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Manufacturers Spend More on Chips for Wireless Devices than for PC Chips By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published February 02, 2012 Researchers predict this is the beginning of a long trend. Tags: PC, chips, research, semiconductor, wireless AMD Revenues Hit by Supply and Demand Issues By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published January 25, 2012 Chip vendor AMD reported fourth quarter results showing a net Loss, but CEO pledges a bright future. Tags: chips, processor, AMD Despite Thailand Floods, Intel Reports Record 2011 Results By Thor Olavsrud | Article Published January 20, 2012 Intel Thursday reported record full-year 2011 revenue of $54.2 billion and earnings per share of $2.39 in the face of severe flooding in Thailand. Yet the company warned the first quarter of 2012 might be affected. Tags: earnings, microprocessors, Intel, chips IBM Announces Computer Memory Breakthrough By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 30, 2011 Phase change memory is up to 100 times faster than NAND Flash, and it lasts up to 1000 times longer. Tags: chips AMD Bombshell: Dirk Meyer Out as CEO By David Needle | Article Published January 10, 2011 Chipmaker names CFO Thomas Seifert as interim CEO following Meyer's sudden resignation. Tags: AMD, chips, Intel, Fusion, Enterprise IT Intel Tops Revised Estimates in 3Q By Larry Barrett | Article Published October 12, 2010 Chipmaker managed to hurdle its own watered down estimates and provides a better-than-expected outlook for fourth quarter. Tags: Intel, earnings, hardware, chips, Paul Otellini Chip Sales Up Globally By - Reuters | Article Published July 06, 2010 Shrugging off bad news, chip sales show robust year over year sales increase. Tags: chip sales, chips, processors, Intel, Texas Instruments AMD Expected to Gain with New Chips By - Reuters | Article Published May 10, 2010 AMD chips will be included in 109 mainstream laptop models in the coming months, up sharply from last year's 40 laptop models. Tags: netbook, Notebook, processor, AMD, chips Is IBM's Foundry Business Next to Go? By Andy Patrizio | Article Published May 10, 2010 A consulting firm said the next thing for Big Blue to shed is its chip fab facilities, and Globalfoundries is the ideal partner. But will it happen? Tags: chips, IBM, semiconductors, GlobalFoundries, Fabs Intel Unveils Atom-Based Server Platform By Andy Patrizio | Article Published March 05, 2010 Touting the Atom server's energy efficiency, Intel claims the boxes provide enough power for small office/home office (SOHO) and SMB clients, at a reasonable cost. Tags: server management, chips, server, Atom, Intel The World According to Intel By Rob Enderle | Article Published February 10, 2010 A report from the annual Intel analysts’ event, with notes on various executives' presentations, suggests that the firm is in good competitive shape going forward. Tags: PC, Intel, chips, processor FTC Sues, What's the Fallout for Intel? By Andy Patrizio | Article Published December 16, 2009 While Intel's lawyers continue to enjoy little down time, it's not clear the FTC's complaint will have much of an impact on the chip giant. Tags: Intel, antitrust, FTC, chips FTC Sues Intel for Anticompetitive Practices By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published December 16, 2009 Agency the latest to go after chip giant for alleged market abuses, though it's not seeking any money. Tags: Intel, chips, AMD, FTC Google Claims Chrome Boots PC in 7 Seconds By - Reuters | Article Published November 20, 2009 Sending a shot across the bow of Apple and Microsoft, Google says its new Chrome OS will turn on a PC as fast as a TV. Tags: search, Microsoft, operating system, Google, chips AMD' s 2010 Roadmap: Aggressive By Andy Patrizio | Article Published November 12, 2009 Chipmaker AMD's ambitions include its Fusion products as well as myriad new processor technologies. Tags: AMD, chips, integrated, desktops, workloads Intel CEO Forecasts Big Second Half By David Needle | Article Published October 23, 2009 PC sales will be up this year over last, with a greater boost coming in 2010, says Intel CEO Paul Otellini. Tags: iPhone, Paul Otellini, policy, Intel, chips AMD's New Chips Target Desktop Trends By Andy Patrizio | Article Published October 20, 2009 AMD's new Athlon II processors are designed for emerging form factors in the desktop PC market. Tags: HP, Windows, AMD, chips, marketing Marvell Takes on Intel, nVidia By Andy Patrizio | Article Published October 19, 2009 Marvell's release of four new ARM-based designs -- for everything from smartphones to HDTVs -- competes directly with the better known chipmakers. Tags: Microsoft, Qualcomm, chips, wireless, Google Gartner: Chip Sales Growth Will Return (Slowly) By Andy Patrizio | Article