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Intel all set to build 10nm ARM SoCs, starting with LG

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 16 Aug 2016 11:13 pm
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Intel is finally starting to flex its fab muscle. Intel has failed to make a mark in the mobile SoC market with its Atom lineup of processors, but the chip vendor has announced plans to manufacture ARM-based designs on its 10nm FinFET manufacturing process. Intel also said that it will partner with LG to fabricate a "world-class mobile platform" based on the 10nm node.

Intel is getting out of the smartphone market with cancellation of SoFIA and Broxton chips

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Posted by John Callaham on 30 Apr 2016 10:02 am
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Intel has confirmed that it has canceled plans to release its SoFIA and Broxton chips that were being made primarily for smartphones. This means that Intel currently has no chips that will be used in future smartphones.

Intel to lay off 12,000 employees in major restructuring effort

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Posted by John Callaham on 19 Apr 2016 4:27 pm
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Confirming previous rumors, Intel has announced a major restructuring that will result in 12,000 of its employees being laid off by mid-2017. That will represent about 11% of the company's workforce.

Head of mobile chips said to be to leaving Intel

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 2 Apr 2016 7:04 am
Aicha Evans talked of company's struggles in the mobile market in February. Aicha Evans may be leaving Intel, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing unnamed sources. The move may be part of a larger management change, WSJ said. Bloomberg also reported Friday that Evans had submitted her resignation. Evans had been with Intel for more than 10 years but was still in the early stages as...

Intel not backing down from the long, hard fight for Android

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 23 Feb 2016 8:40 am
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New modem announced at MWC, and expect more device launches in 2016, exec Aicha Evans says. Aicha Evans is not happy. Or, rather, she's not satisfied. Not in the least. Spend any time with the Intel exec — she's got a couple long titles, but they boil down leading modems and handsets — and you get the sense that she's generally an upbeat person. And that's why some of the first words we...

Why aren't more manufacturers using Intel in their Android phones?

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Posted by Russell Holly on 11 Feb 2016 10:12 am
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Is Intel ready to take on Qualcomm for mobile processor dominance? Two years ago, seeing the Intel Inside branding on a smartphone would have made a lot of people laugh. Qualcomm owned the mobile world, and Intel wasn't ready to compete. This past year, we saw something very different. Qualcomm stumbled with the Snapdragon 810 in a mostly-pointless rush to support 64-bit architectures, and the...

Intel opens pre-orders for RealSense smartphone dev kit with Google's Project Tango

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Posted by John Callaham on 7 Jan 2016 2:26 pm
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Intel is moving forward with its plans to place a version of its RealSense 3D camera inside an Android smartphone. As part of its CES 2016 announcements, the company has begun taking pre-orders for its RealSense Smartphone Developer Kit. The 6-inch smartphone, which also supports Google's Project Tango 3D scanning camera technology, is priced at $399.

FreedomPop to sell its own Intel-based smartphone in 2016 for less than $200

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Posted by John Callaham on 3 Nov 2015 12:23 pm
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FreedomPop the budget-based wireless carrier, has offered access to its network with smartphones that were not made specifically for the service. That will change in 2016, as FreedomPop plans to release its own branded smartphone designed to work with the carrier.

Intel snaps up smart eyewear maker Recon Instruments

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Posted by Joseph Keller on 17 Jun 2015 12:59 pm
Intel snaps up smart eyewear maker Recon Instruments
Intel has acquired Recon Instruments, a company behind a number of wearable heads-up displays geared towards athletes. Recon Instruments, the company behind a number of wearable heads-up display products, has been acquired by Intel. Recon CEO Dan Eisenhardt says that the company will continue its work under Intel, and that it will use its newly-available resources to expand on things like...

Getting inside the ZenFone 2 with ASUS and Intel (Part 1)

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 20 May 2015 1:21 pm
We've reviewed the ASUS Zenfone 2. We've seen the phone's launch in North America. And you can now purchase the ZenFone 2 for a completely reasonable price of $299. (Or even a little less if you want to skimp on the specs.) But that's really just the start of the story for ASUS, which is teaming up with Intel for this new Atom-based phone. There are a lot of firsts here for both companies....

