COMPUTEX 2015: Qualcomm edges Intel out of UK smartwatch start-up
Blocks’ promo video says its work was ‘Funded by Intel’ but Qualcomm has announced that the modular watch company will be using its Snapdragon 400.
Tech Design Forum Briefing
Briefing Authors
Paul Dempsey
Paul Dempsey has been a technology journalist for 20 years. His work has also appeared in EETimes, Red Herring and specialist journals published by the Financial Times.
Luke Collins
Luke Collins is a freelance technology journalist with 22 years’ experience. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of Electronics Times in the UK, and co-founded the IP9x series of conferences.
Chris Edwards
Chris Edwards has spent two decades covering electronics and EDA. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Engineering Times UK and electronics editor of the IET's Engineering & Technology.
COMPUTEX 2015: Wrap 1 – Is ‘The Internet of Things’ that helpful an idea?
Everybody knows the words. Everybody has a different definition. Did calling the next big thing ‘The Internet of Things’ actually create a hindrance not a help?
COMPUTEX 2015: Taiwan and mainland China face off in IoT platforms
It wasn’t just ARM and TSMC that launched a 55nm IoT platform this week. Across the Taiwan Strait, Brite and SMIC have unveiled a similar offering. The competition could tell us a lot about the IoT market’s future.
COMPUTEX 2015: Acer founder urges Taiwan to shift focus to software
Stan Shih says the Internet of Things is forcing Taiwan to reconsider its traditional concentration on electronics hardware.
Cadence deploys parallel strategy for faster synthesis
RTL synthesis has joined the array of tools developed by Cadence Design Systems that employ distributed processing, with the aim of exploring more ways of creating area- and power-efficient logic blocks.
ARM eases interconnect, debug, third-party IP integration for SoCs
Technology from Duolog acquisition used to ease the configuration of interconnect, debug and trace – and the integration of third-party IP
Cortus adds Arduino interface to SoC development board
Arduino Due shield interface makes adding peripherals to a Cortus-based SoC prototype easier.
Facing a future of dark silicon
Dennard’s Scaling ended years ago and Moore’s Law is slowing down. What will the future hold for the semiconductor industry?
COMPUTEX 2015: Intel sets out battle plan for Thunderbolt I/O
Thunderbolt speed to double to 40GBit/s, cheaper ownership for consumers, proprietary plug dumped in favor of USB-C as Intel looks to reinvigorate tech.
Server, IoT acceleration on Intel’s mind in Altera buy
Altera has agreed to Intel’s offer to buy the company, with FPGAs to be integrated into Xeon processors after 2016. Atoms will join programmable logic in IoT-oriented devices.