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Intel takes aim at NVIDIA with new super chip

At a supercomputer conference in Germany, Intel unveiled plans for its new chip, expected to clock in at roughly 600 times the speeds of current processors, aiming at a position held by supercomputing rival Nvidia.
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iPhone 5 Features: 8MP camera confirmed as Apple gives sensor order to OmniVision

What features the next iPhone will have is a question that has given rise to a vast range of speculations. Over the last few months several iPhone 5 features were discussed by tech websites and in the blogosphere. Some rumors were supported by image leaks, sources from manufacturing partners while other features were thought based on what competitors offer. DigiTimes has reported that OmniVision will supply about 90 percent of image sensors for the Apple iPhone 5. Sony will get only 10 percent o...
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Windows 8 to be launched in 2012; Ballmer has no comment on rumored features

Microsoft will launch next year its much talked about Windows 8, the latest version of its operating system, CEO Steve Ballmer said in Tokyo on Monday. Ballmer said developers were hard at work on the next version of Windows, but did not drop any clue to its rumored features circulating around the Internet.

Microsoft, Intel at odds over Windows 8

Microsoft and Intel have appeared in public as partners until recently, when Microsoft rebutted comments made by a top Intel executive regarding Windows 8. There are few details surrounding the next installment of Microsoft’s operating system. But Intel senior vice president Renee James hinted on Tuesday that there will be four versions of Windows 8 running on the ARM processor. These versions, she said, will not support legacy software and applications.
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Intel's new chip tech may drive mobile push

Intel Corp on Wednesday took the wraps off next-generation technology that crams more transistors onto microchips, hoping it will help the chipmaker catch up in a red-hot tablet and smartphone market.
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Anadigics sees tough 2011 as rivals chip away at its

Anadigics Inc forecast a challenging year ahead and cut 10 percent jobs as its largest customer Research In Motion shifted orders to the chipset maker's rivals, sending its shares down 10 percent to an eight-month low.
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‘iPhone 4S’ in developers' hands as Apple unleashes A5 chip's power to leverage gaming market

Apple is hitching its smartphone wagon to gaming big time, finally! Apple is letting select developers play around with an iPhone 4 which is implanted with an A5 chip rather than the A4 in order that they can bring out the full gaming prowess on the upcoming iPhone 5. If the gaming slant of the iPhone materializes it would go to prove rumors that Apple was delaying the launch for the iPhone 5 for strategic reasons and not so much because of logistical constraints.
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Japan may ask utilities to chip in, limit TEPCO

Japan may ask domestic utilities to share the compensation costs stemming from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant and cap the burden on plant operator Tokyo Electric Power <9501.T> to $24-45 billion to save the company from financial ruin, a newspaper reported.
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Chip sector bellwether ASML to see strong Q1

Dutch chip equipment maker ASML kicks off the European technology stocks first-quarter earnings season on Wednesday, when it is expected to report a profit surge due to strong demand for smartchips.
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Chip prices rise as Japan disaster hits tech supplies

Prices for key technology components extended gains on Tuesday, as damage at Japanese plants and infrastructure caused by Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami threatens to disrupt the global manufacturing chain longer than many had expected.
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Toshiba partner says chip production resumes

Toshiba's main facility producing flash memory used in tablets and smartphones has resumed production after the Japanese earthquake and chip prices could rise due to the setback and logistic problems.
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Memory chip prices could jump after Japan quake

Spot prices for flash memory chips used in smartphones and tablets could jump after the Japanese earthquake, although it would likely have only a limited impact on global supplies, an analyst said.
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Chip sector losses hit Nasdaq; IBM supports Dow

A weak outlook from Texas Instruments weighed on the Nasdaq on Wednesday and pushed an index of chip makers below a key technical level in a worrisome sign for the market's six-month uptrend.

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