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Qualcomm promises WiGig handsets with 4K video

Confirms purchase of 60GHz specialist Wilocity and announces integrated Snapdragon platform By Caroline Gabriel As expected, Qualcomm has acquired 60GHz WiGig pioneer Wilocity and promises to take the emerging WiFi-like...

Qualcomm buys Black Sand to strengthen RF offering

Chip giant pushes further into RF front end space, following launch of RF360, but may also have its eye on patents By Caroline Gabriel Qualcomm dropped a bombshell on the...

Qualcomm claims LTE plus WiFi first in 28nm SoC

Qualcomm has what it calls the first 28nm part for small cells for small businesses and neighbourhoods By Peter White Qualcomm is inexorably pushing into ultra-dense networks and small cell...

Marvell and MediaTek join IoT rush

Mobile chip vendors all racing to the growth promised by connected devices, latest entrants favor ZigBee By Caroline Gabriel In the rush into the IoT, spurred we feel in part...

Intel threatens ARM for first time with Rockchi...

Will license SoFIA system-on-chip IP to Chinese partner to create products for low cost tablets By Caroline Gabriel Intel has thrown down its biggest challenge yet to ARM's mobile ecosystem,...

MIPS forms open source initiative

Processor IP provider creates Prpl to encourage open software ecosystem and keep its challenge to ARM alive By Caroline Gabriel There's a believable scenario in which Intel x86 and ARM...