Published October 16, 2009 While growth in chip sector is clearly on the way, the number won't be dramatic. Tags: chips, iPhone, AMD, nVidia, Intel nVidia's New 'Fermi': 'Supercomputing in a GPU' By Andy Patrizio | Article Published October 01, 2009 nVidia is touting its next generation in graphics architecture, codenamed "Fermi," calling it "the soul of a supercomputer in the body of a GPU." Tags: nVidia, chips, Fermi, Intel, AMD USB 3.0 Debuts: 10 Times Faster than 2.0 By Andy Patrizio | Article Published September 25, 2009 The new USB protocol debuted at a major industry confab hosted by Intel. Tags: Intel, chips, AMD, USB 3.0, consumer Intel Prefers Fiber Optics Over Cables By Andy Patrizio | Article Published September 24, 2009 In the future, you may no longer need all those bulky cables that drape all over your computer systems. Tags: HP, Dell, datacenter, Intel, chips Intel Looks Beyond PCs As Market Shifts By - Reuters | Article Published September 23, 2009 Intel will boost efforts in consumer electronics and other markets beyond the aging personal computer business. Tags: iPhone, chips, handhelds, Intel AMD Touts New Chip Branding Strategy By Andy Patrizio | Article Published September 11, 2009 Consumers don't know hyperthreading from hyperbole and don't care about gigahertz anymore, AMD claims, as it move in a new direction. Tags: chips, Windows, AMD, Intel, nVidia Intel Unveils Core i5 Processors: High End Desktop By Andy Patrizio | Article Published September 08, 2009 The new processors will also serve the low end server market. Tags: chips, Intel, Windows, e-Mail, server AMD's New Lower Power Server Chip Targets Web By - Reuters | Article Published August 31, 2009 AMD's has begun a new lower power server chip that it expects to be popular for Web hosting companies, among others. Tags: Intel, AMD, e-Mail, chips IBM to use DNA in Microchips By - Reuters | Article Published August 17, 2009 Artificial DNA nanostructures, or "DNA origami" may provide a cheap framework on which to build tiny microchips, according to a paper in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. Tags: international, IBM, media, chips, Copyright Windows 7 Influenced by AMD By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 10, 2009 Though not the giant in the chip field, AMD's influence on Windows 7 is considerable. Tags: AMD, Microsoft, Windows 7, virtualization, chips Netbooks Unlikely for Newbies, Intel Says By - Reuters | Article Published July 30, 2009 First time buyers are far more likely to buy a full-size unit, says an Intel marketing representative. Tags: consumer, netbooks, chips, Intel, marketing Black Hat Reveals Tech Grid Holes By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published July 28, 2009 It's not that hard to fool a 'smart meter' after all. Tags: software, chips, IT, security Google Targets Microsoft, Will Launch PC OS By - Reuters | Article Published July 08, 2009 Initially aimed at the fast growing netbook market, Google's new OS promises to be highly disruptive. Tags: Google, Microsoft, Linux, Dell, chips IT Spending Shows Signs of Life By Andy Patrizio | Article Published July 07, 2009 Several IT sectors are actually boosting spending this year, with a few surprises among the growth areas. Tags: chips, semiconductor, mergers, dot-com Dell to Enter the Handheld Market By - Reuters | Article Published June 30, 2009 The prototype is described as slightly larger than Apple's iPod Touch. Tags: iPhone, chips, Google, Dell Mobile Unit Allies: Nokia and Intel By - Reuters | Article Published June 24, 2009 Angling for a break in the all-important mobile market, Intel joins with Nokia. Tags: Intel, chips, Nokia, Qualcomm, wireless The Difficulty with Green Tech By Andy Patrizio | Article Published June 14, 2009 Photovoltaic solar power could be a wildly successful business, yet it faces steep challenges. Tags: technology, chips, IT, semiconductor IT Gets More Scrutiny (and More Headaches) By Drew Robb | Article Published May 21, 2009 Long ago, IT existed in a ivory silo that wasn't visited much. Not anymore. Tags: virtualization, Cisco, HP, chips, services Intel Slammed with $1.45 Billion Antitrust Fine By - Reuters | Article Published May 13, 2009 The European Commission fined Intel Corp a record 1.06 billion euros ($1.45 billion), ordering it to halt illegal rebates and other practices used to squeeze out rival AMD. Tags: Microsoft, AMD, chips, Intel Oracle Believes in Sun's Hardware Biz By Andy Patrizio | Article Published May 08, 2009 To the great relief of many Sun staffers, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said that he has no plans to eliminate Sun's hardware. Tags: Oracle, Intel, chips, Sun Microsystems Windows 7 'XP Mode' Omits Some PCs By Andy Patrizio | Article Published May 05, 2009 To use XP mode in Windows 7 requires users to have hardware