Plaintiffs sought in potential battery-life class action
Blog A Californian law firm is looking for potential plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit over laptop makers' battery life claims. Girard Gibbs has put up a webpage referring to AMD's claims that... [30 Jun 2009]
Intel showcases new technologies
News The chipmaker has provided insights into a number of research projects that extend beyond its processor business [22 Jun 2009]
IBM launches new acronym
Blog IBM has announced the release of a new acronym. FOAK, which stands for "first-of-a-kind", was launched on Wednesday. According to a statement from Big Blue, "IBM's FOAK program pairs IBM's... [18 Jun 2009]
Toshiba plans restructure of system chip unit
News Toshiba, Japan's largest chipmaker, plans to mass produce 28nm system chips in the coming business year [18 Jun 2009]
Intel to phase out 'Centrino' in rebranding push
News Intel is planning to phase out some of its brands, including Centrino PCs, to focus on fewer top names as the chipmaker expands into new markets [18 Jun 2009]
Report: Sun abandons high-end chip project
News The company has killed off a project to develop an advanced server chip dubbed 'Rock', which it had hoped would leapfrog its technology past rivals, according to reports [16 Jun 2009]
Global chip-foundry sales to rise: iSuppli
News Global revenue in the chip-foundry market is expected to post a rise in the second quarter, but 2009 will remain challenging for foundries, says the researcher [10 Jun 2009]
Apple: Snow Leopard set to unleash chip power
News At the Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple announced a technology called Grand Central Dispatch to better tap into multicore chip power [09 Jun 2009]
Flexible memory developed for chips
News Researchers at US National Institute of Standards and Technology have created a flexible memristor, which can be bent or twisted and remain functional [04 Jun 2009]
SanDisk fine-tunes SSDs for netbooks
News The flash memory firm has revealed two solid-state drives and a range of memory cards that are specifically tailored for use in small, cheap subnotebooks [02 Jun 2009]
AMD launches dual-core Phenom, Athlon CPUs
News The chipmaker has unveiled its first dual-core Phenom and a dual-core Athlon that can work with the faster memory standard DDR3 [02 Jun 2009]
Intel launches CULV chip for ultra-thin notebooks
News The SU2700 is designed for notebook computers that are larger and more powerful than netbooks, but still much thinner than traditional laptops [02 Jun 2009]
AMD launches 'Istanbul' six-core processors
News The new Opteron processors are aimed at the high-performance computing and virtualisation markets [01 Jun 2009]
Sata 3.0 paves way for slimmer notebooks
News The new version of the Serial ATA specification, released on Wednesday, also promises smoother video playback from storage drives using the interface [28 May 2009]
Intel to produce more powerful server chip
News The Nehalem EX chip will increase the number of cores inside a single chip from six to eight, while each core will be able to handle two threads of software [27 May 2009]
Intel previews next-gen Atom, updates Moblin
News Chip architecture changes in 'Pineview' promise to boost performance, while the beta update to Moblin should let developers customise the Linux-based netbook platform's look and feel [20 May 2009]
AMD unfazed by Intel cross-licensing threat
News Intel has yet to act on its threat to pull out of cross-licensing agreement involving an AMD joint venture, which AMD's Asia-Pacific head insists poses no issue [18 May 2009]
AMD-Intel balance unchanged by EU fine
Analysis While AMD has reason to be pleased about the recent European Commission ruling and fine against Intel, it has bigger worries when increasing its market share [14 May 2009]
AMD: Antitrust ruling will unseat Intel
News The European Commission's decision to fine Intel €1.06bn will create an industry 'which is ruled by consumers', AMD chief Dirk Meyer said [13 May 2009]
Intel to set up visual-computing lab in Europe
News The chipmaker will spend $12m to create a visual-computing research centre in Germany that will develop enterprise applications that look and feel real [13 May 2009]
Intel hit with record €1bn EU antitrust fine
News The European Commission finds that Intel tried to shut AMD out of the x86 CPU market by giving rebates and paying PC makers to cancel AMD-based product launches [13 May 2009]
In Praise of Gparted
Blog I have been trying to rationalize the multitude of partitions on my various laptops today, and I just want to say that the Gnome Partition Editor (gparted) has really been fantastic. Using it, I... [01 May 2009]
Dialogue Box is back!
Blog Charles and I have donned the lab coats one mo' time for series six - SIX! - of Dialogue Box, and started out by stepping into space. Since a very young Rupert watched Neil Armstrong hop off the... [23 Apr 2009]
AMD offers lower power quad-core Opteron
News The latest 45nm Opteron processor can run at 40W, down from the previous low of 55W [22 Apr 2009]
Samsung ships fast 2Gb DDR3 memory
Blog The South Korean company, Samsung Electronics said on Thursday it had begun shipping what it claimed were the first high-density, 2Gb DDR3 memory modules using 50nm technology. Designed for use... [20 Mar 2009]
Geany-arse colour chooser
Blog A terrible pun, I know. But I couldn't hold back from waxing lyrical about the Geany text editor and its fantastic Colour Chooser (screengrab below). It's such a neat little IDE, and... [06 Mar 2009]
Intel to remove up to 300 jobs in Ireland
Blog Intel is going to cut its workforce in Ireland by between 200 and 300 jobs despite assuring workers there that their jobs were safe. The company confirmed to the Press Association on Wednesday... [19 Feb 2009]
Weekend Success - Ubuntu 8.10 on the HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog Well, after considerable struggle, it has been a successful weekend. I've been trying since the first day that I got my HP 2133 Mini-Note to get Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) installed on it,... [15 Feb 2009]
Intel research: fast radios, flashy chips, low power
Blog Intel is concentrating on integration rather than acceleration, according to the fifteen papers it will be presenting at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference next week in San... [05 Feb 2009]
Linux on the HP 2133 Mini-Note, Part 3
Blog Thanks to a typically excellent tip from Adam Williamson (AdamW), I now have Mandriva One 2009.0 running on the HP 2133, and it looks really good. When I tried it previously, it appeared that the... [03 Feb 2009]
