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News Embedded HSPA/LTE chipsets will gradually become a standard feature of laptops over the coming three to five years, it added. But they could just as well prove a network nightmare, warns industry analyst Berg Insight. [20 Jun 2008]
Mobile market booming: But there's room for all
News Pulskamp said that while wi-fi integration is gaining in popularity, this is blunted by the chipsets' cost and power-hungriness. As mobiles get more sophisticated, they will continue to be used for more purposes but they will not fully eclipse... [06 Jun 2008]
Dell commits to green dream
News It is also likely to get a substantial boost towards its energy goals from suppliers such as AMD and Intel, which are creating more energy-efficient processors and chipsets as process technologies shrink, and from advances in storage technology... [16 May 2008]
XP SP3 starts endless reboot for some AMD PCs
News Microsoft said in a statement: "While the root cause of this issue is complex, it results from OEMs improperly placing a Windows XP image created for an Intel-based computer onto machines with non-Intel chipsets. [14 May 2008]
Android rocks up at Mobile World Congress
News He said: "Android provides a complete application framework, which can be put on chipsets with a lot less work. Google launched Android, an open development platform in November last year. Phones sporting the Android software are expected out later... [12 Feb 2008]
Intel to make chips in China
News Initially, Intel will make chipsets - which shuttle data back and forth across the processor to the microprocessor of the computer - and possibly communications chips. The decision to concentrate on chipsets, rather than flash memory or processors... [26 Mar 2007]
Nokia: Qualcomm should be patently exhausted
News The handset maker has filed a patent exhaustion case against Qualcomm in both countries, asking the country's courts to declare that Qualcomm's European patents are exhausted in respect to products placed on the EU market with a Qualcomm licence... [19 Mar 2007]
Qualcomm snaps up Airgo
News The chipmaker said its upcoming Snapdragon multimedia platform and Mobile Station Modem chipsets would benefit from the Airgo purchase, as well as that of the Bluetooth business unit of RF Micro Devices - also announced on Monday. [05 Dec 2006]
Wi-fi patent threat looms after US ruling
News But the decision, which essentially upholds the notion that Csiro owns the rights to widely used standards-based technology, could have a huge impact on the entire wi-fi industry, particularly as companies start embedding wi-fi chipsets into... [21 Nov 2006]
Sprint bets $3bn on 4G WiMax network
News In fact, Forsee said the chipsets used in the WiMax network are one-tenth the cost of chips used to build its 3G network. Sprint Nextel plans to spend $3bn over the next two years to build a fourth-generation wireless network using WiMax technology. [09 Aug 2006]
Norwich gets free city-centre wi-fi
News Jim Baker, chief executive of equipment vendor Telabria, said "to all intents and purposes" the kit operates "in an identical fashion" to upcoming products, which will ship with certified WiMax chipsets. [02 Aug 2006]
AMD to buy ATI for $5.4bn
News AMD's Opteron family of processors has taken market share from Intel in some areas, though Intel still dominates the overall market and offers chipsets with integrated graphics capabilities. ATI will add graphics chips and chipsets to AMD's offerings. [24 Jul 2006]
UK and Korea to swap mobile telly tips
News According to Matthew Honey, UK chairman of the trial, among the issues the project will investigate are how the receivers perform, content protection, coverage and chipsets. Most manufacturers are thinking about multi-standard chipsets. [05 Jun 2006]
Citywide wi-fi gets a helping hand
News Alan Menezes, vice president of marketing and business development for Wavion, said: "All the mesh wi-fi equipment makers use commodity chipsets developed for indoor use. A new wi-fi start-up called Wavion Networks came out of stealth mode on... [23 May 2006]
Qualcomm Korea gets a knock from fair trade authorities
News According to Qualcomm, the South Korean FTC did not give a reason for its visit but the company believes it is related to complaints by a small Korean company over "distribution of mobile video software" that works with Qualcomm's chipsets. [07 Apr 2006]
