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Palmer Luckey's Oculus Rift Kickstarter revives virtual reality on cheap phone screens and low-latency tracking, and for the first time in 20 years I…
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…
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…
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.
This week, Microsoft launched Kinect, a controller-free gaming camera aimed at attracting casual gamers, competing with Sony's PlayStation Move. Despite impressive sales, skepticism remains…
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,…
A new Beijing-based company, Xiaomi, has launched MIUI, a customized Android ROM, prioritizing software over hardware. Founded by Lei Jun, it aims to develop…
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…
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…
The seventh-generation console war saw Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft compete between 2006 and 2009. Despite its lower specs, the Wii succeeded with innovative motion…
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…
TSMC's 40nm node turned immersion lithography into a yield crisis in 2009, choked AMD and Nvidia GPU supply, drew Morris Chang back as CEO,…
Intel 45nm shipped the first high-k metal gate transistor in volume, hafnium dielectric and metal gates built gate-last on dry 193nm litho, solving gate…
Microsoft revealed a charge over $1 billion to extend Xbox 360 warranties due to the widespread "Red Ring of Death" issue. Meanwhile, Nintendo's Wii…