Jeff Burt

Intel officials at the Computex 2014 trade show continued the company’s push into the mobile space and new PC form factors, showing off its upcoming “Broadwell” processor for tablets and 2-in-1 devices and demonstrating a smartphone powered by a SoFIA chip with integrated wireless capabilities. At the same time, Intel President Renee Jameson on June […]

Cavium later this year will enter the increasingly crowded ARM server chip space with its upcoming ThunderX family of products that will offer up to 48 cores per chip and be optimized for a variety of workloads. Cavium officials unveiled ThunderX June 3 at the Computex 2014 show in Taiwan, saying the company not only […]

Unify will slash half of its workforce as it looks to deal with the trend toward software- and cloud-based solutions in the unified communications and video conferencing markets. Officials with the company—formerly Siemens Enterprise Communications—said Unify will reduce its headcount worldwide from about 7,700 to 3,800 as part of a larger restructuring effort to shift […]

The opening of the annual Computex trade show in Taiwan usually means a spate of new PCs from a range of vendors. Given the continuing contraction in the worldwide PC market, vendors are looking to expand the form factors and components in their systems in hopes of attracting more buyers. Asus, Hewlett-Packard and Dell were […]

Huawei Technologies officials say the giant tech vendor has successfully tested a WiFi service that hit more than 10 gigabits per second, a speed that is 10 times faster than what is currently commercially available. The company said the test was conducted on its campus in Shenzhen, China, and is a significant step in the […]

ARM is ramping up its efforts in the increasingly competitive markets of the Internet of things and wearable devices with the creation of a new chip design center in Taiwan. ARM officials announced the new CPU design center June 2 during the Computex 2014 show in Taipei, saying it was important to put the facility […]

Acer is getting into the increasingly competitive wearable device market with the introduction of the Liquid Leap, a smartwatch product that tracks a user’s fitness data and is linked to the vendor’s new Liquid Jade smartphone. The Liquid Leap sports a 1-inch display that not only tracks such data as the number of steps users […]

Service providers’ interest in software-defined networking and network-functions virtualization may be impacting sales of traditional networking gear, including switches and routers, according to Infonetics Research analysts. In a recent report, the analysts pointed to this “SDN hesitation” as a key reason behind the slow growth of network router and switch sales to service providers in […]

ARM is bulking up its IP configuration capabilities by acquiring Duolog Technologies, which creates tools to help design systems-on-a-chip and integrate technology onto those designs. ARM officials announced the deal May 29, saying the company will be able to leverage Duolog’s Socrates platform to enhance its capabilities for adding IP—such as debut and trace IP—to […]

Nokia Solutions and Networks next week will launch a new business unit whose job will be to focus on the issue of security around its telecommunications networking business. The new Security Unit will get underway June 1 and will ensure that new products coming from the company will include integrated security, according to Nokia officials. […]

Intel is unveiling new offerings and investments in automotive technologies as it expands its reach into the rapidly growing Internet of things market. Intel officials on May 29 introduced the In-Vehicle Solutions family of hardware and software products—from compute modules to an integrated software stack to development kits—designed to make it easier and less expensive […]

Juniper Networks and Palo Alto Networks have settled their long-running legal dispute over patents related to next-generation firewall technologies. The two companies announced May 28 that after more than two years of litigation—including a trial earlier this year that ended in a mistrial—they have agreed to dismiss all patent legal issues pending in courts in […]