Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

Geneva—STMicroelectronics announced first results of its collaboration with AMD on next-generation graphics for mobile multimedia. ST's newest mobile application processor, the Nomadik STn8820, ...

The i.MX31 multimedia processor delivers nearly 1 million-polygon/s 3D graphics for low-power portable media appliances. Developed by Freescale Semiconductor, it's based on an ARM1136JF-S processor ...

AMD have sold their handheld graphics and multimedia assets to Qualcomm, in a deal worth approximately $65m. The move will see Qualcomm offer jobs to various design and development teams from AMD's ...

Acer has revved up its Aspire line of notebook computers going into the end-of-year holiday buying season, emphasizing entertainment, multimedia, and performance in a bevy of new system designed to ...