Neowin News Feed for: R&d

£22 million funding to give boost to UK semiconductor R&D

Paul Hill — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 06:42:11 +0000

The UK government has invested a total of £22 million in two research hubs to turn research into business realities. The government hopes that this investment will put the UK ahead in semiconductors. Read more...

Vodafone details its new silicon photonic chips that are in development

Steve Bennett — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:14:01 +0000

Vodafone R&D has shared an update on the developments of its silicon photonic chips, which are reported to be faster, more efficient and more reliable than the current electronic offering. Read more...

Samsung starts building a new semiconductor R&D complex in Giheung

Paul Hill — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 12:42:01 +0000

Samsung has started building a new research and development facility in Giheung, south of the capital Seoul. The company hopes to use the facility to extend its position in the semiconductor sector. Read more...

Tencent is developing its own chips, touts efforts in semiconductor R&D

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:44:01 +0000

Chinese tech giant Tencent has revealed that it has a long-term plan for semiconductor chip manufacturing. The company has also reportedly developed three chips till now and plans to develop more. Read more...

China begins research and development work on 6G months ahead than originally planned

Paul Hill — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 08:04:01 +0000

China has begun working on 6G a couple of months earlier than anticipated. The development of 6G is still very early in the cycle and the plan is to launch it commercially in 2030. Read more...

Microsoft grants $100,000 to UND to fund innovative drone tech project

Hamza Jawad — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 18:22:01 +0000

Microsoft has awarded the University of North Dakota with a $100,000 grant to fund a promising R&D project centered around drone innovation. It is hoped this will help propel the U.S. drone industry. Read more...

HPE will fund edge computing tech with $4 billion over the next four years

Jay Bonggolto — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:06:01 +0000

Hewlett Packard Enterprise says it aims for the investment to help customers convert their customer data to intelligence right at the edge of a network where it is gathered and analyzed. Read more...

Samsung wants to always be in your life with $1.2 billion IoT investment

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:16:01 +0000

Samsung has big plans for the future, with the company announcing that it is investing a huge sum of money in R&D for the Internet of Things, as well as partnering with Intel and Microsoft. Read more...

Apple might rely on ride-sharing revenue model for its rumored self-driving car

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 26 May 2016 09:02:01 +0000

A new reporting looking at Apple's R&D spending points towards large sums of money being diverted to the rumored Apple Car. Analysts also believe Apple will adopt a ride-sharing revenue model. Read more...

Microsoft is looking for exceptional students to have an 'experience day' at its UK R&D lab

Andy Weir — Wed, 25 May 2016 07:58:01 +0000

Microsoft wants to find the most promising students, aged 14-18, with an interest in computer science, to join it for a special experience day at its world-renowned research lab in Cambridge, UK. Read more...

Microsoft tops Google, Apple and Amazon for R&D spending in 2014

Brad Sams — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 09:44:01 +0000

Microsoft spends a lot of money on research and development, more than Apple, Google, and Amazon but they did come up a bit short in other metrics according to a new report by PWC. Read more...

Microsoft reportedly cuts its entire Xbox One R&D division in China in latest round of layoffs

Andy Weir — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 10:16:01 +0000

Microsoft is said to have closed its Xbox One R&D base in China - but its 80 staff have reportedly refused the severance package, since they're entitled to far greater compensation under Chinese law. Read more...

BBC to trial 4K Ultra HD streaming during World Cup

Andy Weir — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:03:05 +0000

The BBC has announced that three matches from the World Cup will be streamed in Ultra High Definition as part of closed trials aimed at understanding the best way to deliver 4K content to the home. Read more...