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ARM royalties hit by 3G-4G transition

UK firm reports seasonal slowdown, but licensing revenues up by 42%, pointing to stronger growth aheadBy Caroline GabrielARM reported a seasonal slowdown in its second quarter results, but these were...

Intel has lost $2bn in mobile so far this year

Q2 results show resilience in PCs, growth in Chromebooks, but continuing struggle to turn mobile processors into profits By Caroline Gabriel The PC may be changing shape as unpredictably as...

Thread pitches Google against Bluetooth in smar...

Google's Nest unit, Samsung and ARM head up latest IoT-focused standards group, with focus on 802.15.4 wireless home networks By Caroline Gabriel The latest in a long line of would-be...

Linaro ports Android to 64-bit ARM

Provides vendor neutral reference board to help smaller developers accelerate their moves to 64-bit platforms By Caroline Gabriel Intel stole a march on its rivals by providing early-stage 64-bit support...

Intel leads anti-Qualcomm IoT alliance

Four chip giants found Open Interconnect Consortium for device discovery, in apparent stab at Qualcomm's AllSeen By Caroline Gabriel 'ABQ', or 'anything but Qualcomm', was an acronym which helped shape...

Qualcomm adds China's SMIC to supply chain

Reduces vulnerability to shortages by extending contract to cover 28nm Snapdragon, in blow to TSMC By Caroline Gabriel In 2012, the vulnerability of the highly concentrated smartphone supply chain to...