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Charlie Demerjian
Oct 7, 2015

HSA Foundation updates partners and tech

A few new details and a lot of support

Yesterday the HSA foundation put out a few more tidbits on tech and partners.
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Charlie Demerjian
Oct 6, 2015

Displaylink adds Linux support for USB monitors

IDF 2015: 4K for all on all OSes

A few weeks ago at IDF, Displaylink released drivers for USB monitors on Linux.
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Charlie Demerjian
Oct 5, 2015

Dacuda scans on phones with computational imaging

3GLTES 2015: 2D, 3D, and more tricks all from math

Dacuda was showing off two different types of scanners, 2D and 3D, but both use similar tech.
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Charlie Demerjian
Oct 2, 2015

Fairchild shows off three USB3.1 Type-C support chips

3GLTES 2015: Not sexy but critically useful for devices

Fairchild was showing off three USB3.1 related chips at the Qualcomm summit, all useful for Type-C.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 29, 2015

UFS based UC cards to replace SD soon

If you want the specs, features and roadmaps, read on

The news that SD cards are going to be replaced by UFS cards is not news, the specs for UC is.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 28, 2015

Samsung outs next gen LPDDR4x mobile memory

3GLTES 2015: Just over a year away from release

It looks like there is a new mobile memory spec in the works tentatively called LPDDR4x.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 25, 2015

Qualcomm outs 600Mbps Cat 12/13 X12 LTE modem

3GLTES 2015: Speed is only the beginning of the tech

Qualcomm unveiled their new X12 modem last week and it is packed with goodies.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 24, 2015

Qualcomm releases Quickcharge 3.0 Technology

3GLTES 2015: More wattage, more speed, and more life too

Qualcomm introduced Quickcharge 3.0 last week and went into detail about what it actually does.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 21, 2015

Qualcomm launches the Snapdragon 617 and 430 pair

3GLTES 2015: 64-bit and LTE for the meat of the market

Qualcomm introduced two new mid-range SoCs last week and updated their market progress too.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 11, 2015

Quantenna talks about their 8×8 802.11ac MU-MIMO radio

10Gbps throughput from a new family of radios

Quantenna is talking about the details of their 8×8 802.11ac MU-MIMO radios, something SemiAccurate likes to hear.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 9, 2015

AMD forms Radeon Technologies Group

All graphics are now under Raja

In a major reorginization at AMD, Raja Koduri is running the new Radeon Technologies Group.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 9, 2015

Is there something behind the AMD cash?

Analysis: Too many synergies to be just an investment

Thinking about the impending investment in AMD, something odd stood out to SemiAccurate.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 9, 2015

Synopsys shows working PCIe4 silicon

IDF 2015: Up, running at speed, and not an FPGA

SemiAccurate saw working PCIe4 silicon at IDF this year and we have Synopsys to thank.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 8, 2015

Who is behind AMD’s new funding?

This one surprised us but it makes sense

The source of the impending AMD cash infusion is a bit clearer to SemiAccurate now.
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Charlie Demerjian
Sep 2, 2015

Intel ‘launches’ 46 Skylake SKUs

IDF 2015: Nothing to brag about, really

Today Intel is releasing a lot of ‘new’ Skylake processors to no great fanfare.
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