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Charlie Demerjian
Dec 5, 2013

ARM makes a learning remote that will never need batteries

Techcon 13: No batteries for you, just solar and mechanical energy

ARM had a interesting demo at Techcon about how to build a learning remote that never needed to be charged.
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Charlie Demerjian
Dec 4, 2013

Analysis: Intel’s Quark SoC details paint a clearer picture

Analysis: What looked bad now appears untenable

Intel’s Quark CPU is a product that can not stand on it’s own without internal subsidies and bundling but that doesn’t stop the company from talking it up.
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Charlie Demerjian
Dec 2, 2013

Analysis: Nvidia to exit another major market segment

Don’t look for an announcement but it is a done deal

Nvidia has triumphantly exited markets such as chipsets or taken a step back from other markets such as Denver/x86.
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Charlie Demerjian
Dec 2, 2013

AMLogic 8-core ARM Mali-450 MP8 spotted in the wild

Techcon 13: 4 A9s and 8 Mali-450s make an AMLogic AML8726-M8

For those of you waiting for an 8-core ARM Mali GPU, your prayers have been answered in the form of the AMLogic AML8726-M8 SoC.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 27, 2013

Infineon has the Motor Control Kit for cool kids

Techcon 13: XMC4500 based hex boards are really slick

In the race to be the “in” motor control application kit for the cool kids at Techcon, Infineon’s XMC4500 wins hands down.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 25, 2013

LSI Nytro Warpdrive 7000-series spotted

Not official yet but we get a few juicy details

If the LSI Warpdrive XP line is too tame for you, you might want to consider the upcoming Warpdrive Nytro 7000 series.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 20, 2013

LSI releases lots of SAS12 goodies

AIS 2013: MegaRAID, HBAs, expanders, and ROCs all go to 12 now

LSI is finally launching all those SAS12 goodies that they have been talking about for the last year, ROCs, IOC, HBAs, expanders, and RAID cards.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 20, 2013

LSI ups the Nytro line to 2TB of flash

AIS 2013: PCIe storage just got bigger but note more advanced

LSI has updated it’s Nytro PCIe flash drive line with two new models, the XP 6209 and XP 6210.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 20, 2013
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How does the Sony PS4 fare against sidechannel crypto attacks?

Playstation 4 vs the white hats with tools round 1

Last week SemiAccurate told you how the XBox One fared against sidechannel crypto attacks, today the PS4 goes under the sensor loop.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 19, 2013

LSI updates Sandforce controllers with the new SF3700 line

Flash storage goes PCIe for real this time

LSI just released the SF 3700 line of Sandforce flash controllers with a little better everything and two big additions.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 18, 2013

What does ARM’s POP IP get a customer?

Techcon 13: It stands for nothing but it is actually something

At Techcon ARM announced 11 new POP products to a world that mostly replied, “What is POP?”
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Thomas Ryan
Nov 18, 2013

When will the 290 partner boards arrive?

Christmas presents are on their way for GPU noise fanatics…

The AIBs are hard at work preparing their own versions of AMD’s R9 290(X) cards with new PCB designs and aggressive aftermarket coolers.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 15, 2013

AMD clarifies Battlefield 4 bundle wording

How can you not read this story with such an exciting title?

A few days ago AMD announced that Battlefield 4 would be bundled with all Radeon R9 cards but and update clarifies things by changing “would” to “could”.
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Thomas Ryan
Nov 14, 2013

AMD’s Wireless Display is the Real Deal

Hands down it beats Intel’s WiDi by a mile…

Stashed away at a booth in the experience zone of AMD’s Developer Conference was a demo of the company’s wireless display technology.
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Charlie Demerjian
Nov 13, 2013

AMD outs Beema and Mullins SoCs for 2014

APU 13: One new, one not new, and three still not public

Today AMD is introducing two new SoCs, Beema which SemiAccurate told you about last week, and Mullins.
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