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Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic Koala) on Netbooks - Part 3 (Kubuntu Net...

Blog In Part 1 of this series, I looked at the "standard" Ubuntu distribution, and found that with some adjustments, it could be made into what I considered to be a fairly nicely usable netbook. In... [06 Nov 2009]

Intel hit with federal antitrust lawsuit in US

Blog Intel is being sued in the United States for breaking federal and New York state antitrust laws. The New York attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, announced on Wednesday that he had filed the suit,... [04 Nov 2009]

Intel's 2010 roadmap

Intel's 2010 roadmap

Tech Guide From hardware-accelerated AES encryption via 32nm manufacturing to GPU integration and six cores, Intel's CPU roadmap holds great promise. The chip-maker's upcoming Larrabee 3D graphics processor remains short on detail though. [04 Nov 2009]

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Intel investigating Windows 7 iPhone sync flaw

News BIOS or system-configuration issues could be to blame for the flaw, which makes it impossible to synchronise iPhones with 64-bit Windows 7 PCs using P55 motherboards [03 Nov 2009]

Intel moves closer to next-gen memory

News Intel and Numonyx have announced practical advancements they believe will make phase-change memory meet its performance and capacity promise [29 Oct 2009]

Desktop supercomputer aims for 1.1 teraflops Camera icon

Desktop supercomputer aims for 1.1 teraflops

Photo Asus has unveiled a mini-supercomputer based on Nvidia graphics chips and a 3.33GHz Xeon [28 Oct 2009]

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ARM ups speed, drops power with new chip

News The world's most popular processor architecture continues to push its performance while aiming for mobile internet dominance over Intel [21 Oct 2009]

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Sun and Fujitsu update Sparc64 VII chips

News Sun is touting improved database performance and low upgrade costs in an effort to fight back against competition from IBM and HP [14 Oct 2009]

Chip sales bounce back in August

News Global semiconductor sales showed a small jump on July figures thanks to energy-efficiency programmes and the rise of netbooks [05 Oct 2009]

Gartner: ARM-based devices gaining momentum

News Dominance of the x86 processor architecture in the PC industry will be challenged by the sustained growth of ultra-low-cost computers [01 Oct 2009]

Japanese researchers harness parallel chips

News A group of researchers aims to create a software standard for multicore chips in devices, including mobile phones and car-navigation systems [30 Sep 2009]

IBM's 35 atoms and the rise of nanotech

IBM's 35 atoms and the rise of nanotech

Analysis Don Eigler moved a single atom two decades ago. Since then, he and IBM have taken new steps in pursuing a dream of compact, power-efficient computing [29 Sep 2009]

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How Intel's supercomputer almost used HP chips

Analysis In the 1990s, Intel seriously considered building the world's fastest supercomputer with a rival's processors, but the Pentium Pro arrived in time after all [24 Sep 2009]

IDF 2009 roundup: New directions for Intel

IDF 2009 roundup: New directions for Intel

Roundup At its annual Intel Developer Forum, the chipmaker shows its latest wafers, as well as an emphasis on computing beyond the PC [24 Sep 2009]


Intel brings Nehalem to notebooks

Intel brings Nehalem to notebooks

News IDF 2009: Processor chief Dadi Perlmutter touts a new fibre-optic replacement for video, audio and network leads [24 Sep 2009]

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Intel and the correct use of power

Blog One of the major themes at this year's IDF in San Francisco is the use and abuse of power. As Intel delicately drip-feeds information about its chips into the world, the picture builds up: these... [23 Sep 2009]

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Images: New technology unveiled at IDF 2009

Photo At the annual Intel Developer Forum, the chipmaker shows off technology including a 22nm wafer, the new Larrabee graphics chip and the Sandybridge processor family [23 Sep 2009]


Intel Developer Forum 2009 - day one

Blog I said it was going to be one of those IDFs. It was, more than I could have guessed. To begin at the beginning... but when was that? The 9am first keynote of the day, a little Otellini in the... [23 Sep 2009]

Intel shows off new 22nm wafer Video icon

Intel shows off new 22nm wafer

Video IDF 2009: Intel chief executive Paul Otellini shows off a silicon wafer housing chips made with 22nm process technology [23 Sep 2009]


Intel shifts focus as tech moves beyond the PC

Intel shifts focus as tech moves beyond the PC

News IDF 2009: Innovation needs to meet changing computing demands arising from netbooks, mobile phones and in-vehicle devices, Intel chief Paul Otellini tells developers [23 Sep 2009]

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IDF: Larrabee, Xeon 3000, Gulftown, Westmere...

Blog A slight pres release malfunction at IDF has led to the afternoon keynote from Sean Maloney appearing in the pigeon holes of the press room a little before its time. It would be impolite to reveal... [22 Sep 2009]

IDF Keynote Moore's Law Sweepstake - result!

Blog The result of the 2009 IDF Keynote Moore's Law sweepstake are in. Paul Otellini mentioned Moore's Law at 9:08:14 local time, some 3:50 minutes after beginning the first keynote of the conference.... [22 Sep 2009]

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AMD responds to details of Intel's antitrust violations

Blog Following the European Commission's publication on Monday of how Intel broke anticompetition laws, rival chipmaker AMD — the wronged party in this particular case — has predicted... [22 Sep 2009]

EC reveals details of Intel antitrust breaches

News The European Commission has published its full decision against Intel, releasing evidence of how the chipmaker engaged in anti-competitive practices [21 Sep 2009]

ARM targets Intel with 2GHz multicore chips

News ARM is preparing new enterprise partnerships as its Cortex-A9 processor goes fast and multicore [16 Sep 2009]

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Chartered merger set to boost Globalfoundries

Analysis The proposed merger with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will help propel Globalfoundries forward in its bid to become a foundry leader, according to analysts [14 Sep 2009]

Gelsinger out in Intel reshuffle

Blog No official confirmation yet, but it's being widely reported that Intel has had a major reshuffle of its top-level executives. Pat Gelsinger, a thirty year veteran, one-time CTO and currently in... [14 Sep 2009]

Intel moves Nehalem into new niches

News The company is bolstering its Nehalem lineup with Core i7 CPUs for high-performance PCs and Xeons for small business [08 Sep 2009]

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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]

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]

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