Thursday, December 11, 2003
AMD moves deeper into China
Advanced Micro Devices is looking outside the PC to foster more growth in the technology market in China.
The chipmaker on Wednesday made public plans to establish a product development lab in China that will seek to create new kinds of home electronic devices for the Chinese consumer market. AMD plans to partner with Founder Group, a Chinese technology conglomerate, and to locate the new Platform Development Lab in Beijing.
Many technology companies see China as a major potential market. AMD has forged several partnerships to sell its chips inside China, for markets ranging from supercomputers to schools.
AMD, which has also been selling its PC processors in China, plans to establish the lab as part of an effort to help its customers develop and launch new products based on its AMD Alchemy and AMD Geode processors. While based on two different processor architectures, MIPS and x86, respectively, the two chips could be used in a range of handhelds, set-top boxes and other electronic devices. Full Article>>>
The chipmaker on Wednesday made public plans to establish a product development lab in China that will seek to create new kinds of home electronic devices for the Chinese consumer market. AMD plans to partner with Founder Group, a Chinese technology conglomerate, and to locate the new Platform Development Lab in Beijing.
Many technology companies see China as a major potential market. AMD has forged several partnerships to sell its chips inside China, for markets ranging from supercomputers to schools.
AMD, which has also been selling its PC processors in China, plans to establish the lab as part of an effort to help its customers develop and launch new products based on its AMD Alchemy and AMD Geode processors. While based on two different processor architectures, MIPS and x86, respectively, the two chips could be used in a range of handhelds, set-top boxes and other electronic devices. Full Article>>>
Wi-Fi start-ups look to combo chips
Sychip and other Wi-Fi semiconductor manufacturers are trying to woo customers by integrating radio functions into a single chip or package, company executives said at the Micro Ventures conference taking place here this week.
While many venture capitalists and analysts have largely soured on the idea of putting money into emerging Wi-Fi companies, executives of start-ups say the opportunities aren't gone yet.
Plano, Texas-based Sychip, for instance, is producing samples of a product that combines a Wi-Fi module with Bluetooth, the short-range wireless networking technology.
Early next year, the company will show off a Secure Digital (SD) card that contains a Wi-Fi module and flash-memory chips. Sychip already produces a Wi-Fi card for SD slots, but if consumers want to take pictures, they have to swap in a memory card. Put another way, the Wi-Fi memory card does the same thing as two traditional cards. Full Article>>>
While many venture capitalists and analysts have largely soured on the idea of putting money into emerging Wi-Fi companies, executives of start-ups say the opportunities aren't gone yet.
Plano, Texas-based Sychip, for instance, is producing samples of a product that combines a Wi-Fi module with Bluetooth, the short-range wireless networking technology.
Early next year, the company will show off a Secure Digital (SD) card that contains a Wi-Fi module and flash-memory chips. Sychip already produces a Wi-Fi card for SD slots, but if consumers want to take pictures, they have to swap in a memory card. Put another way, the Wi-Fi memory card does the same thing as two traditional cards. Full Article>>>
Sharp puts Word files on phones
Sharp said it has developed a way for cell phones to display business documents and graphics. The technology enables users to view Adobe Acrobat files and Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files on the tiny liquid crystal display screens cell phones use, according to Sharp, which worked with Canadian company BitFlash to develop the Electronic Document Display System.
The technology enables the user to zoom in to the files in order to read the text. The ability to zoom in and out of documents is based on an international Extensible Markup Language standard called Scalable Vector Graphics-Tiny. The rendering software will be embedded in the new Vodafone V601SH Mobile Phone by Sharp, sold in Japan. Full Article>>>
The technology enables the user to zoom in to the files in order to read the text. The ability to zoom in and out of documents is based on an international Extensible Markup Language standard called Scalable Vector Graphics-Tiny. The rendering software will be embedded in the new Vodafone V601SH Mobile Phone by Sharp, sold in Japan. Full Article>>>
