Smartphones are becoming brainiacs: Samsung unveils an 8-core mobile processor

The new Exynos 5 Octa will go up against new chips from Nvidia and Qualcomm.

Qualcomm CEO on Windows Phone’s fate: ‘I never count Microsoft out’

If Steve Ballmer's cameo during Qualcomm's CES keynote didn't make it clear enough, the chip company has a very intimate relationship with Microsoft.

Ambarella bets we’ll soon see more cars with dashboard video cameras

Cameras mounted in cars are getting cheaper thanks to Ambarella

Marvell’s ARM-based chips get into a couple of high-profile Smart TV gadgets

Marvell's ARM-based Armada chips are used in the Lenovo TV and the Netgear NeoTV Prime with Google TV.

Broadcom unveils first Ultra HD TV home gateway chip

Broadcom's new home gateway chips will transfer 4K video efficiently across the network and the home.

A year later, Intel’s ‘perceptual computing’ initiative is becoming more concrete

Intel says one application of perceptual computing is face recognition, for better computer security.

Intel accelerates Haswell processor launch for next-gen ultrabooks

Intel is accelerating the launch of a chip that will make the PC more competitive against rival makers of tablet and smartphone chips.

Pushing into mobile, Intel launches new low-cost smartphone platform

Intel shows progress in the strategically important mobile chips market.

Audience’s super-smart audio chips promise far better sound quality for cell phones

Based on electronics modeled after the human ear, the Audience Smart Sound Processor will enable better voice calls and speech recognition.

Nvidia launches its long-awaited Tegra 4 mobile processor for blazing-fast tablets

The chip promises to enable great mobile games as well as cool photography applications.

Chip maker Marvell must pay over $1B in Carnegie Mellon patent case

Marvell Technology Group, best known for making chips for a wide variety of devices, is in hot water with Carnegie Mellon University

Intel launches its Atom chips for microservers

Intel announced today that it is shipping its first low-power Atom microprocessor designed specifically for a new breed of servers dubbed "microservers."

Copper wires might be the bottleneck in the way of Moore’s Law

Making transistors smaller and smaller has enabled the computer revolution and the $1 trillion-plus electronics industry. But if some smart scientist doesn't figure out how to make copper wires better, progress could grind to a halt.