Chip makers have spent two decades pouring investment into a revolutionary new technique to push the limits of physics and cram more transistors onto slices of silicon. Now that technology is on the cusp of going mainstream.
There’s a threat looming on the horizon for cloud giants Amazon.com, Microsoft and Google, quite literally at the edge of the network.
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der berg talk about government’s spectrum policy direction to communications regulator Icasa.
Apple is to acquire chip maker Intel’s smartphone modem division for $1-billion to bolster its attempt to build its own line of 5G chips and lessen its dependence on Qualcomm.
Apple is negotiating to buy Intel’s struggling cellular modem unit, said a person familiar with the matter.
The US said it would grant licences allowing companies to export goods to Huawei but won’t remove the Chinese firm an export blacklist, as talks between the world’s two biggest economies resumed.
Broadcom is in advanced talks to buy cybersecurity firm Symantec, according to people familiar with the matter, seeking a further expansion into the more profitable software business.
US technology companies have resumed selling certain products to Huawei after concluding there are legal ways to work with the Chinese telecommunications giant in spite of sanctions.
Dell Technologies, HP, Intel and Microsoft are joining forces to oppose US President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on laptop computers and tablets among $300-billion in Chinese goods targeted for duties.
Intel is reviewing its global supply chain amid the growing trade war between the US and China, CEO Bob Swan said.