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Santa Clara, Calif.-based graphics and AI chip maker Nvidia Corp. introduced a number of new offerings this week at one of the world’s largest...

Wi-Fi technology is steadily expanding: IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g are now firmly entrenched alongside 802.11b, and (Wi-Fi Protected Access) (WPA) security is now accepted as a standard. Yet Wi-Fi compatibility between devices is still at an all-time low.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) has approved a new and final draft standard for 802.11g wireless LANs (WLANs) that will have a true throughput for Internet-type connections of between 10Mbps and 20Mbps, far lower than 54Mbps raw data rate initially billed for the standard.

Philips Semiconductors NV has signed a joint-venture agreement with the China Academy of Telecommunications Technology (CATT), and the research and development arm of China Electronic Corp.'s wireless division (CECW) to design and license TD-SCDMA (time-division synchronous code-division multiple access) technology. The technologies include platform design, chip sets and software within wireless user devices, and end-user equipment within and outside China, according to a statement from Philips.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has launched its 850MHz Duron processor, taking a speed jump that puts the...

Via Technologies Inc., a Taipei-based supplier of PC chip sets and processors, introduced two new, speedier members to its growing Cyrix III family of processors on Thursday, running at clock speeds of 650MHz and 667MHz.