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HP
on Itanium design: We outtie (Red Herring)
It will no longer help design Intel’s Itanium chips, but Hewlett-Packard
will spend billions on the servers that use them.
Intel
expands core concept for chips (CNet News)
Intel plans to release chips with two processing cores next year,
but that's just the start.
Sony,
IBM, Toshiba Give Details of 'Cell' Chip (Reuters)
Companies unveiled some key details on the powerful new "Cell"
processor the three are jointly producing to run next-generation
computers, game consoles and TVs.
Getting
Intel Back on the Inside Track (BusinessWeek)
CEO-designate Paul Otellini needs to regain ground lost to AMD --
a tough task, given that some of his likely moves will also lower
margins.
Nvidia
to put more force behind Intel processors (CNet News)
Graphics chip maker Nvidia made public plans to create a version
of its nForce chipset for Intel processor PCs. That's something
Nvidia couldn't legally do in the past, but can do now, thanks to
a broad patent swap with Intel.
Intel
preps speedier Pentium 4 (CNet News)
Intel will deliver the last of its speed-fueled Pentium 4 processors
later this month.
Intel
Cancels Plan to Enter Digital TV Chip Market (Reuters)
Intel Corp. said it has scrapped plans to enter the digital television
chip business, marking a retreat from a major component of its consumer
electronics initiative.
Chips
Coming to a Brain Near You (Wired)
In this era of high-tech memory management, next in line to get
that memory upgrade isn't your computer, it's you.
AMD
kicks Intel when it’s down (Red Herring)
The underdog in the microchip business says its new line of chips
is the fastest on the market.
Intel
Scraps High-Speed Chip Project (Newsfactor)
Intel is giving up on the idea of developing a higher-speed Pentium
4 chip for desktop PCs in favor of intensifying its drive to develop
dual-core technology for servers, desktops and notebooks.
AMD
preps high-performance chips for desktops (CNet News)
Advanced Micro Devices is preparing to fire a new engine for hot-rod
PCs.
A
Chip That Stands Guard Duty (Forbes)
I've often wondered if some firm would ever invent a chip with enough
smarts to stop Internet-based attacks and mischief cold. At the
Fall Processor Forum this week, I finally encountered just such
a company.
An
Apple With Two Cores? (Forbes)
Was that maybe, just maybe, a chip aimed at a forthcoming PowerBook
that Freescale Semiconductor was talking about? Apparently not--or
at least not yet.
Wishful
Thinking on Chips? (Business Week)
Investors hungry for bargains could get a rude surprise if fourth-quarter
results are weaker than expected.
Intel
shelves plans for Wi-Fi access point (CNet News)
Intel has snuffed out a plan to provide consumer desktop PCs with
built-in Wi-Fi access points--the latest wrinkle for the chipmaker,
which has faced a number of product setbacks this year.
Chipmakers
Feel an Unseasonable Chill (BusinessWeek)
Their inventories are rising as pricey oil, sluggish job growth,
and the rising interest rates curb consumer demand.
Back
to Earth with a Thud (BusinessWeek)
Intel's warning of below-expectations earnings banished the last,
fading hopes of an industrywide boom.
Intel
Cuts Sales Outlook, Citing Consumers (Los Angeles Times)
The chip giant says people aren't buying as much tech gear as expected,
hurting profit margins. Its stock tumbles after hours.
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