Semiconductor Industry
- Apple Drops Price Of MacBook Air
(TechWeb)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:25:00
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The price reduction appears to be the result of a drop in the price of the 1.8-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a reduction in the price of the 64-GB solid-state drive. - IBM Back On Top Of Server Market
(TechWeb)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:19:00
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Gartner revised figures for the first quarter, lowering server revenue growth from 4.3% to 2.5% and putting IBM back in first place ahead of HP. - Rebounding AMD Offers Three New X4 Phenom Chips
(NewsFactor)
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:15:06
NewsFactor - Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices released three new Phenom quad-core processors for the desktop Tuesday, including an X4 9550 Black Edition that allows users to increase the clock speed. - Intel Dips, AMD Gains In Year-To-Year Market Share
(TechWeb)
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:00:00
TechWeb - InformationWeek - ISuppli estimates that about half of AMD’s year-to-year growth came at the expense of Intel, with the remainder from smaller chipmakers. - AMD Gains Ground on Intel in Chip Wars
(PC World)
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:40:10
PC World - AMD gained market share against Intel in first quarter microprocessor sales, iSuppli says. - Intel Calls out Mobile Chip Competitors
(PC World)
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:40:23
PC World - Intel said its mobile chips could dominate in the long run by offering value and software compatibility that competitors like… - AMD Debuts Three Quad-Core ‘Phenom’ Desktop Processors
(TechWeb)
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:57:00
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The processors are billed as energy efficient and ideal for small and sleek PCs that can help cut down on energy consumption. - AMD Releases New 140-Watt ‘Black’ Phenom X4
(PC Magazine)
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:12:58
PC Magazine - On Tuesday, AMD announced a new version of its flagship “Black” Phenom X4, as well as two energy-efficient versions of the Phenom X4 chip. - Intel pursues narrow Windows Vista rollout
(Reuters)
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:33:47
Reuters - Intel Corp , the world’s
biggest chipmaker and decades-long business partner of
Microsoft Corp, has no immediate plans to roll out the software
giant’s Windows Vista operating system to all its employees.
- HP, Hitachi Boost Blade Server Offerings
(PC World)
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:40:10
PC World - HP and Hitachi boosted blade offerings, with Hitachi upgrading blades to use new Intel chips and HP combining blade servers in… - Hitachi Upgrades Server Line With Latest Intel Chips
(TechWeb)
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:52:00
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The BladeSymphony server line is available with the newest Intel Itanium and Xeon processors. - Chips Fall Where They May
(Investor’s Business Daily)
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:38:38
Investor’s Business Daily - The widely tracked Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 17% in the first quarter. But the index — a basket of 18 leading chip stocks tracked by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange — has risen 14% since March 17 to 384. - Arm to Duel With Intel in the Server Space
(PC World)
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:20:11
PC World - Arm is getting ready to challenge Intel by moving its mobile chip architecture into servers. - Working Group Formed For Royalty-Free Parallel Computing Programming
(TechWeb)
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:00:00
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Apple has proposed the Open Computing Language, or OpenCL, specification to enable applications to access GPU and CPU resources through a C-based language. - AMD Counters Nvidia with Cinema 2.0 Graphics Chip
(NewsFactor)
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:44:06
NewsFactor - On the same day competitor Nvidia released its GPU 200 series of high-end graphics chips, Advanced Micro Devices announced what it called “the Cinema 2.0 experience” that will be possible because of its forthcoming teraFLOPS graphics chip. - Hynix to buy 9.5 pct of ProMOS in $168 mln deal
(Reuters)
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:15:06
Reuters - Hynix Semiconductor Inc (000660.KS), the world’s No.2 memory chip maker, said on Tuesday it would buy about 9.5 percent of ProMOS Technologies (5387.TWO) for $168 million, expanding a strategic partnership with its Taiwan rival. - Stephen Morse: Father of the 8086 Processor
(PC World)
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:00:00
PC World - The engineer whose 30-year-old architecture still influences PCs today talks about how Intel took the SEX out of the pioneering CPU, and other tales from the beginning of the x86 era. - Birth of a Standard: The Intel 8086 Microprocessor
(PC World)
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:00:00
PC World - Thirty years ago, Intel released the 8086 processor, introducing the x86 architecture that underlies every PC–Windows, Mac, or Linux–produced today. - AMD Goes Hollywood With New Graphics Chips
(PC World)
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:50:10
PC World - AMD is targeting Hollywood with the new Radeon 4800 series graphics chips, which can render lifelike images in real time. - Rival Low-Cost Laptop PC Efforts Report Some Advances
(Investor’s Business Daily)
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:18:21
Investor’s Business Daily - The one-laptop-per-child effort has had its problems, notably a fight between chipmaker Intel and the nonprofit group leading the effort, but there has been progress.
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