Eight inch wafer fabs flat out
Published in PC Hardware


IoT making supply to tight to mention 

Demand for IoT chips is putting pressure on Taiwan and China's eight inch fabs and supply is starting to get tight.

Qualcomm releases two home hub products
Published in Mobiles


SDA624 and SDA212 system SoCs support Android Things

Qualcomm has announced two Home Hub platforms supporting Google’s Android Things.

Alibaba's cloud powered by Qualcomm MDM9206
Published in News


Ported to the LTE IoT modem

Qualcomm and Alibaba have ported Alibaba Cloud Link One to run on the Qualcomm MDM9206 global multi-mode LTE IoT modem.

Intel flattens inside the box
Published in News


Spins things a different way

Chip giant Intel always looks on the bright side. Or, to put it another way, it spins the news to pretend things are better than they actually are.

Internet of Things to grow 35 percent each year
Published in IoT


$1.16 billion by 2020


The Internet of Things (IOT) platform market is expected to grow 35 percent annually to $1.16 billion by 2020, according to Verizon’s State of the Market: Internet of Things 2017 report.

Pets set to connect to the internet
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Woof woof

This coming Monday, at the famous Battersea Dogs Home, Acer will revolutionise the world of pets by telling the world that it and a firm called Pawbo UK will let you give your pets an IP address, turning them into the internet of fangs.

Chipmakers sliding away from smartphones and PCs
Published in IoT


Going where the money is


Wandering around  Computex in Taipei it is fairly clear that there has been a sea change in what chipmakers are targeting.

Chinese Internet of things gear has a backdoor
Published in News


Allows chinese data hungry spooks


A Chinese tech firm which specialises in VoIP products has been shipping products with a backdoor which could mean that data hungry spooks can control your light switches.

Snapdragon 210 to support Android Things later this year
Published in PC Hardware


First supported device with an LTE modem


Later this year, Qualcomm plans to release Android Things for its Snapdragon 210 mobile processor and the first demonstrations are expected to take place next week during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

IoT market to be worth $500 million in 2020
Published in News


Connect everything

A report by a research company is predicting that the internet of things (IoT) revenues will soar to be worth $500 million in 2020 in the USA alone.