CES 2012 – EE Times

Marvell’s Weili Dai bets on Kinoma for TV, Mobile Strategies

Marvell co-founder Weili Dai says the chip maker can offer “all the necessary basic ingredients for pizza” – with SoCs serving as the metaphorical pizza dough, the OS as tomato sauce, the Kinoma user interface covering as the cheese along with various apps like pepperoni, anchovies and other toppings. more >>

1/31/2012 1:59 PM EST | By Junko Yoshida

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Yeah I agree with you HM. http://www.bartenderutbildningkurs.se/

ARM tips 'gods and giants' roadmap

Processor and related IP licensor ARM Holdings plc has disclosed the names, but little else, on the roadmap of cores it is working on in 2012 and revealed a gods and giants theme. The roadmap includes high performance processors, a low power microcontroller and graphics cores. more >>

1/31/2012 11:26 AM EST | By Peter Clarke

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Yes Warren East did indicate when to expect Atlas/Apollo. I quote him in copy "We expect Atlas, ...

E-reader uses Qualcomm's mirasol display

Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of communications chip giant Qualcomm, said Monday that its mirasol display technology is featured in the next- generation Jin Yong Reader from Taiwanese e-reader vendor Koobe. more >>

1/31/2012 2:41 AM EST

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Mirasol has shown gray scale and color photo's that look very nice. Straight on.

Exclusive: MediaTek President Sees Android Key to China TVs

In an exclusive interview during CES, C.J. Hsieh (shown), president of Taiwan-based SoC specialist MediaTek, discusses the company's cross-platform strategy and the way ahead in China's TV market. more >>

1/23/2012 11:03 AM EST | By Junko Yoshida

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This is very good news for new product. But it will saturate soon. After that, and with launch Apple ...

MStar revealed as ARM graphics IP licensor

MStar Semiconductor Inc., a fables supplier of chips for consumers and communications applications which has licensed graphics cores from Imagination Technologies Group plc, is also a licensor of Mali graphics technology from ARM Holdings plc. more >>

1/30/2012 10:23 AM EST | By Peter Clarke

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Mali-400 GPU with 3D support will really pitch the display production companies, and combination of ...

SoC Providers Adjust the Picture On Their DTV Strategies

The rise of MediaTek and MStar in digital TV and set-top chips over the last several years has rocked the global consumer chip industry. When the DTV SoC business cratered last year, some high-profile IC providers fled the segment, presumably concluding that chasing the two Taiwan-based competitors’ doggedly downward pricing model was no longer worth the effort. We take a look at the companies that might stay and fight. more >>

1/18/2012 11:40 AM EST | By Junko Yoshida, Rick Merritt

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Neul 'White Space' Radio ICs to Sample in 2012

Despite a white space communications standard that remains in flex, U.K. startup Neul is proceeding with plans to develop and begin sampling a radio chip later this year. more >>

1/30/2012 10:51 AM EST | By Peter Clarke

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White space is the future for all of this. http://independent.academia.edu/StefanPersson

Targeting RF key security

How secure are your RFID car key and other devices—to be afraid, or not? more >>

1/26/2012 11:03 PM EST | By Rick DeMeis

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I can unlock a steering wheel lock with a bolt cutter. The real solution is to just disable the ...

Nokia bleeds $1.38 billion in Q4; sales drop 21 percent

Nokia had some good news and bad news for financial investors on Thursday (Jan. 26), announcing that though it had managed to sell over 1 million Windows Phone 7 Lumia devices to date, it had also lost $1.38-billion in the fourth quarter of 2011. more >>

1/26/2012 9:22 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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The community perception of Microsoft Windows product may not have a +ve impact to Nokia. However, ...

Apple snatches Smartphone lead from Samsung in Q4

Apple and Samsung Electronics continued their game of tag at the top of the smartphone shipment table, with Apple taking back the top spot for smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter, while Samsung became the world’s largest smartphone brand for the year of 2011. more >>

1/27/2012 3:46 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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I wonder why HTC is off the chart since I have seen a very high quality HTC smartphone. With the ...

