20 news items tagged S3
Samsung begins mass production at new EUV manufacturing line
Monday 24 February 2020Samsung Electronics has announced that its new cutting-edge semiconductor fabrication line in Hwaseong, Korea has begun mass production.
TXC 3Q12 sales to rise 10%
Tuesday 17 July 2012Quartz component manufacturer TXC is expected to post sales growth of 10% sequentially in the third quarter of 2012, driven by orders coming from the smartphone sector, according...
Spreadtrum supplies TD-SCDMA IC for Samsung Galaxy S3
Wednesday 20 June 2012Spreadtrum Communications has announced that its TD-SCDMA baseband modem, the SC8803G, and RF transceiver, the SR3200, are shipping in Samsung's latest TD-SCDMA smartphone offering...
Two Taiwan-based IC design firms are believed to be among the major chip suppliers for Samsung Electronics' recently-announced Galaxy S3 smartphone, according to industry sources.
Ultrabook prices to drop 20-30% in early March to April
Tuesday 14 February 2012Prices of the existing ultrabooks are expected to see a 20-30% drop in early March to April to help digesting notebook vendors' inventories as Intel is set to announce its next-generation...
Vendors dropping ultrabook prices in preparation of second-generation models
Tuesday 7 February 2012As ultrabooks from brand vendors such as Acer, Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are all recently seeing price drops in the North America, sources from retail channel believe that the...
PC vendors to see serious HDD shortages starting December, says Acer VP
Tuesday 29 November 2011As PC brand vendors' hard disc drive (HDD) inventory level will soon hit bottom, vendors will start experiencing HDD shortages in December and the problem will reach its peak in February...
HTC considers to appeal S3 Graphics patent lawsuit against Apple
Tuesday 22 November 2011Judging High Tech Computer's (HTC's) lawsuit against Apple over infringement of S3 Graphics patents, the International Trade Commission (ITC) of the US, on November 21, ruled that...
Asustek, Acer reduce ultrabook orders by 40%
Thursday 10 November 2011Asustek Computer and Acer have recently reduced their ultrabook orders from 250,000-300,000 units originally to 150,000-180,000 units by the end of 2011 due to the unsatisfactory...
Ultrabook players to adopt hybrid HDD to save cost
Tuesday 18 October 2011Hybrid hard disc drives (HDD) have recently become a popular choice among notebook brand vendors for their ultrabook models, according to sources from ultrabook players.
Ultrabooks expected to impact tablet PCs
Thursday 29 September 2011With notebook players such as Acer, Asustek Computer as well as Lenovo, Toshiba, Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard (HP) all set launch ultrabooks in the near future, sources...
Commentary: HTC acquisition of graphics and 3D patents has limited effect to counter Apple patent lawsuits
Thursday 7 July 2011HTC has stated that its decision to acquire S3 Graphics from its associate company VIA Technologies is aimed at strengthening its patent profiles related to graphics and 3D technology,...
VIA sells S3 Graphics to HTC
Thursday 7 July 2011Taiwan-based chipset maker VIA Technologies has announced it will sell its shareholdings in S3 Graphics to its affiliate company High Tech Computer (HTC) for US$300 million. The action...
Digital Signage Expo 2010: VIA to demo dual-GPU S3 graphics card
Monday 22 February 2010VIA Technologies has announced plans to demonstrate a dual GPU add-in-board, the S3 Graphics Chrome 5400E x2, aimed at multi-display digital signage applications at Digital Signage...
Softex Taipei: Fujitsu to push notebooks with discrete graphics cards
Monday 6 April 2009Fujitsu will push two notebooks with built-in discrete graphics cards during Softex Taipei (April 9-13)– the 13.3-inch LifeBook S6420 and 14.1-inch Fujitsu L1010.
Integrated graphics chip market to disappear by 2012, says Jon Peddie Research
Friday 6 March 2009Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced a new study that indicates the end of the market for IGPs.
GPU shipments dive in 4Q08, says JPR
Monday 2 February 2009Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the fourth calendar quarter of 2008.
VIA announces platform for low-cost PC and embedded markets
Friday 19 December 2008VIA Technologies has announced a new 3-chip silicon platform that it claims brings HD performance to ultra compact systems for a richer user experience.
S3 Graphics launches Chrome 500 series
Friday 21 November 2008VIA Technologies company S3 Graphics has announced its next generation Chrome 500 graphics graphics processors, which can support Blu-ray playback, streaming HD video, DirectX 10.1,...
S3 Graphics announces power efficient graphics processor for mini-notebooks
Thursday 25 September 2008S3 Graphics has announced its Chrome 400 Ultra Low Power (ULP) graphics processor series, based on a power-efficient GPU architecture. Today's users will now be able to enjoy the...