virtualization technology that not all PCs have. Tags: Microsoft, Windows 7, virtualization, Intel, chips Do Chip Sales Signal a Turn? By Andy Patrizio | Article Published May 02, 2009 Global chip sales rose modestly in March over February. Does this mean the economy is on the mend? Tags: Intel, smartphones, chips, server, consumer Intel Unveils Data Center Monitoring Kit By Andy Patrizio | Article Published May 01, 2009 Intel has released the Data Center Manager, an application development kit for tracking data center power use. Tags: search, datacenter, Intel, chips, middleware Apple Moving to Design Own Chip By - Reuters | Article Published April 30, 2009 A couple of key hires indicate that Apple is moving toward building its own chip. Tags: iPhone, chips, media, semiconductor, Apple Google Rebuff's McKinsey's Cloud Computing Claims By David Needle | Article Published April 29, 2009 Google strongly disagrees with consultancy McKinsey's theories about the limits of cloud computing. Tags: cloud computing, Google, virtualization, chips, search Sun Debuts x86 Blades Geared for Network By Andy Patrizio | Article Published April 14, 2009 While Sun Microsystems runs behind HP and IBM in the blade sector, this release show it's eyeing market growth. Tags: nVidia, virtualization, AMD, chips, HP Intel: Will Stimulus Stimulate Chips? By - Reuters | Article Published April 08, 2009 Intel head Craig Barrett said it's unclear when the buyers will come back. Tags: media, consumer, chips, Intel Chips Sales Still Downbeat By Andy Patrizio | Article Published April 06, 2009 The first quarter of 2009 wasn't much better than the remarkably bad 2008. Tags: economy, Qualcomm, services, Intel, chips Nvidia Countersues Intel By - Reuters | Article Published March 27, 2009 Graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp countersued Intel Corp for breach of contract on Thursday, alleging that Intel made misleading statements designed to undermine Nvidia's licensing rights. Tags: chips, Intel, nVidia Cell Phone Security Updates: Voluntary or Involuntary? By Kenneth van Wyk | Article Published March 10, 2009 Should mobile carriers push out updated software to customers regardless of choice, or is it safer to have the users request the updates? Tags: chips, security, cell phone, wireless, carriers Juniper Touts New Network Technology By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published February 25, 2009 Despite the slump, the networking company says advances in network speed will continue. Tags: chips, networking, carriers, Juniper Apple's Woz Returns to Spotlight By - Reuters | Article Published February 23, 2009 Tech icon Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple and helped popularize personal computing, is obviously unafraid to try new things. Tags: wireless, services, Apple, chips, Facebook Tech Sales Slump: Myth vs. Fact By Andy Patrizio | Article Published February 17, 2009 There appears to be a major disconnect between the slowdown in consumer sales and the dire numbers that some tech companies are reporting. Tags: AMD, chips, nVidia, Dell, Intel Intel and nVidia Tout Mobile Plans at GSMA By Andy Patrizio | Article Published February 16, 2009 The titans of chips aren't allowing the downturn to discourage them –– they're planning the next chapter in handhelds. Tags: Qualcomm, Google, AMD, Intel, chips Gartner: Too Many Chips Spoil the Server Broth By Andy Patrizio | Article Published January 30, 2009 Is it possible to have too many brains? Gartner finds multicore chips are outpacing the growth skill of parallel programmers. Tags: Dell, AMD, chips, Intel, virtualization Intel, Citrix Team on Virtualization By Richard Adhikari | Article Published January 23, 2009 Can the marriage of Xen and vPro save IT money and improve security? Tags: chips, Microsoft, virtualization, Dell, VMware Sun's Unwired Motherboard Plans By Andy Patrizio | Article Published December 24, 2008 Cutting the wires doesn't just work on networking, it could also greatly increase CPU-to-memory communications. That's if Sun has its way. Tags: marketing, spectrum, wireless, Sun Microsystems, chips Apple: The Time for Legal Clones is Now By Jason Perlow | Article Published December 08, 2008 The hardcore Mac fanatics will recoil in horror at the thought of their precious OS on commodity boxes. But economic hard times means the moment has come. Tags: chips, Intel, Dell, HP, Apple Emerson Network Power Keeps Server Rooms Chill By Drew Robb | Article Published December 08, 2008 Hard-Core Hardware: Emerson Network Power, parent company of Liebert Precision Cooling Brand, has product designed to cool every server room -- from those that can fit into a closet to large data centers. Tags: servers, networking, chips, marketing, server Why Are PCs and Gadgets So Slow? (Who's Breaking Moore's Law?) By Mike Elgan | Article Published