Texas Instruments shows off Pico HD projector

At CES, Texas Instruments was keeping its eye on the big picture, through its littlest chipsets. The firm was literally beaming as it showed off its latest generation of DLP projector chipset, the Pico HD, capable of HD WXGA resolution projections from up to 100 inches away. more >>

1/20/2012 11:39 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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DLP integrated to mobile (Samsung Beam) about to be in market and videos and specs are pretty ...

Apple posts record sales, earnings

Apple reported its highest ever quarterly sales and earnings, thanks to record sales of its iPhones, iPads and Macs. more >>

1/24/2012 7:37 PM EST | By Dylan McGrath

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jesus christ apple is a BEASTT!!! i just learned If you stack every single dollar bill in Apple's ...

Apple was top chip buyer in 2011, Gartner says

Apple was the leading customer of semiconductor chip vendors in 2011, buying $17.3 billion worth of chips and accounting for 5.7 percent of chips purchased on a design total available market basis, according to market research firm Gartner. more >>

1/24/2012 1:55 PM EST | By Dylan McGrath

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Diffinetely Samsung

IHS: Nokia's Lumia 900 to lead Windows Phone resurgence

Nokia is set to regain some of its lost smartphone market share thanks to the introduction of its Lumia 900 last week—and, in the process, re-establish Microsoft's Windows Phone as a leading contender in the cellphone operating system business, according to market research firm IHS iSuppli. more >>

1/19/2012 1:40 PM EST | By Dylan McGrath

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Nokia Lumia smartphone is being aggressively marketed in India where there is a large user base of ...

Opinion: ARM is no longer an underdog

“If you compare us with Intel we have 2000 people compared to Intel’s 100,000. We have a small fraction of the revenue that they do,” Iain Drew, ARM’s EVP of strategy said at CES last week, repeating an oft heard pitch from the chip architect. more >>

1/20/2012 10:00 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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That future won't materialize until the software industry makes a breakthrough in multicore ...

CES post-mortem: Fear and loathing of the show

So, it’s the first day of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and I’m stuck in a nerd queue long enough to wrap twice around the Death Planet in Star Wars IV:A New Hope. more >>

1/23/2012 10:33 PM EST | By David Benjamin

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Actually, the CES attracts a very broad range of demographics. You would be surprised to see a ...

iRobot shows off tablet headed AVA bot at CES

Even robots at CES were letting tablets get to their heads, especially iRobot’s AVA, whose swivel head, perched atop its articulating torso and holonomic base, was an iPad. AVA, who tootles around on her set of semi-spherical wheels has six degrees of motion freedom, and is head and shoulders more advanced than her little brother --the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner—made by the same firm. more >>

1/19/2012 2:42 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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I agree. However, it looks like a good place to start developing a much more advanced robot that ...

Sphero's robotic smart balls roll the CES showfloor

Robots at CES came in a multitude of shapes and sizes, but one of the smaller, friendlier looking devices was Sphero, the world’s first smartphone controlled robotic ball. Sphero, which weighs in at just 168 grams with a 74mm diameter is controlled using Bluetooth from either an Apple device or Android smartphone, with a range of up to 50 feet. more >>

1/18/2012 12:38 AM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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At $129.99 (according to their website) its price point seems to be a bit high for the toy market. ...

Pandora's Music Genome Project drives success at CES

Pandora internet radio may seem like a rather recent phenomenon, a startup borne of the last couple of years, but the company has actually been working on its highly advanced music selection algorithm for 12 years. The company counts 125 million listeners in the U.S. and is rapidly expanding its reach. more >>

1/17/2012 10:56 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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For the first time I have come to read about the Pandora Radio, had heard the name a lot before but ...

Android will run better on our chips, says Intel

Intel may have missed the smartphone boat the first time around, but the chip maker is determined not to let the opportunity set sail without it again, making its first big moves in ultra-mobility at last week’s CES 2012. Showing off a reference design smartphone and announcing partnerships with both Motorola and LG, Intel is determined to make its mark on mobile this coming year, starting with the Chinese market and then expanding out. more >>

1/17/2012 5:04 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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Intel will only succeed when they make an ARM cpu themselves. I you can't beat them, join them.

