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HDMI forum announces version 2.1 of the HDMI specification

“HDMI Forum, Inc. today announced the upcoming release of Version 2.1 of the HDMI Specification. This latest HDMI Specification supports a range of Higher Video Resolutions and refresh rates including 8K60 and 4K120, Dynamic HDR, and increased bandwidth with …

Intel Unveils Compute Card, a Credit Card-Sized Compute Platform

“Today, Intel is announcing a new modular compute platform called the Intel® Compute Card along with a range of partners who will be working with Intel to help accelerate the ecosystem of solutions based on the Intel Compute Card. Intel …

Lego targets pre-Mindstorms minds with its Boost educational kit

“Boost is an impressive kit. The five on-board building experiences cover a lot of ground, from a robot to a guitar, to quasi Lego “3D printer” that’s more like an assembly line Rube Goldberg-style device that pieces together its …

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform to Power Next-Generation Immersive Experiences

“At CES® 2017 today, Qualcomm Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., has introduced the Company’s newest premium-tier mobile platform, the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 835 processor with X16 LTE. The Snapdragon 835 processor is the first mobile platform to …

Samsung Optimizes Premium Exynos 9 Series 9810 for AI Applications and Richer Multimedia Content

“The new Exynos 9810 brings premium features with a 2.9GHz custom CPU, an industry-first 6CA LTE modem and deep learning processing capabilities Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced the launch of its latest premium …

Grids of defects make diamonds practical for quantum computing

“One of the more exciting things happening in physics at the moment is the development of quantum computers that may actually be able to do something useful. But, as we get closer to that glorious day, one of the big …

SK Hynix Inc. to Construct a Cutting Edge NAND Flash FAB in Cheongju

“SK Hynix Inc.(‘the Company’, www.skhynix.com) announced it will construct a new memory semiconductor FAB in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do to meet increasing NAND Flash demand. This is a part of a mid/long-term investment plan that SK Hynix declared …

Meet the new MKRZERO, the power of the ZERO in a smaller board!

“Say hello to the newest member of the Arduino family! The MKRZero–now available on our stores at the price of $21.90/€20.90 (+ tax)–shrinks the functionality of the Arduino Zero down into an Arduino MKR1000 form factor …

New supercomputer will unite x86, Power9 and ARM chips

“For once, there will be a ceasefire in the war between major chip architectures x86, ARM and Power9, which will all be used in a supercomputer being built in Barcelona. The MareNostrum 4 is being built by the Barcelona Supercomputing …

Qualcomm Begins Commercial Sampling of World’s First 10nm Server Processor and Reshapes the Future of Datacenter Computing

“Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) through its subsidiary, Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Inc., today announced commercial sampling and conducted a live demonstration of the world’s first 10nm server processor. As the first in the Qualcomm Centriq™ product family, the Qualcomm Centriq …