NovaThor is no more as STMicro and Ericsson end joint venture
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- S.S.T
- uuh
- 20 Mar 2013
Doesn't matter, lost another "cheap" but powerful chip maker. Said that, U8500 was a technological marvel, nothing less, dual core, a GPU more than sufficient for its price range; all gone.
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- AnonD-23984
- uSR
- 20 Mar 2013
I hope Jolla can find another chipset partner.:(
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- AnonD-68841
- 7q9
- 20 Mar 2013
they should release the source code for U8500. Too bad devices running on it especially xperia p/u/go/sola havent got a working 4.1 rom yet.
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- THK
- 3q{
- 20 Mar 2013
Does that mean the production of Galaxy S3 Mini will end soon? I hope not...
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- jc
- tha
- 20 Mar 2013
stmicro keep making products to stericsson customer as long as they needed them
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/18/st-ericsson-stmicro-idUSL6N0CA22D20130318
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- just a guy
- YRf
- 20 Mar 2013
omg. so there will be no 3ghz by st ericsson?
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- so no power vr 6
- ssE
- 19 Mar 2013
pity, because novathor 9500 was supposed to be the only chip to bring imagination power vr 6 series graphics (rogue) to android (it's not sure whether Samsung would use it or mali 6 - so maybe apple would be the only one to use it at a large scale)
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- AnonD-111158
- LE1
- 19 Mar 2013
AnonD-71308, 19 Mar 2013Novathor chips are pretty amazing considering one of them c... moreSo what? More clock speed doesn't always translate to speed. See how dual-core u8500 perform on par (if not worse) with single-core Snapdragons?
I feel sorry for those who lost their jobs, but when it comes to the industry, nothing of value has been lost.
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- N$i
- 19 Mar 2013
Anonymous, 19 Mar 2013Novathor chips were great...fast,efficient and cheap...c'mo... moreI think there is a hint there as to why they were heading to bankruptcy.. just sayin'.
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- goron
- uEC
- 19 Mar 2013
that what u get when you buy a sony like xperia go
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- ikkie
- nxX
- 19 Mar 2013
Survival of the fittest. Novathor chips really didn't create a cause for concern for the big names at all.
This in return may end up giving its competitors a longer shelf life to be used in lesser models in the future.
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- n95
- 19 Mar 2013
Novathor chips were great...fast,efficient and cheap...c'mon who gives you dc phone at 150 EUR?
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- ut{
- 19 Mar 2013
AnonD-542, 19 Mar 2013The only device with proper implementation of Novathor u850... morewhat about galaxy s advance....
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- t1$
- 19 Mar 2013
The only device with proper implementation of Novathor u8500 is Xperia P.....
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- AnonD-57609
- rq9
- 19 Mar 2013
Their u8500 chip in Sony Xperia u sucks anyway
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- AnonD-71308
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- 19 Mar 2013
Novathor chips are pretty amazing considering one of them clocks at a whopping 3ghz but sadly they didn't get enough support.
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- AnonD-79543
- 61E
- 19 Mar 2013
No surprise, it's highly anticipated. It's now just Ericsson. STMicro was drowning that's why Ericsson didn't buy STMicro's share of the joint venture.