Audi selects Tegra processor for infotainment, dashboard

Nvidia Corp. has announced that car maker Audi AG has selected the Tegra 3 processor to be the application and graphics processor for its in-vehicle infotainment systems and digital instrument display, across the entire line of its vehicles worldwide, beginning in 2013. more >>

1/17/2012 1:16 PM EST | By Peter Clarke

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It is easy to select the best in the industry for a luxury brand. It is good call for Audi and nice ...

Reporter's notebook: Why we go to CES

The absence of Apple from the CES and Microsoft Corp.’s decision to pull out of the CES after 2012 has led many armchair pundits to jump (prematurely) to the facile conclusion that CES has slipped. Even during the show, some reporters and analysts complained that there wasn’t any “big” news at this year’s CES. Well, I beg to differ. more >>

1/17/2012 12:23 AM EST | By Junko Yoshida

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i feel that Tablets can be used to monitor the various indexes showing on their investments. Mobiles ...

ARM's East unimpressed with Medfield, design wins

Warren East, CEO of processor technology licensor ARM, is unimpressed by the announcements made by chip giant Intel about the low-power Medfield system-chip and its design wins, according to a Reuters report. more >>

1/16/2012 5:34 AM EST | By Peter Clarke

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Intel can't buy ARM because it would give them a monopoly which is not allowed by competition laws

Windows on ARM will not be terribly successful says analyst

While CES has previously been a show filled with big announcements and brand new technologies, this year’s show was a little different, with more incremental advancements centered on refining devices people already own. more >>

1/15/2012 12:56 AM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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That is a bad approach still.

Kivic ONE brings AirPlay to cars at CES

With the recent surge of smart devices, demand to play one’s media anywhere and everywhere is also on the rise. This demand has spawned companies like Kivic, which was showing off its range of wireless and AirPlay compatible products at CES in Las Vegas last week. more >>

1/14/2012 10:58 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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I'm really amused with all these new devices targeted for the infotainment in cars. But are these ...

Behringer brings massive iNuke Boom iPod dock to CES

Professional audio and music equipment vendor, Behringer, unveiled its Eurosound consumer electronics line in Las Vegas for CES this week, with some 50 new products. more >>

1/14/2012 10:42 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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this video interview attracted me so much. the wireless iPod speakers with inductive charging is a ...

Pure's digital radios pump up the volume at CES

Pure, a consumer facing subsidiary of graphics company Imagination Technologies, has made its name with a range of innovative, attractive Internet, FM and digital radios. A British company, Pure made its debut in the UK with its Evoke-1 in 2002, which was so successful, it catapulted the firm to become the largest digital radio manufacturer in the world. more >>

1/14/2012 10:07 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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Kiran - they're not FM radios. They are internet connected radio and streaming devices.

CES: What I liked, hated and wondered about

CES 2012 showed Intel may do both better and worse in mobile than I thought, the next steps for Wi-Fi and set-tops are unclear and there are too many apps platforms. more >>

1/13/2012 4:40 PM EST | By Rick Merritt

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Thank you for giving an overview of CES for a reader like me sitting here in India. The 3DTV seems ...

Ultrabooks expected to drive growth of cache SSDs

Shipments of cache solid state drives—NAND flash drives that run alongside a separate hard drive—are projected to soar by more than 100-fold between now and the end of 2015, thanks in large part to Intel's Ultrabook initiative, according to market research firm IHS iSuppli. more >>

1/12/2012 8:40 PM EST | By Dylan McGrath

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Typically how big is cache SSD?

CES Analysis: Mobile defines TV

Brace yourself for the dawn of a new consumer electronics era, one in which TV no longer defines itself. Evident in this year’s Consumer Electronics Show was the notion that mobile devices are beginning to redefine what TV must do next – in terms of apps, services and connectivity that hardware will need to accommodate. more >>

1/12/2012 1:08 PM EST | By Junko Yoshida

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At the end of the day, the marketing is shifting towards promoting an entire ecosystem that has the ...

How do you manage the Internet of you?

The world is at our fingertips, 24/7, but how do we manage our relationship with ubiquitous consumer electronics devices? more >>

1/12/2012 12:05 PM EST | By Brian Fuller

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I would suggest that the "portability" of the internet has fundamentally changed society. The ...