December 03, 2008 The computer industry needs to stop padding products with ever longer lists of features and "improvements," and start focusing on raw performance. Tags: chips, Dell, HP, Microsoft, Intel Windows Ekes Out a Presence in Supercomputing By Andy Patrizio | Article Published November 26, 2008 Only five of the top 500 supercomputers in the world run Windows, but it's a start. Microsoft lays out its strategy for the high-performance computing market. Tags: chips, HP, Intel, AMD, Microsoft Performance or Power: Which Will Nehalem Use? By Andy Patrizio | Article Published November 19, 2008 Intel obsessed over power efficiency in the Nehalem line. So what's it doing with all the power savings? Increasing performance of course. Tags: AMD, server, chips, Intel, desktop SSD's Next Home Could Be Enterprise Storage By Andy Patrizio | Article Published November 13, 2008 Notebooks were a logical place for solid state drives, but desktops are not the next stop for the hard disk replacement technology. Tags: desktop, marketing, Storage, chips, datacenter Tech Sector Hit By Intel Warning By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published November 13, 2008 Shares of other tech companies, including Microsoft, dropped after Intel’s news. Tags: Copyright, chips, Intel, consumer, Microsoft Intel Issues Murky Growth Outlook By Andy Patrizio | Article Published October 16, 2008 Third quarter was marred more by memory headaches than the economy. Q4 is still far from certain. Tags: research, chips, InternetNews.com, Intel, IT Memory Makers Grapple with Falling Prices By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published October 10, 2008 Analysts look for opportunities as credit crisis squeezes the deal pipeline for memory chip makers. Tags: Intel, Microsoft, search, chips, Linux Apple to Unveil New or Updated Laptops on Oct 14 By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published October 10, 2008 Apple Inc will unveil its updated laptops on October 14 and they may cost less, but analysts say the company's drooping stock has already taken any change into account. Tags: chips, IT, stocks, media, Copyright Bluetooth to Capitalize on Wi-Fi, UWB By Naomi Graychase | Article Published September 11, 2008 A new architecture currently in development will allow Bluetooth to harness Wi-Fi and eventually UWB to achieve greater data transfer rates. Tags: spectrum, wireless, chips, Verizon, Congress Atom Proves too hot for Intel to Handle By Andy Patrizio | Article Published September 03, 2008 They can make plenty of chips, but Intel is finding it hard to get them tested in time to meet the exploding demand. Tags: chips, Dell, IT, Intel, InternetNews.com Made in China: The Godson Processor By Andy Patrizio | Article Published August 27, 2008 Not to be left behind in the microprocessor business, China is working on a low-power MIPS-based processor with x86 emulation. Tags: Intel, chips, Linux, AMD, IBM Will Solid State Drives Go Beyond Enterprise? By Judy Mottl | Article Published August 25, 2008 Insiders predict a revolution in solid state storage next year. Tags: InternetNews.com, chips, Storage, support, Sun Microsystems Is Apple's iPhone Fix Enough? By David Needle | Article Published August 21, 2008 Apple says an update addresses connectivity problems with the iPhone's 3G performance. Tags: e-Mail, chips, iPhone, RIM, AT&T Intel's Nehalem Takes Center Stage at IDF By Andy Patrizio | Article Published August 20, 2008 From laptops to servers, Intel shows off the future of its processor lines. Tags: virtualization, AMD, Intel, chips, IBM For Starters: The Virtualization Performance Quandary By Rafael Hernandez | Article Published August 01, 2008 Virtualization, despite its benefits, isn't without its drawbacks. Luckily, both software and hardware makers are addressing the performance penalty part of the equation. Tags: virtualization, AMD, workloads, Intel, chips OS Roundup: BSD Bug Emerges From Chrysalis By Paul Rubens | Article Published July 25, 2008 When it comes to operating systems, maturity isn't everything. After 33 years in hibernation, a BSD bug has emerged. And it's not the only decades old vulnerability to surface in recent weeks. Kinda puts those Windows bugs in perspective. Tags: Intel, Microsoft, Windows, chips, Vista Overview: A Crop of Entry-Level Servers By Drew Robb | Article Published July 25, 2008 Small businesses have a wider selection of entry-level servers available than ever before. See what's ripe for the picking. Tags: Microsoft, Dell, chips, services, HP Laptops with Solid State Drives: Pros and Cons By David Strom | Article Published July 21, 2008 Solid state drives can offer higher performance than conventional rotating storage, yet also add about $500- $800 to a laptop’s price. Are they worth it? Tags: chips, Dell, Storage, laptop, Solid-State Drives |
