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Samsung's 32nm gate-first HKMG process die-shrank the Apple A5 in 2012 and powered Samsung's own Galaxy S III, deepening the foundry bond even as…
Intel 22nm shipped Tri-Gate in Ivy Bridge, the first FinFET in volume production, three years ahead of the foundries, with Intel promising 14nm next…
CES 2012 puts the whole industry on a diet: Intel's Ultrabooks, Nvidia's quad-core Tegra 3, and 55-inch OLED TVs that cost more than a…
TSMC's 28nm node brought gate-last high-k metal gate just as every mobile chip designer arrived at once, triggering a capacity crunch, while Intel's Tri-Gate…
Xiaomi launched its first phone, the Mi 1, at 1,999 yuan, swiftly selling 300,000 units in 34 hours. The device features competitive specs for…
Qualcomm's acquisition of Atheros for $3.1 billion expands its control over smartphone components, combining cellular and short-range radios. With the upcoming custom Krait CPU…
SMIC 45nm was the company's most current node yet, reached two years behind the leaders, the year after SMIC turned its first profit since…
Motorola's Atrix 4G brings the first dual-core phone and a laptop dock to CES 2011, the Xoom kicks off Android tablets, and 4G LTE…
Microsoft's Kinect ditches the controller for a depth-sensing camera, and the real story is the cheap 3D sensing that makes spatial computing thinkable.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon S2, featuring the Adreno 205 GPU, delivers impressive mid-range performance, enhancing gaming smoothness. Its effective graphics capabilities support over 120 device designs,…
Samsung 45nm silicon built the Apple A4, Apple's first in-house chip, on the same Intrinsity Hummingbird core Samsung put in the Galaxy S, even…
CES 2010 is drowning in 3D TVs, but the story that matters is Android arriving in force on phones, the first tablets, and Snapdragon…
Intel 32nm arrived on schedule with second-generation high-k metal gate and Intel's first immersion lithography, extending a two-year lead while the company quietly ceded…
SMIC 65nm arrived in November 2009, the week TSMC won its trade-secret case, took a stake of up to 10 percent, and founder Richard…
EUV lithography still cannot make enough light, so immersion and double patterning carry the leading edge in 2009. Inside ASML's slipping EUV timeline.