LucidLogix shows software speed up for GPUs

Multicore graphics firm LucidLogix Technologies Ltd. has announced the existence of XLR8, virtualization software designed to improve the performance of embedded graphics processing units (GPUs). more >>

1/12/2012 9:24 AM EST | By Peter Clarke

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Very impressive. GPU and multi-core systems will get a lot of advancements not from hardware in ...

All bets at CES are on Apple doing something on Jan. 19

When in Las Vegas all bets are on, even on the most successful consumer electronics company to come out with its latest electronics technology. more >>

1/12/2012 8:20 AM EST | By Nicolas Mokhoff

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How about a game console? Everything is in place, just enable Apps on AppleTV and hell brakes ...

FCC calls for free hand in spectrum auctions

In a CES talk, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski prodded an ambivalent Congress to pass a law allowing incentive auctions of broadband spectrum and to act fast, without "tying the hands" of the FCC. more >>

1/12/2012 1:15 AM EST | By David Benjamin

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If spectrum were leased rather than sold by the FCC then economic pressures could drive shifts in ...

Intel muscles into smartphones, tablets

Intel said its processors will be designed into smartphones and tablet PCs at three of the world's leading OEMs. more >>

1/11/2012 6:23 PM EST | By Bolaji Ojo

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great....

Imagination reveals first Series 6 GPU cores

Graphics and video processing unit licensor Imagination Technologies Group plc (Kings Langley, England) has formally announced the first cores in its PowerVR Series 6 GPU core family. more >>

1/11/2012 11:36 AM EST | By Peter Clarke

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Where is the diminishing returns? I still believe that most firms can do more with lesser core if ...

Agilent aids NXP in WiGig RFIC demo at CES

NXP Semiconductors is using test equipment from Agilent Technologies Inc. in a demonstration of its beam-forming technology for the next generation of communication and radar products at the International Consumer Electronics Show. more >>

1/11/2012 11:13 AM EST | By Colin Holland

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NXP is still doing wireless? I thought they moved all wireless division to ST during the ST-NXP ...

CES: Compliance software supports link layer Spec V1.0

A compliance test suite revealed at CES by LeCroy Corp. is an approved Link Verification System (LVS) by the USB-IF which which is used during SuperSpeed USB compliance workshops for testing link layer conformance. more >>

1/11/2012 10:21 AM EST | By Colin Holland

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LaCie hits CES with its Thunderbolt products

Computer hardware maker LaCie was out to strike a home run at CES with new Thunderbolt interconnect technology products, including its 2big external hard drive, a follow up to the firm’s double SSD “little big disk.” more >>

1/11/2012 4:16 AM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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Yes, i am curious to know who else adopt this.

EE Times editorial wrap up of CES press day

EE Times reporter Sylvie Barak and TechInsights analyst Allan Yogasingam discuss the news from CES press day. Highlights included Intel's Nikiski concept running on an Ultrabook, Haswell, DX11, Nvidia's Asus Transformer demo, and gadgets from Pepcom. more >>

1/11/2012 3:38 AM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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time to improve your browser!

Body monitoring devices; a healthy trend at CES

A particularly healthy trend at CES 2012 is to be found in body monitoring devices. These devices, typically running on low power ARM based chipsets can be strapped on to a person’s arm or chest, and monitor various bits of body activity, from calorie intake to sleep quality, daily exercise and much more besides. more >>

1/11/2012 3:15 AM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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I think that's why Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is emerging to be the next place for the upcoming ...

Nest Thermostat keeps it cool at CES

Smart home is a term which gets thrown around rather a lot at tech trade shows, but one device that really exemplifies what a modern smart home can be is the Nest Thermostat. Designed by members of a team who worked on Apple’s iPod, the Nest is a sleek looking digital thermostat which can actually “learn” its owners’ schedule and then continue to regulate temperature to suit the user’s preferences and patterns. more >>

1/11/2012 2:58 AM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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This product has WiFi so it hooks into your home wireless network, and therefore can talk to your ...

Intel tips Medfield specs, Lenovo, Motorola deals

Intel Corp. has provided details of its Medfield 32-nm platform for smartphones claiming that the main SoC consumes less than 800-mW worst case. It has also announced that it has deals in place with Lenovo and Motorola for products based on Medfield to appear in 2012. more >>

1/10/2012 8:00 PM EST | By Peter Clarke

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Hector the Sector Wrector was not happy with just bringing down SPS, he went on to wreck AMD too !

