AMD Highlights Efficiency of Operations |
In a keynote speech at the Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference, Doug Grose, AMD’s senior vice president for manufacturing, technology development and supply chain management,... |
AMD, HP, IBM, Intel, Nvidia and Sun Microsystems Team Up with Stanford to Create Pervasive Parallelism Laboratory |
Modern processors, whether they are central processing units (CPUs) or graphics processing units (GPUs), contain many parallel computing engines which tremendous processing power cannot be uti... |
HP Labs Proves Existence of New Basic Element for Electronic Circuits |
HP announced on Wednesday that researchers from HP Labs, the company’s central research facility, have proven the existence of what had previously been only theorized as the fourth funda... |
Apple Upgrades iMac Computers |
Apple this week upgraded its iMac all-in-one desktop computers with new microprocessors as well as graphics accelerators. The upgrades do not bring dramatic performance increases, but puts iMa... |
Eee May Become Independent Hardware Brand |
Asustek Computer, a leading maker of mainboards and other computer components, is rumoured to be considering spinning off its Eee brand into a separate company or business unit in order to be ... |
PC Makers Intend to Offer Computers with Windows XP After 30th of June |
Even though Microsoft Corp. plans to stop selling Windows XP licenses after the 30th of June for all personal computers with exception of very entry-level systems, large suppliers of PCs inten... |
AMD Unveils New Platform for Business PCs |
Advanced Micro Devices, the world’s second biggest supplier of x86 microprocessors, on Monday unveiled its first platform initiative aimed at commercial desktop and notebook computers. A... |
Apple Quietly Takes Over Microprocessor Designer |
Apple, a leading maker of portable digital media players as well as developer of Macintosh personal computer, has acquired PA Semi, a designer of Power-architecture microprocessors with whom A... |
UMC's Chairman Emeritus Expects Acquisitions and Mergers in Semiconductor Business |
As the demand towards leading-edge electronics equipment generally softens, the demand towards semiconductors lowers too and during the tough times for the industry mergers and restructures ar... |
Intel's Software Enables Key Data Sharing in Clinical Settings |
Intel Corp. has been developing various computing platforms for the healthcare industry for several years now, but without the properly made software hardware can hardly bring any benefits and... |
IBM and Partners Demonstrate New Material for 32nm Chip Production |
IBM and its joint development partners have announced that they had collectively demonstrated significant performance and power consumption advantages over industry standards by using a breakt... |
Nvidia Preps Tegra Product |
Nvidia Corp., the main supplier of discrete graphics adapter as well as variety of multimedia chips, prepares to release a product called “Tegra”. Few details are known, but this i... |
Shuttle Unveils High-Definition Video-Oriented Personal Computer |
Shuttle, a maker of small form-factor (SFF) barebone systems, has released its new computer that comes equipped with universal optical drive that can read both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. The ne... |
AMD Gets Rid of Chief Technology Officer Position |
Advanced Micro Devices on Friday announced that chief technology officer at the company will resign and will not be replaced. The company indicated that at the moment the company has five chie... |
Intel Gets Rid of Yet Another Non-Core Asset |
Intel Corp., the largest maker of x86 microprocessors in the world, and Emcore Corp., a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber opti... |