Google Outlines Chrome OS Plans

Categories: Most Viewed| Nov 19, 2009

Google Inc. said the first devices running its new Chrome operating system will be available by the end of 2010, as the company gave the first public peek of software that Google hopes will drive usage of Internet applications that ...Read More

AMD-Intel deal: No big change for consumers

Categories: SciTech| Nov 12, 2009

AMD-Intel deal: No big change for consumers The settlement between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices isn't just a matter of business between companies. Sure, it's a big financial deal when the biggest chipmaker in the world forks over $1.25 billion to its closest competitor. And the settlement, announced ...Read More

AMD updates roadmap, promises "supercomputer in your lap"

Categories: SciTech| Nov 12, 2009

AMD updates roadmap, promises AMD's annual analyst's day, which is taking place today, is an opportunity to see how the company's roadmaps for its laptop, desktop and server processors have changed over the past 12 months. This year looked to be especially interesting because ...Read More

Applied Materials To Cut Jobs As 4Q Profit Falls

Categories: Business| Nov 11, 2009

(Updates throughout with additional details, company comments, share price.) NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) plans to cut up to 1,500 jobs, or 12% of its total work force, as the chip-tool maker posted a fiscal fourth-quarter profit: its first ...Read More

Intel-Dell Dealings Under Fire

Categories: Business, Most Viewed, SciTech| Nov 5, 2009

It was called the Mother of All Programs, or MOAP for short. That was the code name Intel (INTC) bestowed on a series of payments it made to Dell (DELL), one of its largest customers, over a five-year period through ...Read More

Japan's NEC cuts outlook; chips, networks weak

Categories: Business| Oct 29, 2009

* Cuts oper outlook 40 pct, says bracing for severe Q4 * Oper profit down 75 pct, tumbles to net loss in Q2 * Hitachi Q2 oper profit down 78 pct, net loss widens * Both say no immediate need to raise capital (Adds ...Read More

Michael Jackson Wanted This Is It Shows To Warn About Global Warming

Categories: Entertainment| Oct 26, 2009

Michael Jackson Wanted This Is It Shows To Warn About Global Warming Even when the chips were down for Michael Jackson, his fans came out in droves to stand by their man. So when Jackson was planning his This Is It concerts at London's O2 arena, those loyal supporters where at the ...Read More

Tilera Unveils The First 100-Core Processor

Categories: SciTech| Oct 26, 2009

Tilera Monday said it has come up with the world's first 100-core processor, the Tile-Gx100, which has the highest performance of any microprocessor by a factor of four.The San Jose, Calif.-based private company also unveiled 16-, 36- and 64-core processors ...Read More

Qualcomm chips rule Windows Mobile roost

Categories: SciTech| Oct 8, 2009

Qualcomm chips rule Windows Mobile roost Consumers won't see a "Qualcomm Inside" sticker on new Windows Mobile phones, but the chip supplier is playing a big role in powering the first crop of phones based on Microsoft's new operating system. Microsoft announced on Tuesday, the first phones ...Read More

Nvidia pushes further into mainstream computing

Categories: SciTech| Oct 1, 2009

* Nvidia announces new chip architecture * Focuses further on servers and mobile computing SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O)said it will ship its new chip architecture in the next fewmonths, strengthening its position in computer processing whilepromising improved ...Read More