Connected TVs still a holy grail at CES

While technology pundits forecast the possibilities of futuristic televisions, George Haber of silicon tuner vendor Cresta Tech believes TVs first have to overcome their regional limitations. more >>

1/10/2012 7:31 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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Sounds like "The Beast" in the book of Revelations -- who will be keeping an eye on ...

Ultrabooks: Strategic vision or just a pretty face?

Intel's Ultrabook notebook PC form factor is the talk of CES. But is Intel's concept a sustainable strategy for a new type of computer or just superficial marketing babble? more >>

1/10/2012 6:46 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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Yeah, right... horrors that not everything in marketing is real. Next thing we'll learn is that ...

CES: Mercedes foresees progress in batteries, composites

While the German automaker talks up its rolling Facebook platform, serious alternative-vehicle research is going on behind the scenes. more >>

1/10/2012 5:16 PM EST | By Alexander Wolfe

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I think that progress with batteries in electric cars are far more important than turning cars into ...

3-D TV or Myspace TV?

Consumers have been lukewarm toward 3-D TVs in the past two years. Even some of us in the media who used to be hungry for 3-D are no longer drooling. But never mind that. All the major TV companies, ranging from Samsung and Panasonic to Sharp and Sony, announced a host of new 3-D products at press conferences Monday. Meanwhile 3-D TV pitch took a back seat, compared to Samsung’s new “enjoy and share” connectivity strategy, or Panasonic’s announcement on a partnership deal with Myspace TV. more >>

1/10/2012 10:55 AM EST | By Junko Yoshida

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Experiencing 3D with TV is not that great compare to theatres!!

Ballmer predicts new era in computing, entertainment, smartphones in final Microsoft CES keynote

Steve Ballmer’s delivery of the last Microsoft CES keynote, 17 years after Bill Gates first took to the stage in 1995 with a CES workshop, signified the end of an era, and the beginning of a new stage in Microsoft’s story, a stage in which it emerges fully from behind the WinTel duopoly and competes toe to toe in the smartphone, entertainment and mobile computing arenas, a competition defined as much by ecosystems as it is by technology. more >>

1/10/2012 10:18 AM EST | By Patrick Mannion

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@PatrickMannion: your comment "...which integrates Twitter, Facebook and other media, didn’t quite ...

Seeking U.S. comeback, Nokia launches smartphone

Nokia President and CEO Stephen Elop launched the company's new high-end Lumia 900 smartphone for AT&T's 4G LTE network at CES in Las Vegas. more >>

1/10/2012 1:22 AM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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I'm a user of Nokia phone...I like Nokia because the products are very rugged and reliable. But if I ...

Samsung: Free the TV challenge

Nowadays, every TV manufacturer dreads being categorized as just another TV company. Samsung has a plan to combat the problem. And it might not be a bad plan. The Korean giant is determined to leverage its current position as the world’s number one TV brand, the number one smartphone vendor, and one of the strongest semiconductor manufacturers. If the company plays its cards right, Samsung could be the latest company to rewrite the history of consumer electronics, which is traditionally plagued with a rat’s nest of disconnected devices. more >>

1/9/2012 9:57 PM EST | By Junko Yoshida

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Samsung is always pushing the boundaries in its electronics and phones, and that is why it is able ...

EE Times editorial wrap up of CES Unveiled

EE Times editorial was on location in Las Vegas on Sunday for the opening CES Unveiled event to see what is hot, trending and exciting at this year’s show. more >>

1/9/2012 6:52 PM EST | By Junko Yoshida, Sylvie Barak

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@junko.yoshida: you are a 1000% right, tablets change the computing game by taking it to the next ...

Leyden Energy partners for wireless charging

Battery technology startup Leyden Energy said it is teaming with Powermat Technologies, a developer of wireless charging technology, to develop high-density battery cells and packs based on Leyden’s core Li-imide salt technology. more >>

1/10/2012 8:00 AM EST | By George Leopold

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CES Day One: Trends to watch in 2012 and some things unveiled

UBM TechInsight's Allan Yogasingam share his thoughts on the first (unofficial) day of CES 2012. more >>

1/9/2012 6:29 PM EST | By Allan Yogasingam

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@Allan Yogasingam: I do have an IdeaPad K1 which cost me less than half the price of an equivalent ...

