ALSO-Actebis fiscal 2012 group net profits total €46.3 million (73.4% higher than 2011) from net sales reaching €6.3 billion, results the company describes as "strong."

When it comes to Q4 2012, net profit is up by 27.2% Y-o-Y to €21.5m, while profit before tax (EBT) totals €28.5m with 29% Y-o-Y growth.

ALSO-Actebis 2012 sales in C. Europe total €4772m (up from €4732m in 2011), with particularly strong demand in the mobility (smartphones and tablets) segment.

Meanwhile the N./E. European segment sales grow by 3.5% to €1669m despite economically difficult times, with EBT growing by 52.4% to €12.5m.

AMD takes on both x86-based embedded system development and Raspberry Pi-style micro-PCs with with the Gizmo board-- a 25cm-square development board running Android, Linux and Windows.

The package includes a dual-core 1GHz G-T40E CPU, Radeon HD 6250 GPU and 1GB of soldered-on RAM, giving it the performance capacity of 52 gigaFLOPS (GFLOPS) according to AMD.

It also includes a number of connectivity options-- VGA, x2 USB, ethernet and x2 custom I/O connectors.

While chiefly aimed for embedded device applications (such as STBs, thin clients Read more...

Huawei launches its eSpace industry TV solution, a suite of streaming media solutions, including digital signage and enterprise streaming media, to help businesses build more intelligent and efficient information distribution platforms and develop effective information strategies.

Commenting on how businesses can capitalize on this trend, Yunhao Zhang, Director of Huawei’s Industry Business eSpace Industry TV Solution said: "With the new Huawei eSpace industry TV solution, enterprises can now leverage digital signage to enable multimedia information distribution through the Internet, while the enterprise streaming media solution creates the ability to build an integrated media platform that offers live streaming, Video-on-Demand (VOD) and interactive entertainment. Key features of the Huawei eSpace industry TV solution include high interoperability, easy deployment and maintenance, low bandwidth requirements and high quality. The Huawei eSpace industry TV solution is designed to cater for a wide range of industry verticals, including finance, hospitality, retail, education and the enterprise campus."

"Huawei is able to offer end-to-end digital signage solutions that help enterprises build open and integrated information distribution platforms with high reliability and easy maintenance. The solution delivers superior user experience and helps enterprises enhance work efficiency and lower operating cost," adds Yunhao Zhang. Read more...

Intel makes what perhaps is an expected announcement-- no doubt due to continual PC sale declines Intel is phasing out the desktop motherboard business in order to focus on mobile products.

In other words, the company will still supply desktop chipsets to 3rd party motherboard makers, but will stop making own motherboards (such as all ATX boards, including Mini-ATX and Micro ATX models) after a final Haswell-based series set for a Q3 2013 launch.

"Intel's Desktop Motherboard Business will begin slowly ramping down over the course of the next Read more...