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  MediaTek combines 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 into a single chip, calls it the MT7650

  By Jamie Keene on March 29, 2012 08:20 am

  MediaTek has announced its new MT7650 chip design, which offers 802.11ac wireless connectivity Continue reading…

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  Intel reportedly extends lead in chip market to 15.6 percent share

  By Andrew Webster on March 26, 2012 01:30 pm + 20 comments

  In 2011 Intel managed to grab its highest share of the semiconductor market in a decade, according Continue reading…

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  Intel inks deal to manufacture chips for outside designer Tabula, expands foundry services

  By Chris Welch on February 23, 2012 01:01 pm + 6 comments

  Intel is usually ahead of competitors in the nanometer race and the company has accordingly long Continue reading…

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  New quantum dot growing technique could increase fiber optic speeds

  By Adi Robertson on January 25, 2012 09:47 am + 6 comments

  Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology has completed research that Continue reading…

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  Apple became world's largest semiconductor buyer in 2011, says Gartner

  By Adi Robertson on January 24, 2012 02:08 pm + 25 comments

  According to a new report, Apple now spends more money on semiconductors — like processors, Continue reading…

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  Gallium arsenide allows hot lasers to cool semiconductors

  By Joseph Parish on January 23, 2012 07:47 pm + 9 comments

  Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute of the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in using the Continue reading…

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  NTT Docomo joins Samsung and four others in joint venture to compete with Qualcomm

  By Thomas Ricker on December 27, 2011 01:46 am + 9 comments

  NTT Docomo just announced a basic agreement with five other companies to establish a joint venture Continue reading…

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  Hologram-on-a-wafer may be the answer to the problem of bad 3D

  By Vlad Savov on December 26, 2011 06:37 am + 7 comments

  Holographic displays have been tantalizing humanity ever since Dennis Gabor came up with the idea Continue reading…

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  Quantum dot and 'dark state' tech in solar cells could boost efficiency

  By Adi Robertson on December 19, 2011 12:02 pm + 3 comments

  Two new breakthroughs in solar power may let us capture energy that was previously lost as heat. A Continue reading…

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  Report suggests Apple is building R&D center in Israel, has made key hire

  By Bryan Bishop on December 17, 2011 10:53 pm + 53 comments

  The Israeli business publication Globes reports that Apple will indeed be building a new research Continue reading…