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...Sony remained committed to virtual reality products, he said, but added: “I think there was a higher expectation generally for what VR would do to gaming.”...
...“Samsung must seek a new way to compete with Apple and extend its market leadership in the Android ecosystem through product innovation and business models beyond just hardware.”...
...A spokesperson for T-head said: “T-Head core products are solely for Alibaba Group’s proprietary use and compliant with all relevant regulations.” TSMC declined to comment....
...That is why hardware — and the number of HBMs squeezed into each new chip — will now become yet more important for contenders that want to take on Nvidia....
...They are betting that Carl Pei, Nothing’s chief executive, who previously co-founded Chinese smartphone brand OnePlus, can succeed where even Andy Rubin, the co-founder of the Android mobile operating system...
...The government last month cut its 2023 gross domestic product growth forecast to 1.42 per cent....
...Contracting other companies for hardware or services is a last resort, so much so that an executive once told car reviewers the company made everything on the vehicle “except the tyres and the windscreen...
...Funko, like most companies with Pokémon products, has never directly mentioned Pokémon in a filing....
...“There is still work to be done in terms of hardware reliability and app optimisation,” said IDC analyst Bryan Ma. “Those are likely big reasons why Apple is holding back too.”...
...“We had for years feigned ignorance of where our products were deployed in China.”...
...Despite growing interest, VR has yet to produce a mass-market product, with analysts blaming the inconveniences of wearing the hardware and a lack of interesting content....
...The BrightDrop legal team worked with their business partners on adapting the product for a commercial audience....
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...The start-up is backed by Arm co-founder Hermann Hauser’s Amadeus Capital....
...For this, we can do the partnership, but that is to adapt their services to our product, not vice versa.”...
...Issues with its flagship Galaxy S22 smartphone, launched in February, suggest that the South Korean group is also falling behind Apple on hardware competitiveness, while the performance and sales of Samsung...
...The best bets in those first stages were on the hardware — the picks and shovels,” said Powell....
...The investment (Samsung’s largest ever in the US) represented another decisive bet by the company on tech hardware and a product for which the world’s appetite seems insatiable....
...Yet while Apple has always trailed Android in hardware advances, there are no signs of it becoming a fast follower in foldable....
...Hardware profit margin declines at Apple in 2018 have coincided with the adoption of OLED screens for some of its models....
...Nic Fildes has interviewed Charlie Ergen, co-founder and chairman of Dish, the satellite TV provider that is expanding into 5G in the US....
...Ant now faces a “rectification” campaign set to shrink its business while Tencent is testing a credit card-like consumer loan product....
...The army includes task forces to manage each type of material used in Apple products and each type of component, to negotiate prices with global suppliers, to ensure smooth deliveries, to oversee hardware...
...Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd Sector: BATTERIES / HQ: NINGDE, CHINA China’s dominant maker of batteries for electric vehicles has boomed thanks to growing sales to global customers such as Tesla...
...A Samsung Unpacked virtual event today revealed five major hardware products (see Tech Tools below), but Forrester Research’s principal analyst Frank Gillett says an expanded partnership to integrate Microsoft...
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