Intel shows it can put its RealSense 3D depth camera inside a smartphone

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Posted by John Callaham on 8 Apr 2015 9:58 am
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Intel CEO Brian Krzanich showed off a version of its RealSense 3D depth camera this week that is small enough to be put inside a 6-inch smartphone. Intel has previously developed versions of the RealSense camera that can be put inside laptops and tablets, including the recent Dell Venue 8 7840.

Intel's new Atom x3 processors aim at 64-bit mobile computing

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Posted by Russell Holly on 2 Mar 2015 10:01 am
Intel's latest mobile chipset is for smartphones and tablets alike, with 64-bit processing for all. [custom:mwc15]After blowing us away with how enjoyable the Dell Venue 8 is to use, Intel is in a perfect position to impress everyone with what they have planned next. The Intel presentation at Mobile World Congress is filled with announcements for the future of nearly every facet of their...

Intel @ Mobile World Congress liveblog – 9 a.m. EST

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 2 Mar 2015 8:55 am
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We're coming at you live from Intel's booth in the booming Hall 3 at Fira Gran Via at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. And ... that's really all that we know is about to happen at 3 p.m. CET — that's 9 a.m. in New York City. So let's do this liveblog thing and see what sort of trouble we can get into.

The next version of Google Glass might have Intel Inside

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Posted by Dan Thorp-Lancaster on 30 Nov 2014 9:28 pm
The next version of Google Glass might have Intel Inside
According to a new report by the Wall Street Journal, it looks like Intel may be supplying the processor for the next iteration of Google Glass, which is expected to arrive sometime next year. The move would see Intel's chips replacing the Texas Instruments chips currently used in Google's head-mounted wearable.

Intel set to merge struggling mobile business with PC chips division

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Posted by Dan Thorp-Lancaster on 17 Nov 2014 9:00 pm
Intel set to merge struggling tablet, mobile business with PC-chips division
Intel is gearing up to merge its mobile phone and tablet divisions with its PC chip-making division, Bloomberg reported today. The move comes in the wake of Intel's struggle to maintain a profit in the mobile sector while operating its tablet and mobile phone businesses at a loss.

Unity and Intel bring support for x86 to Android

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 20 Aug 2014 4:36 pm
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Unity is a great platform for game developers to build awesome 2D and 3D games for Android, and today Intel has announced that they and Unity are getting together to bring support to x86 devices. According to today's press release "both graphics and CPU performance improvements and features, will be seamlessly integrated into future releases of the Unity 4 and Unity 5 product lines."

Samsung, Intel and Dell create a consortium for connected devices

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 8 Jul 2014 5:56 am
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Samsung, Intel and Dell have teamed up to establish an Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) that will handle the creation of standards and set guidelines for data transmission between several IoT devices like connected thermostats, light bulbs, burglar alarms and home automation systems.

Console OS seeking Kickstarter funds to bring Android to PCs

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Posted by John Callaham on 12 Jun 2014 10:59 am
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A new Kickstarter campaign has begun to raise funds for Console OS, a fork of Android that's designed to run on Intel-based PCs that normally use Windows.

Intel's newly announced Core M processors will pave the way for thinner hardware

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Posted by Rich Edmonds on 3 Jun 2014 8:55 am
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Intel today announced a new family of Core M (Broadwell) processors that will help make hardware even thinner. Tablets and 2-in-1 personal computers are already pretty darn thin, especially when you compare everything available in 2014 against what was on the market a few years ago. Intel has played its part in offering more advanced processors to cut down on unnecessary space taken up by...

Watch the Google-Intel Chrome OS event here at 1 p.m. EDT!

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Posted by Android Central on 6 May 2014 12:19 pm
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Google and Intel are having a little get-together today, apparently. We've already seen new Chromebooks this morning from Lenovo. Are more on tap? We'll find out at 1 p.m. EDT.

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