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ARTICLES BY IAN KING

Apple shares gained 1.6% to $247.14 as the market opened Thursday, valuing the company at $1.1 trillion. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Apple creates new ways to juice iPhone sales in saturated market

3 min read . 31 Oct 2019

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich is fashioning Intel as a ‘data-centric’ firm to stress its determination to rely less on a personal computer market that hasn’t grown for six years. Photo: AP

Intel bets on drones to spread reach of its chips, cut reliance on PC market

2 min read . 01 May 2018

Facebook AI researcher Yann LeCun tweeted about some of the job postings on Wednesday, asking for candidates interested in designing chips for AI. Photo: Reuters

Facebook is forming a team to design its own chips

1 min read . 19 Apr 2018

Using its own main chips would make Apple the only major PC maker to use its own processors. Photo: Reuters

Apple said planning move from Intel to Mac chips from 2020

4 min read . 03 Apr 2018

Broadcom’s announcement a months-long battle to land the technology industry’s biggest ever deal. Photo: Reuters

Broadcom drops Qualcomm bid after Donald Trump opposition on security

1 min read . 14 Mar 2018

Judged by sales-to-market value—one way to decide whether a company has already become expensive relative to its peers—Uber’s valuation is 7.3 times annual revenue. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Uber spent $10.7 billion in 9 years—here’s how that stacks up

4 min read . 06 Mar 2018

NXP shares rose as much as 6.3% $126.39 in pre-market trading in New York. Qualcomm shares fell 2.9% to $62.83. Photo: AP

Qualcomm increases offer for NXP, cuts deal with holders

2 min read . 20 Feb 2018

Qualcomm shares dropped slightly by the end of trading on Friday to $64.85, while Broadcom slid 1.2% to $248.87. Photo: Bloomberg

Qualcomm should negotiate with Broadcom on a deal, ISS says

4 min read . 18 Feb 2018

Apple says the iPhone 7 units were sold from September 2016 to February 2018 in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau and the US. Photo: Bloomberg

‘Small percentage’ of iPhone 7s need component repair: Apple

1 min read . 03 Feb 2018

Apple reports earnings on Thursday, where it has projected revenue of $84 billion to $87 billion for the holiday quarter, including from its new flagship iPhone X. Phone: Bloomberg

Top iPhone suppliers warn of slower sales ahead of Apple results

1 min read . 01 Feb 2018

Intel, one of the world’s largest chipmakers, said last week that all modern processors can be attacked by techniques dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, exposing crucial data, such as passwords and encryption keys. Photo: AFP

Chip industry meltdown: An insider’s account

11 min read . 09 Jan 2018

Volkswagen and Nvidia’s co-piloting system will provide convenience and assistance features using sensors inside and outside the vehicle. Photo: Reuters

Volkswagen, Uber to deploy Nvidia’s technology for self driving

1 min read . 09 Jan 2018

Intel said its chips weren’t the only ones affected and predicted no material effect on its business. Photo: AP

Intel, Microsoft deal with widespread computer-chip weakness

4 min read . 04 Jan 2018

Some computers, mostly older ones, could be slowed down by the software patches that will make them more secure. Intel said that in common situations software might be slowed down by as much as 3% or not at all. But in other rare situations, performance might be reduced as much as 30%. Photo: Reuters

Big chip security problem: What you need to know

2 min read . 04 Jan 2018

Apple, which isn’t a party in the FTC suit, said in a filing this month that it had produced more than 2.6 million documents by the 15 December deadline and any dispute Qualcomm wanted to raise was premature. Photo: Reuters

Apple sanctioned in Qualcomm FTC case over withheld evidence

1 min read . 23 Dec 2017

The Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9 Plus launch will be a significant one for Samsung, potentially serving as a way for the phone maker to continue strong global momentum despite the appeal of the new top-of-the-line iPhone X and a forecast of a dip in market share. Photo: Reuters

Samsung is said to plan Feb Galaxy S9, S9 Plus reveal on heels of Apple’s iPhone X

1 min read . 16 Dec 2017

Western Digital had injected itself into Toshiba’s attempts to find a buyer, tried to join a rival bidding consortium and, according to the Toshiba side, made the whole process more difficult. Photo: Reuters

Toshiba, Western Digital settle fight over chip unit sale

3 min read . 13 Dec 2017

Qualcomm argues that smartphone processors are now powerful enough to run computers that cover the vast majority of most users’ daily needs. Photo: Reuters

Qualcomm takes another shot at ending Intel PC stranglehold

3 min read . 06 Dec 2017

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan on 6 November offered $70 a share in cash and stock for Qualcomm. Photo: Reuters

Qualcomm rejects Broadcom acquisition offer, setting up $103 billion proxy fight

1 min read . 13 Nov 2017

Broadcom is proposing $70 a share in cash and stock for Qualcomm, using what would be the largest technology deal ever to become a top provider of chips used in mobile phones. Photo: Reuters

Broadcom is said to prepare proxy battle if Qualcomm rejects bid

1 min read . 06 Nov 2017