
Samsung grabbing Intel’s coat-tails
Market share gap closing
Samsung is closing in on Intel in the semiconductor sector as its market share increased by 0.9 percent when compared to a year earlier.

ASML starts shipping EUV test machines
Could be used by 2018
Extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is working and could be used in Moore Law saving high-volume chip manufacturing as early as 2018.

Asustek reduces its Intel dependence
ZenFone gets Qualcomm and MediaTek platforms
Asustek appears to have pulled back on its Intel dependence for its ZenFones and is adding Qualcomm and MediaTek flavours.

HP jumps on the Virtual Reality bandwagon
Starting at $4,363
HP has released a virtual reality PC range which costs an arm and a leg.

Asus releases VivoStick
At least in Japan
Six months after showing us its Windows computer-on-a-stick, Asus is finally selling its VivoStick – at least to the Japanese.

HP gets "the world’s thinnest" title
Sorry Apple you are far too fat
HP has proved that anyone can make a thin notebook by launching its ultra-thin Spectre laptop.

Intel loses two Senior VPs, the General Managers of IoT and PC groups
Doug Davis and Kirk Skaugen
We just reported that Aisha Evans, Intel's corporate vice president and general manager of the Communications and Devices Group, is leaving the company. Now, it seems that two other highly-ranked Senior Vice Presidents are leaving as well.

Intel mobile chip boss gives up
Only took a year
The woman who was supposed to be behind Intel’s mobile chip boost has given up on the job after only a year.

Intel flags Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition
14nm 'Broadwell-E chip spotted
Details of Intel's Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition processor have appeared on the change-log for its latest Management Engine software on its support site.

Intel releases super-fast SSDs
3D NAND on board
Chipzilla has released its super-fast and high-capacity SSDs with 3D NAND chips.