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1. The best IT vendor CEO of the decade is...

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   ... be easily overlooked include Intel's Craig Barrett and Paul Otellini, whose tenure at the top of the microprocessor giant overlapped during the decade. Even their combined genius was not enough to lead ...

2. Windows 7 won't be successful until 2011

   (Software/Software Features)

   News Analysis Microsoft's future begins next week. That's when the company ships Windows 7, its latest operating system. If Microsoft stumbles with Windows 7 as it did with Vista, people will start ...

3. Settlement looks likely in AMD-Intel civil case

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   The word on the chip strasse is that Intel and AMD may well reach a settlement before the long-running civil case between the companies comes to court in spring 2010.The word on the chip strasse is ...

4. TSMC ramps production to build Intel Atoms

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   TSMC is to ramp monthly production at its 300mm Fab 14 in southern Taiwan to 6,000 wafers by the end of 2009, and 35,000 wafers in 2010, due to demand for Intel's Atom chips, say industry observers. ...

5. Dell unveils five Alienware gaming rigs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... ALX – The Aurora line features the new Intel Core i7 processor, including an optional Extreme Edition overclocked to 3.6GHz. According to Dell, the Aurora line of desktops are designed for hardcore gaming, ...

6. What's at the heart of HP’s Laptops and Lenovo’s Best Student Tablet

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

   ... It is very thin and can be had with AMD or Intel processors, LED backlit screen, and discrete graphics.   Less than an inch thick and with a 4.2 pound carry weight this isn’t the thinnest or ...

7. Updated: Verizon promotes $200 HP netbook

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... statement. The 1151NR features a 10-inch screen, a 1.60GHz Intel Atom processor, an 80GB HD and 1GB of RAM. The unit, which offers Bluetooth support, weighs 2.45 lbs and measures 10.3 in (L) x 6.56 in ...

8. AMD believes life begins at 40

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... is usually associated with the opposition, that is to say the Intel Corporation. But Sanders was a top geezer at Fairchild. And many another semiconductor person was too. At the INTC museum in Satan ...

9. AMD optimistic although future is murky

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... does AMD anticipate it will lose market share in Q2 to Intel. AMD’s forecast is not to lose share, but the economy is still so weak that it’s being ultra cautious. On average selling prices (ASPs) are ...

10. Complexity kills the computer industry

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    ... cash needed to buy new systems.  This week Nehalem EP was released, which is arguably the biggest technology step that Intel has made this decade. Both parts are less about raw performance and ...

11. UPDATE: Intel attacked over Xeon 5500's power-efficiency

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Intel’s Xeon 5500 processor, formerly code-named Nehalem-EP, is all about performance and power-efficiency, but its rivals disagree. At least for SiCortex, a company that claims to offer one of ...

12. Microsoft says there’s room for a netbook-like server

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... called "Foundation Edition," chief executive officer Steve Ballmer said in a conference call with financial analysts. He compared this software to the netbook phenomenon, which enabled Intel to sell millions ...

13. Chuck goes 3D with orange/blue glasses

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

      Tonight, the Chuck episode entitled "Chuck versus the third dimension" debuted in 3D. Glasses of orange/blue were available (sponsored by Intel) from local retail food stores and other outlets free of ...

14. Sandia simulation shows that many-cores reduce compute power

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... they have an integrated memory controller that, until very recently, Intel processors didn't have." According to Mike Heroux of Sandia's Technical Staff Scalable Algorithms Department, "The [chip design] ...

15. Michael Dell to present keynote at Supercomputing Conference 2008 today

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... Intel to develop a custom engineered co-processor which runs alongside an Intel Xeon, executing the same instruction stream in the same physical and virtual memory space - just like the way the old 8087/80287/80387 ...

16. The 20 most anticipated video games for the 2008 Christmas shopping season

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... organism all the way through its development into an intelligent and social creature exploring its way though space. 19. Tales of Vesperia (Namco; Already released) –Tales of Vesperia is available exclusively ...

