[ad_1] ARM, with revenues of $1.65 billion had a  48% share of the $3.39 billion 2016 semiconductor IP market which grew  13%  on 2015. No.2 was Synopsys with $450 million revenues and 13% share. Processor IP accounts for about 60% of semiconductor IP revenues with ARM, Imagination’s MIPS, and Synopsys’ ARC the three leading cores.Read more about ARM, MIPS and ARC lead CPU IP rankings[…]

[ad_1] Microsoft has made some major strides in education between Windows 10 S and its latest Surface Laptop, and now the company is kicking off its back to school sale. A few notable items include a specially priced $899 Surface Pro 4 with a black type cover – one of the very few ways ofRead more about Head back to school with $150 off the Microsoft Surface Book[…]

[ad_1] It is reported that $7 billion of the $12 billion quarterly profit came from memory representing 60% of the Q2 profit. Three years ago $7 billion represented Samsung’s profit for the entire year. The semiconductor cycle has been on an upswing all year with the three remaining major DRAM producers and the four remsiningRead more about Samsung Electronics to make $12bn Q2 profit on $52bn sales[…]

[ad_1] It’s hard to believe that first Amazon Kindle was announced a decade ago in 2007, but here we are 10 years later and the e-tailer’s fledgling e-ink device has since seen three spin offs. With four different Kindles on the market – including the regular Kindle, Paperwhite, Voyage and Oasis – it can beRead more about Amazon Kindle vs Paperwhite vs Voyage vs Oasis[…]

[ad_1] The announcement follows Volvo’s announcement earlier this week that it will only make hybrid and electric cars from 2019. Over 95% of French cars have internal combustion engines with electric cars representing 1.2% of the total and hybrids representing 3.5%. While welcoming the aspiration, Greenpeace put out a statement asking for detail on howRead more about France aims to ban internal combustion engine by 2040[…]

[ad_1] GameSessions is a service that lets you try PC games free before deciding whether to buy them. Today, it launched GameSessions Giveaways – a new service that gives away games to download, play and keep for free.  The first freebie is third-person action adventure title Ryse: Son of Rome. The game is available toRead more about Download of the day – Ryse: Son of Rome[…]

[ad_1] Government moves to promote the UK space industry took shape this week with the introduction of the Space Industry Bill in the House of Lords. The government wants the UK to take advantage of the growing global space industry with multiple micro-satellite launches. The Bill, which was outlined in the Queen’s Speech, represents theRead more about Plans for first UK space launches are revealed[…]

[ad_1] In September of 2016, South Australia experienced a number of rolling blackouts, resulting in a catastrophic power outage that left the entire state shrouded in darkness, costing businesses AU$367 million in the process.   Some blamed the sudden and unexpected closure of the state’s coal-fired power station in Port Augusta for putting extra strainRead more about Tesla and South Australia are teaming up to build the world's biggest li-ion battery[…]

[ad_1] Check out Is Android really just Linux? on Android Authority. It’s a considered, logical walk around the issues involved. A straight forward question, it seems, but it all depends…on the meaning of your terms… Jessica Thornsby covers how you would define Linux, then how you would define a Linux distro, and then the issueRead more about Android, and the meaning of Linux[…]

[ad_1] Setup is one thing, but actually using the device on a day-to-day basis is another. After using the interfaces for a number of years, we have to say, Roku probably has the best, most-intuitive interface. Why? Everything is easy to find and relatively straight forward. There’s a spot for everything in the home channel,Read more about Amazon Fire TV vs Apple TV vs Roku vs Chromecast[…]