  With more and more devices supporting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Broadcom has announced a trio Continue reading…

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  New Qualcomm Gobi modem chipsets are first to support LTE-Advanced, carrier aggregation

  By Sam Byford on February 27, 2012 05:31 am + 5 comments

  LTE-Advanced should be rolling out in the US next year, and Qualcomm's already making its Continue reading…

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  Panasonic and others develop single cellular modem with GSM, WCDMA, HSPA+, and LTE

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 24, 2012 07:53 am + 12 comments

  Japanese companies love a good partnership, so it's not much of a surprise to hear that NEC, Docomo, Continue reading…

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  Qualcomm Atheros announces 1.3Gbps 802.11ac Wi-Fi modules

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 23, 2012 09:12 am + 9 comments

  Qualcomm Atheros is releasing a family of new chips for 802.11ac — an emerging, faster wireless Continue reading…

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  Sony's 350Mbps TransferJet LSI to debut in Android smartphones

  By Jamie Keene on February 23, 2012 07:20 am + 6 comments

  Sony is announcing the CXD3271GW today, a new TransferJet-compatible LSI (large-scale integrated Continue reading…

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  SanDisk and Toshiba release world's smallest 128-gigabit NAND flash chip

  By Adi Robertson on February 22, 2012 11:43 am + 14 comments

  A new flash memory chip developed by SanDisk and Toshiba can fit 128Gb of data on a surface smaller Continue reading…

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  iPad 3 to have a thicker casing, A5X SoC instead of A6?

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 21, 2012 01:32 am + 83 comments

  We've seen some images of the interior of Apple's iPad 3 casing design, and now what appear to be Continue reading…

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  Sony and Tokyo Tech develop record-setting 6.3Gbps chip for 60GHz transmissions

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 20, 2012 10:57 am + 10 comments

  Sony and a research team at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed an RF and baseband chip Continue reading…

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  Single-atom transistor hailed as a landmark in the development of quantum computing

  By Jamie Keene on February 20, 2012 06:57 am + 20 comments

  A team based at the University of New South Wales has created a "perfect" single atom transistor, Continue reading…

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  Intel to show Atom-based 'Rosepoint' chips with integrated Wi-Fi

  By Dante D'Orazio on February 19, 2012 08:13 pm + 35 comments

  It looks like Intel's taking its mobile business seriously: the company plans to bring a new chip to Continue reading…