Chipsets

Samsung announced the mass production of chips that use the company's next-generation 14nm Low-Power Plus process technology.

Emerging tech such as VR, AR, drones, smart robots and more require vision processing, and Movidius aims to get in on the ground floor.

The European Commission officially accused Qualcomm of predatory pricing to drive rivals out of the market and illegally paying a customer to exclusively buy its chips.

Qualcomm detailed how its Snapdragon SoCs help improve the image quality of photos taken in low-light conditions.

Ossia and Si-Ware Systems announced transmitter (SWS1420) and receiver (SWS1420) chips for the 30-foot range Cota wireless charging technology.

PEZY computing announced that it licensed the 64-bit I6400 MIPS64 CPU from Imagination for its new many-core chip that will be integrated into highly efficient next-generation supercomputers.

Samsung announced that the next-generation Exynos 8 Octa SoC will also come with its first-ever custom CPU core based on the ARMv8-A architecture, an ARM Mali-T880 GPU, and a Release 12 LTE modem.

ARM announced the Cortex-A35, the successor to Cortex-A7 and Cortex-A53, and now the company's most efficient and configurable processor.

ARM announced its new ARMv8-M architecture for microcontrollers with built-in TrustZone security.

Imagination announced two new CPU cores based on Release 6 of its MIPS architecture: the 64-bit high-performance P6600 CPU, and the mid-range M6200 and M6250.

NuCurrent announced a 10W multi-mode wireless charging antenna that supports both the AirFuel and Qi wireless power standards.

Imagination announced that its upcoming Creator Ci40 developer board will support Google's IoT-focused Brillo operating system, OpenWrt, as well as Debian.

ARM announced a new Mali-470 GPU, the successor to the Mali-400 and Mali-450 GPUs, which can achieve double the energy efficiency of Mali-400 and is targeted mainly at the wearables and IoT markets.