In addition to the HP leather accented launch reported earlier, some of the other notebooks introduced at Computex were equally interesting. Some of them were concept devices and may never be commercially available, but the ideas are inspiring nonetheless. The many faces of dual screen notebooks The added weight, cost, and power drain of a large second screen might make … Read more
Samsung to integrate custom AMD Radeon graphics IP into future SoCs for mobile applications
Siemens PLM has added another piece in the very complex digital twin puzzle for automotive, SoC design. Dave Fritz, Siemens Global Technology Manager for Autonomous and ADAS, describes PAVE360 as a platform, a collection of many different tools to help companies designing systems for the automotive industry get a clear path to building their own silicon. Citing Tesla as an … Read more
Source: Qualcomm You got to give Intel credit for trying. When the company forced out Paul Otellini as CEO in 2013 for his failure to push Intel into the mobile business, they opened their checkbook and bought ST-Ericsson’s GNSS business. The company also invested heavily in developing an SoC for smartphones. But it was too much too late, and the … Read more
Niantic is preparing the ground for their new game Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, which is coming later this year to Android and iOS devices. The game combines the real world with digital elements a la Pokémon Go. The developers are hoping they’ll have the same kind of crazy hit this time around. The game is available for pre-register on … Read more
Although the economic conditions have improved across the board, the PC market is not growing. It remains flat, to decline. Why?
After years of testing, and trials in various cities around the world, the U.S., the U.K., and other counties are rolling out 5G. AT&T, Verizon, and BT announced at Qualcomm’s Tech Forum currently going on in Hawaii that they have turned on 5G in cities all over the world, including hurricane devastated Panama City where the infrastructure was severely … Read more
December 4, 2018 marks as the rollout of 5G
An inexpensive personal eye test system
With the introduction of the Apple iPhone’s Retina display, the industry moved into high-resolution, large, bright, fast refresh displays on a smartphone. That was around 2012. Other companies like Samsung followed the trend and some The EyeQue in-home vision testing system is a miniature optical scope, smartphone application, and cloud-based processor for people to gather corrective vision measurements at their … Read more
Qualcomm announced this week three new additions to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 and 400 tiers: the Snapdragon 632, 439, and 429 mobile platforms. These platforms, says the company, are engineered to bring higher performance, better battery life, more efficient designs, impressive graphics and AI capabilities into the highest selling Snapdragon tiers. Snapdragon 632: Based on their market research and customer … Read more
Smartphone attachment sees concealed weapons and explosives
