Advanced Micro Devices has slashed second-quarter revenue guidance, citing lower sales of processors for desktop computers and some mobile devices. Shares of AMD closed Thursday at $23.83. In early trading Friday, the stock fell $0.66, Continue reading “AMD Cuts Sales Forecast Due To Bad Desktop and Mobile CPU Sales”.
A flurry of new graphics cards featuring HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface) ports and supporting HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) are set to hit the market this summer, with graphics card vendors GeCube and Sapphire announcing Continue reading “ATI hits first with HDMI and HDCP”.
IBM, the world’s biggest computer services provider, will invest 46 million euros ($58.6 million) in its Irish technology campus over the next three years and create 300 new jobs, Ireland’s Minister for Enterprise said on Continue reading “IBM to boost its presence in Ireland”.
Although Intel is experiencing heavy GP chipset (915GM) inventory pressure as it transition to the Napa platform, industry players noted that the chip giant may gain relief from Microsoft, which has approved the 915GM chipset Continue reading “Microsoft helps Intel with its i915 chipset inventory woes”.
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has begun mass producing the world’s fastest graphics memory chips, dubbed GDDR4, based on 80-nm process technology. GDDR4 (series four of graphics double-density-rate memory) is said to process images 33 percent Continue reading “Samsung ships GDDR4 memory chips”.
Global semiconductor sales grew to $19.7 billion in May, up 9.4 percent from a year ago, according to a new report. Analog chips and digital signal processors, both used in cell phones, were direct contributors Continue reading “Global Semiconductor Sales Up Nearly 10 Percent”.
Apple Computer Inc. on Wednesday said it will begin selling a version of its iMac personal computer for about $899 for the education market. Loaded with late model 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processors these systems Continue reading “Apple to sell education edition iMac computer for $899”.
Shares of Rambus are up over 7% (RMBS) this morning fter the company announced a deal to license patents governing computer memory circuits to Japan’s Toshiba. The licensing agreement covers memory controllers for Rambus’ SDRAM Continue reading “Rambus Licenses Patents to Toshiba and Share Holders Jump With Joy”.
DRAMeXchange has a bullish outlook for third quarter DDR2 pricing on an anticipated supply shortfall of 10-20% occurring late in the quarter. The rebound in DDR2 contract prices should arrive perhaps as soon as the Continue reading “DDR2 contract prices to get boost in August”.
The world’s biggest record company is not ready to give the compact disc up for dead just yet, and is giving the venerable music format a revamp. Universal Music Group is rolling out three new Continue reading “CD format gets a “reboot” from Universal Music”.
The video game business is always chasing Hollywood. Now it wants Hollywood’s big paydays. So video game marketers are staging more and more blockbuster events that can upstage even the biggest movie debuts. I think Continue reading “PC games getting red-carpet launches”.
Shares of ATI Technologies plunged more than 12% Thursday after the graphics chipmaker offered a disappointing outlook for its current, or fourth, quarter and missed revenue estimates for the just-completed period. Shares of ATI (ATYT) Continue reading “Outlook Sinks ATI Shares, But Today is a New Day”.
Intel plans to add its dual-core Itanium 2 CPU line, dubbed “Montecito,” to to its current Xeon 5100 series (codenamed Woodcrest) and Dempsey processor offerings on July 18, according to sources at Taiwan server makers. Continue reading “Intel to launch dual-core Itanium 2 CPUs on July 18”.
Today, we take a look a 2GB kit of PC2-6400 Low Latency memory, which is one of the most recent additions in Kingston’s HyperX series. Kingston’s KHX6400D2LLK2/2G kit consists of two low-latency DDR2 800MHz modules that operate at 4-4-4-12 memory timings. Read on to see how this kit performs our on Intel test platform.
If you are over the age of 45, you have a home phone and possibly a cell phone. But if you are under the age of 25, you may very well have four, five or Continue reading “Young Adults To Be Hurt By Federal USF Phone Tax Changes”.
