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Broadcom's decision to exit the cellular baseband business means the company is giving up on the opportunity to ingegrate cellular modems with its highty successful connectivity chipsets for mobile devices. Broadcom (BRCM) is giving up on its cellular baseband business. Baseband chips have helped catapult...

LTE baseband market projections Forward Concepts estimates that 219 million LTE baseband modems shipped last year, more than double the 103 million shipped in 2012. The firm's analysts project 47% growth this year. "We expect tablets and hybrid notebooks to drive standalone LTE modem penetration rates...

Digital signal processing is the key technology that enables connection from humans (and machines) to the Internet, whether by wire or wireless. Furthermore, there is no digital multimedia without DSP technology.

Device makers got ready for the holidays early, boosting mobile DRAM orders in the second quarter for use in devices being manufactured now for sale in November and December. According to IHS, mobile DRAM sales hit $2.8 billion in the second quarter, up 26%...

Apple's iPhone 5S breaks new ground with the first 64-bit processor in a mobile device, the A7 system-on-chip. The company focused on the A7's superior performance and speed in its announcement yesterday, but the 64-bit chip could be an important strategic investment with benefits...

ARM to buy SensiNode in M2M play ARM wants to extend its success in mobile devices to the Internet of Things. The company is buying Finland's SensiNode Oy, a developer of software that helps connect low-cost, low power devices to the Internet. ARM says that...

How many cores does a mobile processor need? While Samsung and ARM make a convincing case for the Galaxy S4's octo-core processor, other chipmakers are clearly implying that they think eight cores is not much more than a marketing ploy. Qualcomm is the latest...

ARM Holdings (ARMH) is the undisputed leader in licensing the intellectual property used to create chips for mobile devices, but now another British IP company is preparing to challenge ARM. Imagination Technologies (IMG), a leading designer of graphics processor cores, plans to launch CPU...

Intel's move to mobile is picking up steam. The company has unveiled Silvermont, a new architecture that Intel says delivers three times the peak performance of its current Atom processors. Silvermont will be made using Intel's 22-nanometer process. The company says it has already...

The semiconductor market is expected to improve in 2013, and first quarter results from leading mobile chipmakers support that forecast. Intel showed continued weakness, but chipmakers that primarily supply mobile device makers did very well. Intel The world's largest chipmaker is working hard to break...

The UK's largest mobile operator and the world's leading designer of mobile processors both reported first quarter earnings today. EE saw revenue slide, but reported a healthy increase in LTE subscribers. ARM Holdings posted better-than-expected results, reaping the benefits of a strong dollar and...

Intel (INTC) said in its first quarter earnings call that its tablet business is doubling every quarter, with first quarter semiconductor shipments to tablet makers twice as high as the volumes from fourth quarter, and second quarter shipments expected to be double first quarter...

The mobile semiconductor industry appears poised for consolidation. Japan's troubled Renesas is considering a sale of the chip making business it bought from Nokia three years ago. Reuters reports that the firm will most likely go to a buyer from outside Japan. Renesas paid...

Warren East is stepping down from the top position at ARM Holdings (ARMH) after leading the British company to become the world's premiere architect of processors for mobile devices. Simon Segars, head of ARM's American operation, will replace East in July. "I have worked...

Software created to run Windows in other operating systems is making a resurgence as developers work to port it to Android. The software is called Wine and has been around for years, but now it is making its way to the world's leading smartphone...

Broadcom (BRCM) says it will license two ARM chip architectures, meaning that the California chipmaker will be able to design its own microprocessor cores based on ARM code, rather than just using ARM's pre-designed cores. Broadcom has a long history of designing chipsets based...

Intel says CEO Paul Otellini's decision to leave the company was entirely his, but nonetheless it could end up being just what the chip giant needs. A change at the top might pave the way for a shift in strategy that could make Intel...

Intel (INTC) and China's Lenovo have launched an Android 2.3 smartphone powered by Intel's Atom Z2460 processor, and next week a similar Intel-powered smartphone will go on sale in the UK. Lenovo's LePhone K800 will retail for about $524 on Lenovo's 360buy.com website. With...

RadioShack lost $8 million in the first quarter, and the stock was off more than 10% in Tuesday morning trading. RadioShack has contracts the three largest US carriers, and its earnings release offers some insight into how those products are faring with customers. The...

Eyeing the growing range of connected devices, ARM, Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient have created a joint venture focused on delivering a secure and accessible environment for advanced services running on platforms such as tablets, smart-TVs, games consoles and smartphones. All three companies will contribute...

Microsoft Windows is the software language of choice for business, and the Redmond company is making sure that language translates to tablets. The company says key Windows applications will run on tablets powered by ARM-based chips, the processors that power most tablets and smartphones...

Arteris, a venture backed by some of the semiconductor industry's major players, says it has licensed its chip-to-chip interconnect technology to China's Ingenic. Ingenic makes the processor that powers the Novo7, an Android 4.0 tablet that sells in China for $99. Arteris says its...

Device makers spent more on chips for wireless products last year than on chips for computers or any other product. The latest research from IHS iSuppli shows semiconductor spending for wireless products at $58.6 billion in 2011, up more than 14% from 2010. Wireless...

When the chips are down, mobile computing is not so much about the device as about the experience that device provides, according to Intel CEO Paul Otellini. Of course Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) wants to power the experience on as many devices as possible, and...