August 26, 2010 9:22 AM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Intel and AMD are off to the races again. This time it’s about making PCs not just faster, but more versatile.
The two longstanding PC chip rivals seem to agree, roughly, on one thing: the need to meld the two key PC chips, the [...]
August 15, 2010 10:33 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Silicon start-up Smooth-Stone has received $48 million from a syndicate of investors including ARM, Texas Instruments, and Highland Capital Ventures.
Smooth-Stone’s goal is to bring the virtues of low-power cell phone technology to servers and, as a result, bring down the staggering power consumption [...]
August 4, 2010 1:28 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
The Federal Trade Commission settlement with Intel on Wednesday focused on the chipmaker’s exclusionary business practices while also trying to ensure vigorous competition in the graphics chip business.
Jon Leibowitz, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, speaking Wednesday morning about the Intel ruling.
Citing [...]
August 3, 2010 7:20 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it will announce an antitrust settlement with Intel on Wednesday morning.
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz will detail the settlement along with Bureau of Competition Director Richard Feinstein Wednesday at 7 a.m. PDT.
The commission’s order will settle charges [...]
July 30, 2010 4:39 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
A preliminary ruling found that Intel’s pricing practices did not hurt consumers, snapping a long legal losing streak for the chipmaker.
In a 112 page opinion, a special master for the U.S. District Court in Delaware recommended that the court deny class action status [...]
July 28, 2010 10:20 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Advanced Micro Devices passed Nvidia in graphics chip shipments in the second quarter, according to a report from a marketing research on Wednesday, adding to Nvidia’s woes.
AMD’s ATI graphics unit took 51 percent of the standalone, or “discrete,” graphics chip market compared to [...]
July 21, 2010 4:16 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
The Federal Trade Commission has extended by two weeks its deadline for reaching a settlement with Intel.
The FTC said Wednesday that the extension “allows the Commission more time to consider a proposed settlement.” The original order was issued on June 21 and was [...]