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New Intel 810E Chip Set A Boon
News Intel's Monday chip set announcements should be a boon for PC buyers looking to pick up low-cost, high-performance desktop PCs. Along with its 820 chip set for high-end desktops, Intel is expected to introduce a new lower-cost chip set for...
[September 23, 1999, 11:56]
New AMD Chip Set To Boost Athlon PCs
News Company officials say the upshot will be improvements in the performance of PCs based on the new Athlon chip set over current models based on the Athlon chip. They include a 1GHz, a 1.2GHz and a new 1.13GHz chip.
[October 31, 2000, 8:58]
A Year Ago: Intel Seeks Chip Set Domination
News Risking further investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, Intel Corp.is preparing to shut out its rivals from competing in the huge secondary chip set market for Pentium II computers, said industry experts this week.
[March 16, 1999, 6:51]
Intel Delays Launch Of 820 Chip Set Again
News Intel for the second time has delayed the introduction of its 820 chip set. The company had scheduled to launch the chip set Monday, but has now delayed it indefinitely. The 820 chip set is significant because it will replace the 440BX chip set...
[September 27, 1999, 14:19]
Intel Confirms 820 Chip Set Delay
News Intel confirmed Monday it has again delayed its 820 chip set for high-performance desktop PCs and is working on a fix. Intel is working with manufacturer Rambus to iron out memory errors seen in tests of certain system configurations with the chip...
[September 28, 1999, 9:34]
Exclusive: AMD Set For Three-chip Rollout
News Intel is set to release 850MHz and 866MHz Pentium IIIs on 20 March, and is planning a 933MHz chip launch for the second quarter. If AMD pulls the move off, and the source warns that "this is the goal, but these things can change in a minute", it...
[March 2, 2000, 6:32]
New Chip Powers Tiny Linux Set-top Box
News Because the PowerPC chip includes memory management systems, it is able to run the Linux operating system, which is used by many high-end set-top boxes, such as the TiVO digital video recorder. The chips both incorporate a PowerPC 405TM RISC core...
[November 27, 2002, 15:14]
Intel Seeks Chip Set Domination
News The current chip set, called the 440LX, will soon be phased out in favor of one that pushes data around faster, dubbed the 440BX. Three companies, which have previously announced what are known as "core logic chip sets" for computers using the...
[March 16, 1998, 9:47]
US Report: C-Cube Shows Set-top Chip
News Called the AViA@tv, the new product includes MPEG-2 decoding, robust graphics, two way networking and a processor on a single chip that is OpenCable compliant. Consumer device makers Pioneer and Pace have already adopted C-Cube's new AviA@tv...
[December 1, 1998, 5:04]
US Report: HP Describes Plans For First IA-64 Chip Set
News Details were scarce, but HP officials said the chip set will support the fastest PCI buses, including PCI-X. There will be a few versions of the chip set, one of which will enable SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) systems scaleable to hundreds of...
[October 13, 1998, 17:27]
NEC Unveils Multitasking Set-top Chip
News Japanese electronics company NEC has unveiled a new all-in-one chip that can act as a digital video broadcast decoder and power next-generation entertainment devices that record to either a DVD or a hard disk.
[April 22, 2003, 10:55]
IBM Set To Boost Chip Memory
News Modern processors have cache memory integrated directly onto the chip, adjacent to the processing engine. This allows the chip to store frequently used data very close to the CPU (central processing unit), where it can be accessed much faster than...
[February 14, 2007, 8:06]
Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector: SPW Tools Play A Significant Role In OFDM DVB-T Chip Development For Set Top Boxes
White Papers Cadence was chosen to supply design software, namely its Signal Processing Worksystem (SPW) solution, and consultancy support during the development of the chip. Motorola, the first to market DVB-T demodulation technology and one of the world's...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
802.11 Wireless Chip Set Technology White Paper
White Papers The 802.11g WLAN standard offers many important improvements for wireless LAN users - including the faster data rates and robust orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) of 802.11a -- while operating in the same unlicensed ISM frequency...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
IBM Puts Linux On TV
News IBM is launching the latest initiative to bring Linux into set-top boxes, working with MontaVista Software to bring its Hard Hat Linux to the PowerPC-based, single-chip Set-Top Box Controller. It will be adapted to work with a set-top box version...
[May 17, 2001, 7:33]
Intel Acknowledges Xeon Flaw
News Intel began notifying OEMs of the problem late last week after it suspected a disabling bug in the 450NX chip set, which enables four-way and above multiprocessing. According to PC Week online, Intel spokeswoman Luanne Darbonne said the problem...
[June 26, 1998, 9:18]
Pentium III Chipset Delayed
News The chip set, code-named Camino and known as the Intel 820, was supposed to ship in June, but Intel has pushed back its release until September. IT managers will have to live with the Pentium III coupled with Intel's 440BX chip set, which supports...
[February 25, 1999, 8:35]
Intel Motherboard Whacked By Chip Noise
News Intel is facing another showstopper for PCs using its 820 chip set. The company announced Wednesday morning that it will replace motherboards using its 820 chip set that are exhibiting symptoms of a problem with a related component -- called a...
[May 10, 2000, 15:02]
E In Intel 810E Stands For ChEap
News PCs based on Intel's Pentium III chip are set to break through the $1000 barrier. The chip maker Monday announced a new desktop PC chip set, the 810E, designed for high performance -- but relatively low cost -- PCs.
[September 28, 1999, 10:05]
Rambus-powered PCs In The Works
News The twice-delayed chip set, whose announcement is expected in two weeks, will be at the core of new high-end PC models from a number of original equipment makers. Compaq, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, are all expected to support the chip set.
[November 2, 1999, 8:23]
