Qualcomm collaborates with SMIC to develop chips

Qualcomm has entered into a deal with China’s biggest semiconductor foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC). The SMIC will form a joint venture company with Qualcomm, Huawei Technologies Co. and Belgian chip research center Imec to develop advanced 14-nanometer chips.

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The joint venture company will be majority owned by SMIC, while Huawei, Qualcomm and Imec will be minority shareholders, SMIC noted. Continue reading “Qualcomm collaborates with SMIC to develop chips”

Intel joins hands with Rockchip to develop low-cost chips for Android tablets

In a bid to boost sales of low-end Android tablets, Intel has teamed up with Chinese mobile chipmaker Rockchip. Under the agreement, the chipmakers signed an agreement to jointly offer a quad-core processor and integrated modem called SoFIA, which will be available in the first half of 2015, said Intel in an official release.

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Ineda Systems develops ‘Dhanush’ chip for wearable devices

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Ineda Systems has announced that it is developing a low power SoC (system on a chip) for wearable technology and Internet of Things. The Hyderabad based start-up revealed prototype of its SoC which is dubbed as Dhanush however, the start-up is calling these SoC as Wearable Processing Unit (WPU). Continue reading “Ineda Systems develops ‘Dhanush’ chip for wearable devices”