Weeks ago Intel had put nearly 8,500 wireless patents for auction. Now Intel has taken the patents off the market and is allegedly entering into negotiation with an unnamed buyer. Intel had put up 8,500 patent asset portfolio for sale and this includes 6,000 patents related to 3G, 4G, and 5G wireless technology. The remaining […]
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Back in April, Apple announced that it would cease all litigation against chip manufacturer Qualcomm and enter a new partnership with the company that will see Qualcomm modems installed in new crops of iPhones. On that same day, Intel announced it was exiting the smartphone modem business entirely. Now, according to IAM, Intel is going one […]
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After losing out 5G modem orders from Apple and withdrawing from the modem business, Intel will now reportedly auction off its entire IP range related to wireless networks. The company is looking to sell off around 8,500 patents, out of which 6,000 are related to 3G, 4G, and 5G standards. The remaining 1,700 patents relate […]
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With Computex and E3 2019 behind us, now is a great time to look at the AMD vs Intel tug-of-war. Both introduced new products, with AMD slated to launch new CPUs and GPUs in July. Intel won’t launch its new tenth-generation processors until the end of 2019. Intel’s new line of discrete GPUs won’t appear […]
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Nearly two years after its formal introduction, PCI Express 4.0 is finally here. The specification promises higher speeds than the previous generation for internal storage, graphics cards, and more. What is PCI Express 4.0 exactly and why does it matter to you? Let’s take a look without getting too crazy technical. Peripheral Component Connect (PCI) […]
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Late last month, Apple surprised everyone by releasing the 2019 MacBook Pro lineup with faster 9th gen. Core processors from Intel. What surprised many was the fact that for the first time the top-end 15-inch MacBook Pro shipped with an 8-core 2.4GHz Intel Core i9 processor. Apple went with an 8-core chip on the 2019 […]
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Apple today introduced a surprise refresh for its MacBook Pro models featuring Intel’s 8th gen and 9th gen Core processors. The update brings Intel’s 8-core CPUs to the 15-inch MacBook Pro and allows it to deliver 2x more performance than a quad-core MacBook Pro. The new 8-core MacBook Pro is also up to 40 percent […]
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Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Xilinx have reportedly moved to stop supplying Huawei. The news comes after the U.S. government instituted a trade ban on the Chinese brand. Google has also suspended business with Huawei in the wake of the ban. Huawei‘s trade ban by the U.S. government has already resulted in Google cutting off the […]
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According to a new report from The Information, the progress surrounding Apple’s own in-house 5G modem for upcoming iPhones is further behind than originally anticipated. In the new report, The Information’s sources suggest that the iPhone 5G modem made by Apple might not be done before 2025 — a far cry from the original rumor of 2021. […]
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The cellular modem situation for Apple’s iPhones (and iPads) has been in a bit of a rocky state lately. But it looks like the settlement with Qualcomm may have finally calmed things down. At least as far as third-party help is concerned. But what about Apple’s custom cellular modem dreams? Those may have been pushed […]
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