Intel plans to slash prices 40-60% for quad-core server processors in order to achieve its shipment goal and to foil competition from AMD’s upcoming launch of its Barcelona series CPUs, according to industry sources. Looks Continue reading “Intel to slash prices for quad-core server processors in July”.
IBM unveiled a new microprocessor Monday, claiming advances in performance and power consumption for the high-end servers used by many corporations. The Power6 features 790 million transistors, with circuits measuring 65 nanometers and is said Continue reading “IBM Powers Up New Power6 Processor”.
Kingston Technology’s wholly-owned subsidiary in China, Payton Technology, will start production of its window ball grid array (WBGA) lines in June, with a monthly capacity of 10 million units, and will chiefly process orders from Continue reading “Kingston Technology subsidiary to start WBGA lines this June”.
Web Reviews for May 13 through 17th You would think that the Radeon X1950PRO would just about be discontinued, with the new mid-range graphics cards from Nvidia offering Direct X 10 and the HD 2600 Continue reading “May 13 through 17th News From Arond the Web”.
In a bold and potentially risky move, Google is making dramatic changes to the way it helps hundreds of millions of people find information on the Internet. Executives Wednesday unveiled a new master search engine Continue reading “Google retools search engine”.
What has taken Intel so long? For one thing, Intel says the ever-changing requirements for Windows Vista drivers forced it to pull resources away from the project to make sure it had stable drivers for Continue reading “Intel chipset road map slowed down by Windows Vista drivers”.
Kingston Technology announced that it will invest NT$184 million (US$5.51 million) in Taiwan-based packaging and testing house Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) through private placement. The sum amounts to 8% of the shares that OSE plans Continue reading “Kingston Technology invests in packaging and testing house OSE”.
The Itanium Solutions Alliance has commended Sun Microsystems and Intel Corporation, a Founding Sponsor of the Itanium Solutions Alliance, on their cooperation to deliver Sun’s Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) for Itanium 2-based solutions. Continue reading “Java SE To Be Supported For Intel Itanium 2-Based Systems”.
NVIDIA has released a new beta driver for Windows Vista users with GeForce 8 series graphics cards. The Forceware 158.43 drivers enable SLI for DirectX 10 applications for the very first time, so all the Continue reading “NVIDIA Releases Forceware Beta 158.43 Drivers”.
AMD today announced broad availability of the latest version of its I/O virtualization technology specification, which is enhanced with stronger and more secure input/output connections. Together with AMD Virtualization Technology (AMD-V), the AMD I/O Virtualization Continue reading “AMD Announces Update to Its I/O Virtualization Technology Specification”.
Millions of broadband Internet users across most of eastern Japan were unable to log on Tuesday evening after a problem at the country’s largest broadband provider. All said and done 2.85 million customers were impacted Continue reading “Millions disconnected by NTT broadband outage”.
Nearly 40 million copies of Windows Vista have been sold in the first 100 days following its release, more than twice the sales of Windows XP over the same time period, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates Continue reading “Microsoft Says 40 Million Vista Copies Sold in 100 Days”.
I knew AMD stock was on the rise, but I didn’t know that it was up twenty percent in just five days! This is great news for AMD and investors that got in at the Continue reading “Advanced Micro Devices shares are up 20% in five days”.
Microsoft Corp made its broadest challenge to date against open-source software, including Windows rival Linux, claiming that such programs violate 235 Microsoft patents and saying it will seek license fees. The world’s largest software maker Continue reading “Microsoft says open-source violates 235 patents”.
At the AMD CTO Summit held last week in Monterey, Calif., AMD put a few members of the press under nondisclosure and gave them a detailed look at unpublished products and plans. Tom Yager goes Continue reading “Intel FUD versus AMD fact”.