LG shows off VMWare virtualization on Android 4G smartphone

With more and more personal devices making their way into the workplace, IT departments world over are having a difficult time managing employee data. LG and VMWare have come up with a fix to solve the problem, however, showing off a demo at CES which would allow people to merge both their work and personal device into one phone, simply by partitioning the phone and sandboxing off the work part using virtualization software. more >>

1/9/2012 5:25 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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Finally Some practical use for all the additional cores that are coming up. But running 2 instances ...

IEEE plugs into consumer power standards

The IEEE launched at CES a broad effort to identify known and missing standards for delivering power and energy services to a host of consumer devices and cars. more >>

1/9/2012 5:13 PM EST

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It International Energy Agency (IEA) reported in May 2011 that "energy-related carbon dioxide ...

iHome shows off wacky docking stations for iDevices

With Apple opening up its AirPlay technology up for use by third parties, a plethora of vendors have been showing off products which take advantage of the wireless streaming technology. At CES Unveiled in Las Vegas on Sunday, iHome was just one such vendor, showing off its audible wares, including its new iW1 speaker system which boasts wo three-inch woofers and two one-inch tweeters complete with Bongiovi audio processing. more >>

1/9/2012 4:09 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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Report: I don't want my TV, I want my smart device

The latest annual Accenture survey has found that consumers are giving up on television as a media provider and are rapidly turning to other consumer electronics devices instead, replacing TVs with smartphones and tablets. more >>

1/9/2012 3:45 PM EST | By Nicolas Mokhoff

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The portability of the electronics has become one of the consideration points in recent times as ...

Wi-Spi surveillance 'toys' shown at CES

Interactive Toy Concepts was showing off its new "Wi-Spi" line of remote control video surveillance devices at CES Unveiled 2012. The firm was demoing two models, a helicopter and a race car, which can be remote controlled through a phone application to fly or drive around shooting live stream videos, which show up directly back on the users phone and can be quickly uploaded to YouTube, Facebook and other social networks. more >>

1/9/2012 3:31 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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The best way to learn any science is to read books. Such toys are made for playtime!

Windows-on-ARM Spells End of Wintel

Brokerage house Nomura Equity Research forecasts that the emerging partnership between Microsoft and ARM will likely end the Windows-Intel duopoly. The long-term consequences for the world's largest chip maker will likely be an exit from the tablet market as ARM makes inroads in notebook computers. more >>

1/9/2012 3:07 PM EST | By Peter Clarke

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Sheffield International College runs foundation certificate courses that prepare students for ...

Bigger, thinner, smarter 3-D screens define the future for LG

By introducing, at the Consumer Electronics Show here Monday, a new line of cinema 3-D television sets with higher-resolution, bigger screens and a "smart TV ecosystem" designed to turn TV more and more into an Internet platform, LG Electronics committed a major piece of its future -- and to some extent, the whole consumer electronics industry -- to 3-D TV. more >>

1/9/2012 2:01 PM EST

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Maybe we should take the next step and design a refrigerator that automatically scans the bar codes ...

Comcast adopts RF4CE for remote controls

Comcast and GreenPeak Technologies will co-develop a software profile for remote controls using RF4CE as part of Comcast's plan to adopt the RF technology. more >>

1/9/2012 1:19 PM EST | By Rick Merritt

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Atmel to launch new MCUs for next-gen touchscreens

Touchscreens have arguably become a dominant user interface for smartphones and tablets in recent years. In 2012 and beyond, touchscreens are becoming larger, thinner, faster, brighter and even stylus-enabled. And of course, mobile device developers expect to design in all these advancements without paying for a potential increase in power consumption. more >>

1/9/2012 8:01 AM EST | By Junko Yoshida

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Weakening euro taking its toll in consumer electronics

Mobile devices continued to push the consumer electronics industry forward as the weakening euro took its toll on Western European spending, said analysts from the Consumer Electronics Association. more >>

1/9/2012 12:06 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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CES: Freescale widens eReader and tablet coverage with i.MX 6 expansion

In an effort to fill a gap in processors for the expanding eReader and tablet market, Freescale Semiconductor announced at CES in Las Vegas two additions to its i.MX 6 processor portfolio. more >>

1/9/2012 4:30 AM EST | By Colin Holland

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Except advantage of battery life and weight, Monochrome eReader doesn't irritate my eyes with ...

