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Amid acquisitions and consolidation, now we have spin off. The semiconductor business unit to be spun off out of Sony.
"Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation" will be established as a separate company to reinforce semiconductor devices segment where image sensor is the primary area of...
Cherry Mobile in Manila, Philippines launched MAIA series tablets and smartphones powered by Intel Atom x3 processor.
The MAIA Fone i4 having Atom x3 1Ghz 64-bit processor, Android Kitkat 4.4 OS, 4" screen, 4GB internal memory expandable to 64GB via microSD card, and dual sim slots is priced...
Yesterday when I read Xiaomi Mi4c announcement with great features like leading processor, Edge Tap, USB Type-C, quick charge etc. apart from other usual but high-end features like camera, display, memory etc. at a price band of just $200 - $235, I investigated the Snapdragon 808 processor specs...
You can also pair other Android based phone with the dashboard in your car. It appears cool, very convenient when you are on wheels.
See an interesting video HERE.
The tech giants seem to be interested in Drone idea. Recently Intel invested in commercial drone maker Yuneece, a Chinese company. Earlier Intel had invested in Airwave and PrecisionHawk.
Intel is not alone, Qualcomm has invested in 3D Robotics early in this year.
Earlier in the year even...
In Feb Samsung had salary freeze to cut cost, that thread is HERE.
Today, there is a report that Samsung will cut 10% of its work force at its headquarters, which roughly counts to about 10 thousand people. Since Galaxy Smartphone sale didn't pickup as expected, Samsung's market value has...
Wanna check on a Xiaomi's notebook? Just wait until 1st quarter next year. It's expected to have Samsung's memory chips and displays. I do not know about CPUs and other stuff yet, may be anyone knows then let us know.
Xiaomi is known for its disruption strategy in prices. Apple, HP, Lenovo...
Not sure whether it addresses a Smartwatch requirement, Samsung's Gear S2 is said to have stand-alone phone functions unlike AppleWatch which needs iPhone. Also, it's round face and has battery life of 2 days or more! It's expected to have Tizen OS.
Samsung in WSJ report attempts to outshine...
It's official, Apple Event with happen on 9 Sep 2015, at 10 AM PDT at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco.
Not to say, iPhone 6s and 6s Plus will be the stars of this event. Also, Apple TV set-top box with A8 processor is expected be unveiled. What about Apple Watch? It has been...
The companies and Media are frustrated when consumers pass through a series of social media sites skipping all on-line ads. What's the problem? The audience's brain is overloaded with a host of information.
In such a situation, how does a company get attention of a large crowd towards its new...
Xiaomi tablet (or I don't know whether to call it phablet?), a 5.5" with full HD display was launched in China last week and went on sale yesterday. It sold 800000 units in just 12 hours. Another sale event is expected to be early next week. Also, there will be an even in India tomorrow.
As...
It's inspiring that NASA conducts a world wide program for high school students every year for designing colony in space for human inhabitants. This needs a lot of creative thinking and expertise in terms of aeronautical, structural, civil, chemical, transportation, electrical and electronics...
Xiaomi has taken over its top position in China with 15.9% market share in April-June quarter.
A very close rival, Huawei has emerged with 15.7% market share.
Apple is at third place, Samsung at fourth and Vivo at fifth. Here is a report. What do we foresee in future?
Samsung reported its Q2 2015 revenue, overall profit ~$6 billion which is down ~4% from an year ago.
The main contributor in lower profit is poor sales of Galaxy S6. The mobile division profit was at $2.36 billion
which is slightly better than previous quarter, but is ~38% decline from an year...
Qualcomm is about to report it quarterly earnings tomorrow (Wed).
The company is going through strategic review process. Rumors are rife that it may split into QCT (Technology, chip development group) and QCL (Patent licensing group). Investors have been pushing for this split since a while...
After Qualcomm paid China about $975 million in a case of antitrust, South Korea stated investigating antitrust practices against Qualcomm earlier this year. While investigation in South Korea is continuing, this week European Union has started a probe in antitrust practices of Qualcomm.
The...
Samsung estimates seventh straight profit decline.
Blame it on Galaxy S6s, the flagship smartphones on which Samsung was putting its bet upon.
The WSJ post is HERE What next? Can Samsung foundry and other businesses pull along?
With the end of June, Xiaomi's smartphone sales number for 1st half of 2015 are out. It's a decline at 34.7 million units from last half (2h 2014) at 35 million units, a decline for the first time in Xiaomi's history. That significantly dents the planed sales number at 80 million in full 2015...
Recently during my visit to USA, San Francisco I met many of my friends, Americans, Europeans, Indians settled there as well as people from other nationalities. No one except a few was comfortable with seeing driverless cars on the roads. While the technology is superb and yes, it will drive...
After paying $975 million antitrust fine, Qualcomm is now forming a joint venture with SMIC in China to develop 14nm chips. A report on wall street is here.
China is working aggressively to move into advanced chip design and manufacturing. SMIC is the largest manufacturing facility in...
