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Avago Technologies has announced that its 28nm Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) core has achieved 32Gbps performance while withstanding up to 40dB of channel loss.
Company release
Wolfson's WM5102 HD audio hub has been adopted by Sharp for its new range of AQUOS smartphone and tablet devices.
Company release
"Effective immediately, in addition to his current duties in supporting me with global corporate strategy, [President of Global Sales] Jason Mackenzie will lead HTC America," company CEO Peter Chou told employees in an internal email Sunday. "[President of North America] Mike Woodward will lead Emerging Devices, a newly established business unit that will focus on innovative new HTC products and global distribution strategies."
Wall Street Journal
Company release
Advanced Micro Devices hopes for financial stability after years of struggles, but analysts said that a volatile PC market could derail the chip designer's progress.
PC World
Nova Measuring Instruments, the Israeli maker of equipment for semiconductor manufacturing, rebounded in New York after the chief executive officer said he's confident its largest customer won't pare back orders.
Bloomberg (via Businessweek)
The deal would be a boost for Samsung, which is increasingly seeking to cater to the needs of government agencies, a niche long dominated by Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry.
Reuters
Huawei has denied claims made by a former US Central 簫Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief, Michael Hayden, that it has spied for the Chinese government.
BBC News
Nokia sold 7.4 million Lumia smartphones in the second quarter, its best yet for sales of the Windows Phone devices, but still made a net loss.
PC World
New York Times
Nothing throws water on the out of box experience (OOBE) of getting a new toy than having to sit and watch it update for hours to get to a working state.
ZDNet
Apple details in-display fingerprint sensor tech in patent filing from AuthenTec cofounder (July 18)
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published one of the first AuthenTec patent applications assigned to Apple, with the property describing an advanced method of fingerprint identification that can be embedded into a mobile device's display.
Apple Insider
As India's smartphone market hovers on explosive growth comes the surprising news that Apple iPhone sales have tripped in the first quarter of 2013.
Forbes
Japan's Sharp is aiming to raise 100 billion yen (US$1 billion) from share sales by the end of September as the struggling display maker looks to partnerships and a public offering to bolster its finances.
Reuters
LG Display, the world's second-largest maker of flat-panels, posted second-quarter profit that missed analyst estimates on slower consumer demand for screens used in personal computers and televisions.
Bloomberg
China on Thursday announced tariffs on imports of raw materials from the U.S. and South Korea used to make solar panels, in the latest volley in a global trade fight that has ensnared Beijing, Washington and the European Union.
Wall Street Journal
BYD has recently rolled out the new HTC One for HTC, the Ascend P6 for Huawei, the Lumia 1020 for Nokia and the Galaxy S4 mini for Samsung, media reports said.
Global Times
NEC will now focus on conventional handsets and plans to sell some of its mobile phone-related patents, according to the Japanese daily.
Reuters
The Christian Science Monitor
Not too many people are talking about the future of dedicated e-readers these days, which is why I decided to meet with the folks from E Ink
CNET
The new iPhone 5S is expected to have a quad-core PowerVR SGX544MP4 GPU, 4-inch (1136?640) IGZO display, 2GB of RAM, and the brand-new introduction of NFC and... a fingerprint scanner.
ExtremeTech
Let's face it: smartphone screens are getting a little boring.
Techradar
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