NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology to merge their chip operations
NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology have announced their decision to merge their operations by April next year.
The merged entity would become the world’s third largest chip manufacturer in terms of revenues.
The new entity would be called NEC Electronics and it would be headed [...]
NEC, Casio, Hitachi merging their mobile phone operations
NEC, Casio, Hitachi have announced that they are collaborating together to merge their mobile phone operations.
These three companies are aiming to have a single entity manage their mobile operations by April next year.
The companies said that they decided to take this step to become more competitive [...]
NEC and Panasonic showcases 9 new LiMo powered devices
NEC and Panasonic have announced as many as nine new mobile devices which are powered with the LiMo platform.
With this the LiMo platform now powers as many as 42 mobile phones.
Limo Foundation claims that this number makes LiMo platform one of the most popular which [...]
Apple, Nokia, Samsung, LG, RIM and more agree on a common charger for mobile devices!
There is good news for mobile users around the world. Almost every major mobile phone maker has agreed on a goal to have a common charger for their mobile phone models.
These companies have settled on using micro-USB connections for charging their [...]
Acer Aspire Timeline laptop coming to Japan
Acer is now aiming for growth in the competitive Japanese market with the upcoming launch of their Aspire Timeline laptop.
Aspire Timeline is a brand new slim laptop that promises an eight-hour battery life and a cheap price.
The price of this new series of laptops starts at under 90,000 [...]
USB 3.0 spec finalized
USB Promoter Group has now released the finalized specifications for USB 3.0 standard.
They are now performing a “comprehensive review” of the technology at a conference in San Jose.
The group consists of leading tech companies in the world including Intel, Microsoft, Texas Instruments, and NEC.
USB Promoter Group said in a statement on their [...]
Nokia aims to boost presence in Japan
Nokia might be the dominating player in the world’s mobile phone market but they are a minority player in Japan.
The company said that they are now going to boost the features on the devices they sell in this country.
Nokia said that they would now link a Local Area Network [...]
NEC showcases world’s most powerful supercomputer SX-9
NEC has showcased what they claim is currently the world’s most powerful supercomputer available in the market.
This is the latest attempt from a tech giant to showcase their superiority over the other. Companies involved in constructing these kind of supercomputers include Fujitsu and Hitachi along with IBM, Intel and [...]