Will Windows 8 be on demo or display only at CES?

One of the hot topics at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system, the Redmond giant’s first to run on both the x86 and ARM platforms, able to scale from PCs to tablets, with the advantage of touch optimization. more >>

1/9/2012 2:05 AM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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OK, so I'm pretty sure that sometimes journalists can only get information by keeping sources ...

Multi-touch added to resistive touchscreens

Freescale semiconductor introduced what it claims is the first controller that handles multi-touch gestures on resistive touchscreens as well as manging up to four capacitive touchpads. more >>

1/9/2012 12:01 AM EST | By R. Colin Johnson

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It was quite surprising to me knowing that resistive touch screen market is growing almost the same ...

TI scores another OMAP design win

Texas Instruments has scored another major Android smartphone design win, with Chinese phone manufacturer Huawei announcing that its Ascend P1 S device would run on a dual-core TI OMAP 4460 Cortext-A9 CPU. more >>

1/9/2012 12:26 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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Worldwide Android has approx double the market share of iPhone... at least last stats I saw.

MEMS targets mass-market apps

Kionix leverages a MEMS parts catalog that emphasizes easy OEM integration with new additions aimed at multi-sensor fusion. more >>

1/9/2012 12:01 AM EST | By R. Colin Johnson

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Good to see low power MEMS chips released by Kionix, this will definitely help users to extend the ...

NXP validates MEMS timing market

NXP Semiconductors legitimized the silicon oscillator market by demonstrating a resonator it claims is higher-frequency, lower noise and more stable than conventional MEMS resonators. more >>

1/9/2012 12:01 AM EST | By R. Colin Johnson

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Invensense tips single-chip inertial navigation unit

Invensense claims to have created the world's first single-chip inertial navigation unit on a single 3-D chip stack. more >>

1/9/2012 12:01 AM EST | By R. Colin Johnson

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This sounds like a great building block for a robot navigation module. I am left wondering the big ...

Marvell's Smile Plug creates micro cloud for classrooms

After revealing that its Armada chipset would be powering the new One Laptop per Child X0 3.0 tablet, Marvell Semiconductor has also announced its Smile plug development kit, to create “micro clouds” in classrooms. The semiconductor firm seems keen to stick to its “Classroom 3.0” theme at this year’s CES, with co-founder Weili Dai taking on the cause for cheaper technology for kids world-over. more >>

1/7/2012 11:42 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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Thanks for the Marvell advertisement. Hope the cheap beer from Marvell was good.

Siano Shares Survival Strategy for Toxic Mobile TV Environment

We caught up with Alon Ironi, Siano’s president and CEO, en route to CES. Ironi shared the survival skills the company has amassed in a market that has claimed so many of its competitors, offering what he called “rules of thumb” for any startup looking to weather adversity. more >>

1/7/2012 11:03 AM EST | By Junko Yoshida

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So, what's your take on mobile TV? Is it dead or alive? I am particularly concerned about the ...

Report: Sony picks Howard Stringer's successor

Sony has picked executive deputy president Kazuo Hirai as Howard Stringer’s heir apparent, the Nikkei reported. Hirai will be promoted to president of Sony as early as April, according to the report. Meanwhile, Stringer, current president and CEO, is expected to remain chairman and chief executive officer. more >>

1/7/2012 8:10 AM EST | By Junko Yoshida

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Asus reveals 2012 tablet roadmap

Jumping the gun on CES, Asustek computer has unveiled its tablet roadmap for 2012 at a press event in Taipei, Taiwan. more >>

1/7/2012 9:12 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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Any price info available on the Windows 8 OS based tablets?