17. Timeline: How AMD changed over the past 39 years

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... chips. 1970: AMD introduces the Am2501 logic counter, its first proprietary device. 1972: AMD goes public. 1975: AMD enters the RAM chip business, reverse-engineers the Intel 8080 microprocessor and ...

18. Microsoft says Apple is Dijon mustard and extra cheese

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... "episode" could essentially stand on its own and is at time quite humorous and, in our opinion, very intelligent.  The entire commercial is glued together by a Steve Jobs in a walker and his reality ...

19. AMD issues dramatic price cuts for triple-core CPUs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      AMD’s triple-core Phenom X3 processor was designed as the firm’s answer to Intel’s 45 nm Core 2 Duo CPUs and as a buffer to protect the tray prices of its quad-core Phenom X4 models. However, ...

20. Google Chrome aims for Windows, Apple may help

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... move aiming at Windows - and Google may be getting a little help from Apple. Displacing an entrenched vendor One of the primary rules you learn in competitive intelligence, a field I was in for a number ...

21. Ultra-pure semiconductor to continue Moore’s Law (almost) indefinitely

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... used to push high-end research for future production-based manufacturing processes and technologies which will ultimately enable Moore's Law to continue almost indefinitely. At the most recent IDF, Intel ...

22. Can AMD survive another Core 2 Duo?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Opinion – IDF is just around the corner and Intel will provide a flood of new information about its upcoming Nehalem (Core i7) processor as well as its 32 nm and 22 nm successors, new architectures ...

23. Outrage over physics drivers: Is Nvidia guilty?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... with three X1900XTX graphics cards. September 2007: Intel buys Havok and Nvidia/AMD open negotiations with Ageia. AMD did not want to pay for Ageia and decided that the role of physics on a GPU should ...

24. Bill Gates Milestones: Part 1

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Intel’s Pat Gelsinger in 2005 who commented on Intel co-founder Andy Grove and Bill Gates in this way: What about comparing Grove to Gates? "Both men are brilliant," he said. "But everyone in the industry ...

25. Intel will move Larrabee quickly into desktops, notebooks

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

      TG Daily Exclusive - Intel’s performance graphics strategy is running at full speed: According to documents seen by TG Daily, desktop and notebook versions of the technology will follow on the ...

26. Tim Sweeney, Part 3: Unreal Engine 4.0 aims at next-gen console war

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... trends these days? Sweeney: When it comes to the PC, Intel will implement lots of extensions into the CPU and Nvidia will integrate many extensions into the GPU by the time next-gen consoles begin to ...

27. Has Lenovo created the “perfect” laptop?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... first look at the X300). So, what makes this X300 a better Macbook Air and what can we expect from this category in the long term. How will Intel’s Silverthorne, hybrid graphics, ready-boost/turbo memory/hybrid ...

28. Nvidia enters CPU market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... at least on the very high end. Handheld device manufacturer now have another platform choice for 2009 next to Texas Instruments (OMAP3) and Intel (Moorestown). We are still waiting to see what Qualcomm ...

29. Macbook Air begins shipping to consumers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... touchpad.  The multitouch technology allows users to perform "gestures" like rotating and pinching, with simple finger touches and movements. The laptop also contains an Intel Core 2 Duo ...

30. Macbook, iTunes rental announcements expected at Macworld

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... and Intel Macs were unveiled.  This year's event begins tomorrow, when Steve Jobs will make his annual keynote address.  That is when we'll see if these rumors actually materialize into ...

31. Intel Core 2 Duo E7000 set for a Q2 launch

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Intel is apparently set to begin transition the Core 2 Duo E4000 series with the new E700 series, which is based on the 45 nm Wolfdale core. According to reports, the company will launch the E7200 model ...

32. The Inquirer: Year end predictions for 2008

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... AMD.  First, Ruiz is out.  Second, Apple begins to use AMD processors in addition to Intel processors.  Apple's first x86-based system was announced in June, 2005, and introduced in ...

33. IBM makes predictions, sees the future five by five

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Basically, IBM sees intelligent traffic systems to ease our commutes. 3) We will know the source and makeup of our food products. 4) Our cell phones will be our wallet, ticket broker, concierge, bank, ...

