BROWSING: ARM

Intel’s new IoT chief brings entrepreneurial background

Intel is hiring ARM's EVP of strategy, Tom Lantzsch, to head up "internet of things" initiatives for the world's largest chipmaker. ARM and Intel are bitter rivals when it comes to designing cores for mobile processors, a market ARM has dominated for years. Lantzsch...

Edge Computing Consortium officially launched in China

Edge Computing Consortium members include Huawei, Intel, ARM and Chinese institutions. Chinese vendors, together with Shenyang Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Intel, ARM and ISoftStone established the Edge Computing Consortium in Beijing. The...

#TBT: Sprint and SoftBank move on Clearwire; T-Mobile eyes MetroPCS … this week in 2012

Sprint and SoftBank filed moves to consolidate Clearwire 2.5 GHz spectrum, and T-Mobile moved on MetroPCS acquisition … 4 years ago this week. Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the...

Ruckus back on the block as Broadcom buys Brocade

Ruckus Wireless is back in play thanks to another wireless technology merger. Broadcom Limited is looking to acquire Brocade Communications for $5.9 billion, with plans to divest Ruckus, which Brocade purchased for $1.2 billion this spring. Broadcom, a California company that designs chips for wireless...

OMG! IoT IRL at ARMTechCon

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Wearables and wireless have helped Matt Du Puy conquer mountains. Du Puy, a software engineer at ARM, earlier this year used ARM-powered technology during his summit of Annapurna, the 10th-tallest mountain peak in the world. Du Puy, who has also summited...

SoftBank’s Son: ‘Cambrian explosion’ in IoT is coming

SANTA CLARA, California – SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son likened the impending boom in "internet of things" devices to the evolutionary period known as the Cambrian explosion: a turning point for life on earth. "The next big paradigm shift is coming from mobile into the IoT....

ARMTechCon: Enabling IoT use cases

  SANTA CLARA, Calif.--British chip design company ARM's technology powers billions of wireless devices, so the company has unique perspective on the types of internet of things products that exist and are coming down the pipe. Mike Muller, CTO of ARM, ran through a number of...

SoftBank’s Son: ‘Cambrian explosion’ in IoT is coming

SANTA CLARA, California – SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son likened the impending boom in "internet of things" devices to the evolutionary period known as the Cambrian explosion: a turning point for life on earth. "The next big paradigm shift is coming from mobile into the IoT....

SoftBank plans to invest $4.5B in Korean IT sector

SoftBank plans to invest in the IoT and AI Japanese telecommunications giant SoftBank aims to invest 5 trillion won ($4.5 billion) in South Korea’s information technology sector, including areas such as "internet of things" and artificial intelligence, as well as mobile and smart robotics, over the next decade,...

Intel acquires Movidius to accelerate machine vision strategy

Intel announced its intention to acquire machine vision specialist Movidius, to further strengthen its position within computer vision, deep learning. In a move to strengthen its position in the growing computer vision market, Intel announced its intention to acquire machine vision specialist Movidius. Machine vision uses cameras...

SK Telecom ends June with 20M LTE subscribers in Korea

SK Telecom reports $3.8B in revenue for Q2 Korean operator SK Telecom said it ended the second quarter of 2016 with 20 million subscribers in the 4G LTE segment, surging 11.7% compared to the same quarter the previous year. SK Telecom also said that 21.3 million...

Son rise for the internet of things

SoftBank’s acquisition of ARM to help accelerate much-needed internet of things standardization The "internet of things" looks to have received a massive vote of confidence as one of the boldest technology investors of the past two decades, Masayoshi Son, agreed to buy ARM Holdings, a...

Son rise for the internet of things

SoftBank’s acquisition of ARM to help accelerate much-needed internet of things standardization The "internet of things" looks to have received a massive vote of confidence as one of the boldest technology investors of the past two decades, Masayoshi Son, agreed to buy ARM Holdings, a...

Yahoo bids, Frontier refunds, 5G predictions … 5 things to know today

Yahoo bids debated, 5G processes questioned ... 5 things to know today 1. Verizon Communications could end up bidding less than $3 billion for Yahoo, according to reports, but other sources still expect a much higher offer. The Wall Street Journal cited "people familiar with...

IIoT security: UK manufacturers at risk from cyberthreats

The lack of IIoT security investments could put UK manufacturers at risk from cyberthreats A majority of U.K. manufacturers (62%) have plans to increase their investments in Internet-connected capital equipment in the next five years as they transition to "industry 4.0." However, investment plans in industrial...

IIoT security: UK manufacturers at risk from cyber threats

The lack of IIot security investments could put UK manufacturers at risk from cyber threats. A majority of UK manufacturers, 62 percent, have plans to increase their investments in internet-connected capital equipment in the next five years as they transition to industry 4.0. However, investment plans...

Verizon strike update, Intel's 180 on LTE … 5 things to know today

Verizon strike update 1. Verizon has cancelled medical coverage for the thousands of employees who have been on strike for more than two weeks now. The company told the union last week that the employees' healthcare coverage would stop at the end of April if...

IoT taking shape; 5G to enable next-gen use cases

AT&T, Telit, ARM, F-Secure talk IoT during Mobile World Congress The "Internet of Things" promises to change the way we all live and work, according to myriad discussions during the recent Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain. Consumer and industrial use cases are taking shape...

IoT taking shape; 5G to enable next-gen use cases

AT&T, Telit, ARM, F-Secure talk IoT during Mobile World Congress The "Internet of Things" promises to change the way we all live and work, according to myriad discussions during the recent Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain. Consumer and industrial use cases are taking shape...

IoT innovations from ARM ecosystem partners

IoT products – including world's smallest computer – on display at 2016 Consumer Electronics Show LAS VEGAS – From wearable technology to smart home automation solutions, the "Internet of Things" was a primary thrust of CES 2016. Processor firm ARM was on hand displaying innovations...

Nokia, ARM and Enea launch SDN-focused OpenFastPath program

Organization looks to tap open source to boost SDN applications Nokia Networks, ARM and Enea announced the launch of the OpenFastPath Foundation, which the companies claim will tap an open source approach in boosting performance of software-defined networking applications. The OFP Foundation is said to...

Guts and glory – IoT Innovation: Episode 6

Today we speak with Ian Ferguson, VP of segment marketing at ARM, which is known for the hardware in most of our "Internet of Things" and wireless device, though their involvement and ecosystem includes much more than that. Ferguson talks about examples of projects...

Chipmakers report surging revenue

  Chipmaker Qualcomm on April 23 reported revenue of $6.9 billion on net income of $1.05 billion, or $1.40 per share, for its fiscal 2015 second quarter ended March 29. Although net income was down 46% compared to the prior year's Q2, the results still surpassed...

Market signals possible weakness in wireless and mobile (RCR Mobile Minute)

Two corporate earnings reports are indicating softer demand in the mobile and wireless sector. Juniper said late yesterday that third quarter earnings will come in below expectations, and blamed weaker orders from service providers. "The release identified weakness from service providers, particularly in the U.S....