Hardware giant Dell has advanced plans to make an Internet capable handheld device which uses the Google Android operating system.
Analyst Opinion - Intel and Nokia announced a strategic relationship this week, a relationship that would point to a cooperation targeting the development of next-generation communicatiosn devices. The smartphone space is defined by four product vendors and one processor - none of which are currently Intel or Nokia. ARM is the dominant processor technology that is supplied by companies like Marvell, which uses technology that has been picked up up from Intel and Qualcomm. What is the tactical and strategic outlook of this segment, in which only one thing is certain: Going forward, you'll generally want a smartphone other than the one you actually have.
IBM has managed to retain the No. 1 spot on the Top500 list of supercomputers with its 1.105 petaflop/s Roadrunner system. The Roadrunner, which is currently housed at the DOE's Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), is reportedly the first computer to shatter the formidable petaflop/s Linpack barrier.