34. Tech Tour Intel: Gainestown spotted in the microsurgery silicon debug lab

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    While on-site at Intel's Jones Farm campus last week, TG Daily editor Rick Hodgin had the opportunity to tour one of the microsurgery silicon debug labs.  In this article, we'll present a ...

35. Tech Tour Terascale: Developing Terascale 2

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    TG Daily editor Rick Hodgin was able to catch up with Intel’s Terascale development teams in SiliconValley and Oregon and get an update on the future of the company’s 80-core processor: Terascale ...

36. TG Daily #1 Newsletter Giveaway Official Rules

    (Company/Company)

    ... notebook based on the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7700 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache), complete with an Intel backpack that also includes $200 Marriott bucks, 20 free Wi-Fi sessions from AT&T, 3 months ...

37. Intel gives 51xx Woodcrest Xeons a new stepping

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Santa Clara (CA) - Intel announced today that its 5100-series dual-core boxed Woodcrest Xeons will receive a stepping upgrade from B2 to G0, except for 2.0 GHz and 2.6 GHz models.  The change ...

38. Carbon nanotubes prove excellent heat transfer vehicles for silicon

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing in Purdue's Discovery Park.  One of the researchers also received undisclosed forms of support from Intel and Purdue.  ...

39. UPDATE: AMD's website paints Barcelona performance pictures not seen in the real world

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... improvements relative to a prior architecture show AMD's increases with Barcelona. When we get to the benchmarks against Intel's Xeon, they use the 5345.  It's two steps below the highest-clocked ...

40. HP's Blackbird performance desktop lands

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... for configuration on HP's website beginning October 1. Similar to Dell's XPS, the Blackbird can be configured with high-end hardware, including AMD (X2 6000+) or Intel processors (Core 2 Duo 6750 ...

41. Chip cooling: The answer is blowing in the wind

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... within a year. Research for this project was funded by Intel and patents are currently pending.  ...

42. Production of $100 laptop begins

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ...  It has been named the XO laptop. Another obstacle was an opposition from Intel, which ran its own "Classmate PC" initiative to compete with OLPC. The chip manufacturer has since come ...

43. Update: Intel joins $100 laptop initiative

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Intel today announced that it will join the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative as an active member and effectively competing with AMD to provide at least one key component for the notebook. Santa ...

44. AMD lowers desktop processor prices - reports

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... processors by up to 26%. AMD apparently will be ringing in another chapter in the CPU price war with Intel, lowering the prices for most of its desktop processors almost half a year before the anticipated ...

45. Acer begins testing water for Gemstone-design consumer notebooks in the US

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    ... AS5920, which is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 CPU instead of the more common T7100 or T7300, is aiming at similar models from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell, according to market sources, noting ...

46. Intel begins shipping entry-level P31 and G31 chipsets to motherboard makers

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Intel officially began shipping its 3 series entry-level chipset, P31, and IGP chipset, G31, on July 4, according to sources at motherboard makers. The P31 and G31 are the successors of Intel's previous ...

47. No people lining up in front of AT&T stores

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... functions such as Google Maps comes very close to what Intel has proposed to be a Mobile Internet Device (MID) and the next big growth area for the company. If you are vendor planning to develop a MID, ...

48. Background: What Fusion will be – and what not

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... a fantastic run from the end of 2003 until the third quarter of 2006, AMD recently has been going through a relentless beating from Intel since then. AMD teased Intel for some time, probably a bit too ...

49. Samsung launches Q1 Ultra UMPC in the U.S.

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ...  On the processor side, the Q1 Ultra is available with Intel’s A100 (600 MHz) or A110 (800 MHz) processor, which are essentially Pentium M CPUs with the 90 nm Dothan core. Combined with 1 GB of memory, ...

50. PC trends 2007

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... lacked the coming features like 802.11n support, Robson (Intel’s flash cache now called “Turbo Memory”), hybrid-hard drives, and the tuned hardware from AMD, Intel and Nvidia.   ...