Qualcomm's Paul Jacobs on the future of wireless technology (and patent...
By Michal Lev-Ram LAS VEGAS -- Paul Jacobs got his start in a robotics lab in the south of France. Now he runs Qualcomm, one of the world's largest wireless technology companies. Fortune sat down with...
View ArticleNew chips will create the gadgets of tomorrow
By Michael V. Copeland If you want a hint at where innovation in the gadget world is headed, talk to the chip guys. These nuggets of insanely complex silicon that companies like Intel, AMD (AMD),...
View ArticleiPhone suppliers expect to ship 10 million units by Q3 [Update]
[Update: Barron's Eric Savitz suggests here that when DigiTimes writes "total shipments of 3G iPhones are expected to top 10 million units in the third quarter" it means BY the third quarter, not IN...
View ArticleMiss by chipmaker Nvidia rattles investors
By Scott Moritz Tech investors were rattled after Nvidia (NVDA) set off a big alarm. The graphic chip supplier to the PC industry on Wednesday slashed its second-quarter sales forecast to about $912...
View ArticleNokia's 'iPhone killer' a 2009 event
By Scott Moritz With touchscreen phones all the rage, and U.S. telcos following AT&T's (T) lead of cutting the price of Apple's (AAPL) iPhone, it would seem Nokia (NOK) will be left out of the...
View ArticleQualcomm hit by the slowdown
By Scott Moritz Qualcomm (QCOM) joined tech's growing crowd of downward revisionists as the slumping global economy forced the company to slash its financial targets. While the San Diego wireless...
View ArticleNew iPhone components falling into place
Not much news leaks out of Apple's (AAPL) tight-lipped Cupertino campus. The suppliers and developers working on the new family of iPhones, however, are another matter. Over the past few weeks, enough...
View ArticleApple tablet rumor round-up
Days before its expected unveiling, details of dubious provenance are pouring in With Apple (AAPL) set to reveal its "latest creation" Wednesday, new rumors surface almost hourly. We'll try to stay on...
View Article2011 will be the year Android explodes
Ever-improving networks and a big hardware announcement that will send handset prices plummeting both point to smartphone growth in 2011 that could totally eclipse anything we've seen before....
View ArticleApple round-up: Blizzard edition
Digging out of the news that piled up while New York was getting socked with a snowstorm Here's what we found Monday night when we finally made our way from Boston back to Brooklyn: 6-foot drifts,...
View ArticleBroadcom founder allegedly shown taking illegal drugs on YouTube
Here’s a no-win situation for an attorney: What do you do when a your client, the founder and former CEO of a billion-dollar public company, is supposedly being shown on YouTube using illegal drugs?...
View ArticleChip company Avago in talks to buy Broadcom
Avago Technologies AVGO is in advanced talks to acquire wireless chipmaker Broadcom BRCM , according to The Wall Street Journal. Broadcom, which produces a variety of radios for cellphones and other...
View ArticleIs Intel about to make its biggest-ever acquisition?
Chip giant Intel is about to get a little bit bigger. According to a report Thursday in The New York Post, Intel INTC is set to acquire fellow chip maker Altera Corp ALTR for $15 billion, or $54 per...
View ArticleIntel buying Altera for $16.7 billion in cash
Intel is paying $16.7 billion in an all-cash deal to buy smaller peer Altera, the second major acquisition in the semiconductor sector in less than a week. Altera ALTR stockholders will get $54 for...
View ArticleWhy Skyworks is buying PMC Sierra for $2 billion
Skyworks, the maker of radio components that are inside many mobile phones, has agreed to buy PMC-Sierra, a provider of data center chips, in a deal valued at $2 billion. The cash deal may strike many...
View ArticleApple Supplier Broadcom to Slash 1,900 Jobs Globally
Chipmaker Broadcom Ltd, the company created following the merger of Avago and Broadcom, said it would cut about 1,900 jobs globally across its businesses. Shares of Broadcom brcm , which also supplies...
View ArticleShares of Apple Supplier Broadcom Jump Despite iPhone Sales Dip
The iPhone 6S may be down and the Galaxy S7 may be up, but for chip supplier Broadcom, there is balance in the smartphone market’s sales plateau. The newly renamed Avago, which took the name of the...
View ArticleiPhone 7 Could Add Faster Wi-Fi for 4K Video Streaming
Rumors about the upcoming iPhone update, expected in the fall, have been pretty underwhelming so far with not much expected beyond improved cameras, more storage, and perhaps the demise of the...
View ArticleWhy Now May Be a Good Time to Buy Broadcom Shares
The stock of chipmaker Broadcom could increase by more than 20% thanks to what appears to be a growing relationship with Apple, according to Barron’s. Broadcom’s brcm chips take up more space in...
View ArticleThis Mega Tech Consortium Wants to Connect All Our Devices
Two groups working to make it easier to connect everything from refrigerators to stereo systems online have joined forces. The AllSeen Alliance, a pioneer in the so-called Internet of things, and Open...
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