August 19, 2010 4:05 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers

Intel Senior Vice President Renee J. James
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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 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 [...]

June 14, 2010 11:25 AM PDT
by Brooke Crothers

Start-up SeaMicro has launched a green server based on Intel’s power-sipping Atom processor. The company is backed by about $25 million in venture capital and a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Server circuit board much smaller, more power efficient than typical servers.
(Credit:
SeaMicro)

SeaMicro’s [...]