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IBM's chip future may woo Sun
News IBM moved the battle of the microprocessor vendors up a notch on Monday when it revealed that it was developing a new manufacturing method for its Power range that promised speeds of 4-5GHz — twice as fast as the processors' current top speed.
[February 7, 2006, 15:35]
Tech firms lead intellectual property stakes
News AMD, which is slowly eroding Intel's grip on the consumer microprocessor manufacturing industry, received 1,055 US patents last year. New figures from the United States Patent and Trademark office show that IBM leads the world in patenting new...
[March 20, 2001, 6:49]
Sun sees more visualisation
News MAJC, which stands for Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing and is pronounced 'Magic', is intended to accelerate graphics tasks such as digital video editing, computer-aided design and visualisation.
[April 26, 2000, 14:34]
Transmeta chip could knock Intel off its perch
News The revolutionary low-power Crusoe microprocessor from Transmeta could pose a significant threat to Intel's grip on the mobile chip industry, according to an article in the Financial Times (FT) Friday.
[January 14, 2000, 14:06]
Via unveils world's smallest mobile chip
News Intel and AMD, the two largest microprocessor makers, are shifting from 0.18 micron to 0.13 micron this year. Via Technologies this week unveiled a mobile version of its Via C3 processor line, based on the advanced 0.13-micron manufacturing process...
[June 8, 2001, 13:03]
Sun touts new chip as pure MAJC
News Sun's MAJC chip -- the name is short for Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing -- is aimed at delivering superior processing for multimedia, and it is moving ever closer to shipping. The chip has gone through the engineering process, and...
[April 25, 2000, 8:05]
Intel v AMD: let the battle begin
News At this week's Microprocessor Forum in San Jose, California, Intel will reveal new details on its Coppermine technology, which will be the basis of a number of new Pentium III processors to be announced at the end of the month.
[October 4, 1999, 15:49]
Intel's latest Itanium tipped to upset server market
News Intel is saying, 'We are committed to a road map, and we are improving every year, and we are powering through this with our marketing and manufacturing muscle,'" said Kevin Krewell, senior editor of the Microprocessor Report industry newsletter.
[June 30, 2003, 7:47]
IBM adds zip to PowerPC chips
News IBM is ready to enter production with a new performance-enhancing microprocessor technology, called "silicon-on-insulator," the company announced Monday. The resulting manufacturing technique embeds an insulating layer of oxide between the...
[May 23, 2000, 8:13]
Chips may be down for Transmeta manufacturing
News Transmeta will complete a "critical evaluation of the economics of its current business model of designing, developing and selling x86-compatible microprocessor products", the company said in a statement.
[January 5, 2005, 8:15]
ServerWorks short on chipsets
News Although not a household name, ServerWorks is the dominant power in the market for server chipsets, which serve as the main conduit between the microprocessor and the rest of the computer. The Santa Clara, California-based company said that it had...
[March 11, 2003, 8:07]
ARM design to take mobile chips over 1GHz
News Intel has been making performance advancements of its own with the ARM-based Xscale microprocessor, which currently reaches speeds of up to 400MHz. In its initial incarnation using a 0.13-micron manufacturing process, ARM11 will deliver 350MHz to...
[April 29, 2002, 13:55]
US Report: AMD and Motorola team up
News AMD is expected to have a copper-based microprocessor commercially available next year. The two will announce a patent cross-licensing deal on Monday that, among other things, gives AMD access to Motorola's copper manufacturing technology and gives...
[July 20, 1998, 12:04]
TI to outsource chip production
News One of the few guys who can still go it alone is Intel, but most guys have decided the best way to go is to share the burden," of building factories, said Kevin Krewell, an editor at the Microprocessor Report newsletter.
[May 20, 2002, 11:10]
A Year Ago: AMD and Motorola team up
News AMD is expected to have a copper-based microprocessor commercially available next year. The two will announce a patent cross-licensing deal on Monday that, among other things, gives AMD access to Motorola's copper manufacturing technology and gives...
[July 20, 1999, 6:09]
Intel debuts higher-speed Celeron
News The first Y2K microprocessor is .a Celeron. But it's the last such chip before the company moves Celeron to its 0.18 micron manufacturing process, which is now used for the Pentium III. Intel introduced Tuesday a 533MHz Celeron processor for value...
[January 5, 2000, 9:32]
Intel unveils Nehalem 'turbo mode'
News Intel unveiled on Tuesday a new aspect of its upcoming microprocessor architecture, which promises better power management and efficiency. Nehalem fulfils the 45nm (nanometre) 'tock' of the chip giant's 'tick-tock' strategy, which aims to shrink...
[August 20, 2008, 12:14]
Apple may ponder speedier Motorola chip
News I doubt it would be later than July or August," said Peter Glaskowsky, editor in chief of Microprocessor Report. However, analysts say that now that IBM has moved the G5 line to its 90-nanometre manufacturing process, a G5 PowerBook should not be...
[February 24, 2004, 10:30]
Transmeta's woes continue
News At the 2000 Microprocessor Forum, founder Dave Ditzel, tired of the complaints, brought a Crusoe-based notebook and showed it to as many analysts as he could find. The company, however, then ran into manufacturing problems with the second version...
[January 24, 2005, 11:10]
Intel cuts Montecito's power consumption
News A 100-watt envelope for 1.7 billion transistors--that's a heck of a deal," said Microprocessor Report editor in chief Kevin Krewell. The major reason for the lower power is the shift to a new manufacturing process employing 90-nanometer features...
[January 30, 2006, 8:55]
