M87, a Seattle-area networking startup led by former T-Mobile executive Cole Brodman, was acquired last month by XCOM, a new company led by former Qualcomm CEO and chairman Paul Jacobs.… Read More
For all the discussion of the higher-level technologies that power the modern data center, the processor remains the most fundamental element of a server. One company controls the market for… Read More
Microsoft’s rebranding of the internet of things as “the intelligent edge” is arguably an improvement over the original moniker, but it will take more than a clever name to capture… Read More
Microsoft today unveiled its first line of “Always Connected” PCs, a new generation of computers with built-in LTE connectivity and extra-long battery life. The PCs, from Asus and HP, fulfill… Read More
Qualcomm’s new ARM server processor is ready for commercial deployment, the company announced Wednesday, officially launching the latest effort to dent Intel’s control over the market for data center chips.… Read More
Just when you thought the mobile patent wars might be behind us, Qualcomm and Apple seem determined to keep them going. Qualcomm raised the stakes in its patent battle with… Read More
Microsoft has started testing out ARM processors, power-efficient chips best known for running smartphones and other mobile devices, to run portions of its cloud services and applications, the company said this morning. At… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Qualcomm launched the latest version of its widely used Snapdragon mobile processor line today, laying the foundation for a new class of devices — including some running the full… Read More
IBM received more U.S. patents than any other company in 2015 — a total of 7,355 granted utility patents — marking its 23rd straight year at the top of a widely followed ranking,… Read More
China’s largest Internet service portal, Tencent, is teaming up with chipmaker Qualcomm and drone-maker Zerotech to field the Ying drone, a flying robot that’s optimized for online sharing. “This drone… Read More
Intel says it’s acquiring Ascending Technologies, its German partner in the drone business, in a deal that demonstrates how quickly robotic aerial vehicles are becoming an important computing platform. In a… Read More
CloudFlare brought on some impressive strategic investors today, announcing a $110 million funding round that included participation from tech giants like Microsoft, Google, Qualcomm and Baidu, the Chinese search engine… Read More
Lawyers for Microsoft and Google will appear Wednesday morning at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in a long-running dispute over patents that were originally owned by cell phone maker… Read More
T-Mobile is looking for another way to improve its coverage map. Today, at Mobile World Congress, the wireless industry event held annually in Barcelona, T-Mobile said it plans to use… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Qualcomm’s technology is everywhere. That’s one takeaway from the chip-maker’s CES press conference today in Las Vegas, where the company touted how it’s already in millions of wireless… Read More