Marvell and One Laptop per Child Unveil the XO 3.0 Tablet

Marvell Semiconductor and non-profit organization One Laptop per Child have unveiled the XO 3.0 tablet, and will show it off at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show more >>

1/6/2012 10:19 PM EST | By Sylvie Barak

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I think this is very good. I used to think that these kind of efforts were a waste of money but ...

Consumer Electronics

AMD: New faces, new road maps, new focus

Slideshow: MEMS conquering sports

Ten technologies that will shake the CE world

10 unmistakable trends at CES 2012

Marvell’s Weili Dai bets on Kinoma for TV, Mobile Strategies

ARM tips 'gods and giants' roadmap

E-reader uses Qualcomm's mirasol display

Exclusive: MediaTek President Sees Android Key to China TVs

MStar revealed as ARM graphics IP licensor

SoC Providers Adjust the Picture On Their DTV Strategies

Neul 'White Space' Radio ICs to Sample in 2012

Targeting RF key security

Nokia bleeds $1.38 billion in Q4; sales drop 21 percent

Apple snatches Smartphone lead from Samsung in Q4

Texas Instruments shows off Pico HD projector

Apple posts record sales, earnings

Apple was top chip buyer in 2011, Gartner says

IHS: Nokia's Lumia 900 to lead Windows Phone resurgence

Opinion: ARM is no longer an underdog

CES post-mortem: Fear and loathing of the show

iRobot shows off tablet headed AVA bot at CES

Sphero's robotic smart balls roll the CES showfloor

Pandora's Music Genome Project drives success at CES

Android will run better on our chips, says Intel

Audi selects Tegra processor for infotainment, dashboard

Reporter's notebook: Why we go to CES

ARM's East unimpressed with Medfield, design wins

Windows on ARM will not be terribly successful says analyst

Kivic ONE brings AirPlay to cars at CES

Behringer brings massive iNuke Boom iPod dock to CES

Pure's digital radios pump up the volume at CES

CES: What I liked, hated and wondered about

Ultrabooks expected to drive growth of cache SSDs

CES Analysis: Mobile defines TV

How do you manage the Internet of you?

LucidLogix shows software speed up for GPUs

All bets at CES are on Apple doing something on Jan. 19

FCC calls for free hand in spectrum auctions

Intel muscles into smartphones, tablets

Imagination reveals first Series 6 GPU cores

Agilent aids NXP in WiGig RFIC demo at CES

CES: Compliance software supports link layer Spec V1.0

LaCie hits CES with its Thunderbolt products

EE Times editorial wrap up of CES press day

Body monitoring devices; a healthy trend at CES

Nest Thermostat keeps it cool at CES

Intel tips Medfield specs, Lenovo, Motorola deals

Connected TVs still a holy grail at CES

Ultrabooks: Strategic vision or just a pretty face?

CES: Mercedes foresees progress in batteries, composites

3-D TV or Myspace TV?

Ballmer predicts new era in computing, entertainment, smartphones in final Microsoft CES keynote

Seeking U.S. comeback, Nokia launches smartphone

Samsung: Free the TV challenge

EE Times editorial wrap up of CES Unveiled

Leyden Energy partners for wireless charging

CES Day One: Trends to watch in 2012 and some things unveiled

LG shows off VMWare virtualization on Android 4G smartphone

IEEE plugs into consumer power standards

iHome shows off wacky docking stations for iDevices

Report: I don't want my TV, I want my smart device

Wi-Spi surveillance 'toys' shown at CES

Windows-on-ARM Spells End of Wintel

Bigger, thinner, smarter 3-D screens define the future for LG

Comcast adopts RF4CE for remote controls

Atmel to launch new MCUs for next-gen touchscreens

Weakening euro taking its toll in consumer electronics

CES: Freescale widens eReader and tablet coverage with i.MX 6 expansion

Will Windows 8 be on demo or display only at CES?

Multi-touch added to resistive touchscreens

TI scores another OMAP design win

MEMS targets mass-market apps

NXP validates MEMS timing market

Invensense tips single-chip inertial navigation unit

Marvell's Smile Plug creates micro cloud for classrooms

Siano Shares Survival Strategy for Toxic Mobile TV Environment

Report: Sony picks Howard Stringer's successor

Asus reveals 2012 tablet roadmap

Marvell and One Laptop per Child Unveil the XO 3.0 Tablet