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Apple could drop Qualcomm components amid legal dispute: sources

AppleInchasdesignediPhonesandiPadsthatwoulddropchipssuppliedbyQualcommInc,accordingtotwopeoplefamiliarwiththematter.ThechangewouldaffectiPhonesreleasedinthefall

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Samsung leapfrogs Intel again with 8-nanometer chips

Samsunghasqualifiedits8-nanometerchip-makingprocessforproductionthreemonthsaheadofschedule.It'sthesame"lowpowerplus"(LPP)processusedforitscurrent10-nanometersil

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Intel aims to conquer AI with the Nervana processor

Intelmakessomeprettyfastchips,butnoneareveryefficientatthehottestthingincomputingrightnow:Artificialintelligence(AI).Deep-learningappsthatdocomputervision,voice

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Apple Says iPhones Have No FM Radio

ApplerespondedtodaytoU.S.FCCCommissionerAjitPai,whoissuedastatementthat“urged”AppletoactivatetheFMchipsthatheclaimedareiniPhonesinthenameofpublicsafety.Therecen

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Apple says iPhones have no FM radio chips since iPhone 6s

ApplerespondedtodaytoU.S.FCCCommissionerAjitPai,whoissuedastatementthat“urged”AppletoactivatetheFMchipsthatheclaimedareiniPhonesinthenameofpublicsafety.Therecen

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GPS will be accurate within one foot in some phones next year

Smartphones’GPSsystemsaregoingtostartgettingalotmoreaccurate.AccordingtoIEEESpectrum,Broadcomisstartingtomakeamass-marketGPSchipthatcanpinpointadevice’saccuracy

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Apple joins bid for Toshiba’s memory chip business

Aswellasunveilingthe10th-anniversaryiPhonethisweek,ApplealsojoinedabidtobuyToshiba’smemorychipsbusiness,adealwhichwouldpreventtheUStechgiantfromlosingcontroloft

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Samsung to invest $18 billion in memory chip business

SamsungElectronicswillinvestnearly$18billioninitschipbusiness,theSouthKoreanfirmsaidTuesday,asitseekstoexpanditsleadintheglobalmemorychipandsmartphonemarkets.Th

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Apple broadens legal attack on Qualcomm, iPhone 8 could be affected

ApplebroadenedalegalattackonQualcomm,arguingtoaUSfederalcourtthatlicenseagreementsthatsecurethechipmakeracutofeveryiPhonemanufacturedwereinvalid.Ifsuccessful,Ap

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Intel’s Core i9 Extreme Edition CPU is an 18-core beast

LastyearatComputex,Intelunveileditsfirst10-coreconsumerCPU,thecompany'smoveintotheworldofa"megatasking."Itwasapriceychip,launchingataround$1,700,butitsatisfiedu

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Apple reportedly developing a dedicated AI chip for the iPhone

Appleisworkingonchipstopowerartificial-intelligencecapabilitiesinitsgadgets,Bloomberg'sMarkGurmanreportedFriday.ThechipswouldhandlemoreadvancedAItasks,suchasfac

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Experts denounce speculation that Chinese chips cause U.S. vessel malfunctions

Chinese experts have taken exception to the speculation of Russian media that Chinese-made chips are responsible for two recent malfunctions of Western navy vessels.

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Samsung Elec says it started mass production of 10-nanometre chips

Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday its system chips business has started mass production of semiconductors using 10 nanometer technology, adding it was the first company in the industry to do so.

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China makes new supercomputing gains

China has bolstered its claim to leadership in the highest reaches of computing with a supercomputer that was built with domestic processor chips.

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Former NASA chief develops brain-like chips

Dan Goldin’s startup, KnuEdge, has been working in secret for 10 years on a new kind of computing that mimics the human brain

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Intel to cut 12,000 jobs as PC demand slumps

Intel, the world’s largest maker of semiconductors, said on Tuesday that it was laying off 12,000 people, about 11 percent of its work force, as it continues to reel from a long downturn in global demand for personal computers.

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Seagull invasion causes flap for passengers on Australian train

​A Melbourne man has reportedly caused public transport "pandemonium" with a bag of fish and chips and a throng of hungry seagulls.