September 1, 2010 10:48 AM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Testing on IBM's new 5.2GHz processor pauses for a publicity photo.
(Credit:
PRNewsFoto/IBM)
IBM’s newest chip for mainframes boasts one of the highest speed ratings to date and will go into Big Blue’s fastest mainframe computers.
IBM, no stranger to cutting-edge chip designs, will use the new [...]
August 30, 2010 9:04 AM PDT
by Lance Whitney
AMD is shedding the ATI Technologies name from the remaining graphics products that it picked up after it bought the company in 2006.
The chip company grabbed ATI four years ago for $5.4 billion as a way to gain traction in the graphics card and [...]
August 29, 2010 10:59 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Intel has agreed to acquire Infineon Technologies’ Wireless Solutions business for approximately $1.4 billion, the companies announced late Sunday, as the world’s largest chipmaker seeks to boost its presence in smartphones.
“The global demand for wireless solutions continues to grow at an extraordinary rate,” [...]
August 27, 2010 8:40 AM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Intel said Friday that its third-quarter revenue will be below the company’s prior outlook.
The world’s largest chipmaker now expects third-quarter revenue to be $11 billion, plus or minus $200 million, compared with the previous expectation of between $11.2 and $12 billion.
Revenue has [...]
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 19, 2010 4:05 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Intel Senior Vice President Renee J. James
(Credit:
Intel)
Renee J. James, senior vice president and general manager of the Software and Services Group at Intel, discussed Intel plans to buy security company McAfee for $7.68 billion in an interview with CNET on Thursday.
James is responsible [...]
August 19, 2010 11:34 AM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Intel’s $7.68 billion acquisition of McAfee is a good fit for the world’s largest chipmaker in a highly connected and increasingly security-conscious market, according to analysts.
The chipmaker said Thursday it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy all of McAfee’s common stock. [...]
August 18, 2010 9:04 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Global PC microprocessor shipments saw a healthy rise in the second quarter, though the outlook is cautious for the third quarter, IDC said.
Worldwide PC microprocessor unit shipments and revenues in the second calendar quarter of 2010 increased 3.6 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively, [...]
August 18, 2010 7:36 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
The BlackBerry Torch 9800, though a high-end smartphone, is not in the same league internally as the Motorola Droid or
Apple iPhone.
The Torch 9800 is a high-end BlackBerry smartphone, but its core internals lag other high-end offerings from Apple and Motorola.
(Credit:
Research In Motion)
Let’s [...]
August 17, 2010 7:48 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Intel’s upcoming Sandy Bridge processors will include new circuits for handling demanding multimedia tasks, according to sources, more evidence of processor changes in store as the chip giant gets ready to shift over to a new processor architecture.
Sandy Bridge is Intel’s next microarchitecture, [...]