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MediaTek to post slower than expected growth in Q2
Published in News


Growth outlook of 10 to 15 percent 


MediaTek, the Taiwan-based fabless semiconductor company known for its system-on-chip solutions in smartphone and home theater equipment, is expected to post slower than expected growth for Q2 2017 based on a slightly less-optimistic outlook from market observers.

Verizon reduces Yahoo acquisition price by $350 million
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Yahoo agrees to pay half of all costs for non-SEC investigations


When Verizon announced that it wanted to buy Yahoo back in July 2016 for a large price of $4.83 billion, no one expected the delays that would result from the latter’s two undisclosed data breaches and consumer backlash for building tools that help the government spy on civilian emails.

Vernee Snapdragon 830 phone will be ready in May 2017
Published in Mobiles


First announcement

While many speculated about the 10nm soon-to-be-launched Snapdragon 830, a Chinese company Vernee,  has announced its first model, the Vernee Apollo 2 Pro, featuring Snapdragon 830. 

Intel Kaby Lake mobile ULV chips coming in Q2 2017
Published in PC Hardware


Quad-core 15W ultrabooks, 18W gaming notebooks next year

A  report from the folks at NotebookCheck.net shows an Intel slide detailing some updates to the company’s mobile ULV processor lineup based on the Kaby Lake third-generation 14nm processor lineup.

Final version Zen based 32 core Naples will arrive in Q2 2017
Published in PC Hardware


Engineering samples are out already

AMD has revealed a heap of details about its 32-core Zen based product - codenamed Naples - and we have a few things to add.