Money matters
What does the Apple-Intel deal mean for the rest of the industry?
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Can Apple break Qualcomm's hold over the smartphone industry? Does it even want to?
Intel
Win-win
$1 billion Apple-Intel 5G deal is a win-win, but Qualcomm shouldn't worry
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In a deal that surprised roughly nobody, Apple announced a $1 billion acquisition of a majority of Intel's modem business. It's a clear win for both companies, but even still, Qualcomm doesn't need to be worried about Apple suddenly moving to 5G modem independence.
Must go faster
Intel's 660p 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD on sale for $180 is a speedy upgrade for your computer
Super fast, huge capacity, and super inexpensive. What more do you want?
More patents more power
Intel is holding talks with a potential buyer over its wireless patents
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Intel is holding exclusive talks with potential buyers for its over 8,500 wireless patents, and one company seems to be of particular interest. The name of this company hasn’t been confirmed, but a report speculates it is Apple.
It's Over
Qualcomm and Apple settle patent dispute, Intel leaves market entirely
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After nearly two years of legal disputes, Qualcomm and Apple have reached a settlement over patent disputes.
Shakeup
Qualcomm says Apple is switching to Intel LTE modems this year
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According to Qualcomm, Apple will be exclusively using Intel modems for 2018 iPhones.
ITI action
Apple, Facebook, Google, and more are meeting to talk data privacy
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The Information Technology Industry Council, of which many of the largest tech companies in the world are members, is meeting this week to discuss growing concerns about privacy.
That's it
Intel's stopping development of its Vaunt smart glasses
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As a result of closing its New Devices Group, Intel will no longer be working on its Vaunt AR glasses that were shown off this past February.
Brace Yourselves
Google issuing patches to fight Meltdown and Spectre processor exploits
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After initial reports suggested a new security flaw was confined to Intel systems, researchers have now disclosed that nearly all modern processors are affected.
Blazing fast
Intel's first commercial 5G modem, XMM 8060, is now under development
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Intel recently announced that the XMM 8060 – the company's first commercial 5G modem – is officially under development.
Big changes afoot
LG partners with Intel to roll out a 10nm SoC based on ARM
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Intel has failed to make a mark in the mobile SoC market, 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.
No more Atom
Intel is getting out of the smartphone chip market
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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.
BIg changes
Intel to alay off 12,000 employees
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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.
Intel
Intel's mobile chips chief said to be out
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In February Aicha Evans talked of her company's struggles in the mobile market. Now she reportedly has left the company.
MWC 2016
Intel not backing down from Android fight
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Aicha Evans is not happy. Or, rather, she's not satisfied. Not in the least, when it comes to Intel's position in the Android hardware game.
Addressing the next wave
Will Intel be in more phones soon?
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Everything we've seen running Intel processors over the last year has been nothing short of impressive, so why aren't more manufacturers using these processors?
optimized for Wi-Fi
FreedomPop to sell its own smartphone in 2016
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The budget-based carrier FreedomPop has announced plans to sell its own smartphone that will work on its service. The phone will have a processor made by Intel, through a new investment partnership with the company, and it will sell for less than $200.
Looking to the future
Intel acquires smart eyewear maker Recon Instruments
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Intel has acquired Recon Instruments, a company behind a number of wearable heads-up displays geared towards athletes.
Merging those divisions
Intel to merge mobile and PC-chips division
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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. The news was reported to Bloomberg via Intel's spokesman, Chuck Malloy. According to Malloy: The...
3D Games
Intel and Unity get serious about gaming
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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...