chip technology

IBM and Samsung will be jointly developing semiconductor technology for smartphones and other mobile gadgets as it appears from the conjoint statement made by the two companies this week.

International Business Machines Corp and Samsung Electronics Co plan to research new chip materials and improvements in process technology, to develop smaller and more energy efficient semiconductor products, they said.

Intel plans to preview its new Core i processors for laptops, among other chip technologies on December 17.

Intel is supposed to preview the first Core i3 processors, some including the 2.93GHz i3 530, have appeared on retail sites already, as well as updates to the Core i5 series.

This preview is to become Intel's first chance to show off its ready-to-ship, commercially viable next-generation 32-nanometer technology.