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1. Atom Hackintosh netbooks crash and burn

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   Snow Leopard infinity loop
 Apple has apparently struck a deadly blow against the burgeoning Hackintosh community by disabling support for Intel's Atom processor in the latest version of Snow Leopard.  ...

2. Apple reverses Atom Snow Leopard ban

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 05 November 2009

   OS X on a netbook Hackintosh Apple has reportedly restored support for Intel's Atom processor in the latest Snow Leopard build. "Atom appears to have resurrected itself zombie style in 10C535," confirmed ...

3. Apple drops Atom bomb on Hackintosh netbook rebels

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 02 November 2009

   Apple has stepped up its war of attrition against Hackintosh rebels by disabling support for Intel's Atom processor in the next version of Snow Leopard. Apple has stepped up its war of attrition against ...

4. Browser wars: Is Safari as fast as Apple claims?

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 15 June 2009

   ... Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600-based system with 4 GB of memory. Round 1: Acid 3 This is a standard test that takes browsers through a web standards compliance test. The focus is focused on the Document Object ...

5. Bottom drops out of workstation market

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Tuesday, 09 June 2009

   ... said Intel's workstation cycle didn't help. Intel launched its Tylersburg and Nehalem Xen in the beginning of the second quarter, which left old stock mouldering in the warehouses. Although the large ...

6. Apple updates Macbooks, cuts prices

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 08 June 2009

   ... up to 8 GB memory and Intel’s 3.06 GHz T9900 Core 2 Duo CPU. There is also a 256 GB SSD storage option for certain models. The 15” and 13” Pros as well as the Macbook receive the battery of the 17” Macbook ...

7. Update: Intel drops WiMax chip due to “major drop in demand”

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 05 June 2009

   Intel informed its customers that it is halting production of its “Rosedale 2” WiMax chip due to the global economic slowdown.Santa Clara (CA) – Intel informed its customers that it is halting production ...

8. AMD and Intel in 30-day mediation over x86 cross-license dispute

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 25 March 2009

   AMD was able to provide TG Daily with an update on the current x86 cross-license dispute between their company and Intel. We were told "The law departments of both companies are in-contact with one another" ...

9. Clara County: x86 cross-license dispute

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 18 March 2009

   Welcome to Clara County, a comic strip portraying a fictional representation of real-world companies. It's a hub of activity and you never know who's going to pop up. In this installment, we meet Inteligencia ...

10. AMD to make x86 cross-license public, if Intel drops secrecy hold on anti-trust evidence

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 17 March 2009

    Yesterday, Intel offered AMD the option of making the terms of the x86 cross-licensing deal public. AMD agreed, but with one caveat of their own: They want Intel to lift the secrecy demand on all antitrust ...

11. Chip drops Boolean logic, runs seven times faster

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 09 February 2009

    ... which is supported by Intel and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency could result in new processors for cellphones that would enable users to recharge their phones not every few days, but every ...

12. Report: Flash memory heading toward price decline

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 03 February 2009

    ... Baird expects SanDisk to lose its cost leadership against Intel/Micron later this year, which would indicate substantial price drops in the market. 2009 was predicted by most flash manufacturers as the ...

13. CES 2009: AMD releases Phenom II X4 and Dragon desktop platform

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 08 January 2009

    ... a new numbering convention. The 940 model relates more directly to Intel's number scheme, and runs at 3.0 GHz. The quad-core Phenom II X4 is built on a 45nm process technology, Deneb core, contains 758 ...

14. CES 2009: Nova Updates Rugged UMPC with New SideArm 2

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 07 January 2009

      Nova Mobile Systems is presenting today at the Consumer Electronics Show a new Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) based upon the Intel Atom processor. It is being called the SideArm 2 and it will, depending upon ...

15. CPU prices post huge drops in 2008, Intel delays CPU+GPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 05 December 2008

      Baird analysts sent out a research note earlier today, telling customers that Intel will delay its Havendale CPU+GPU processor by one quarter into 2010, while average CPU pricing for both AMD and Intel ...

16. Nehalem - Intel's new Core i7 gives them a big new lead

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 03 November 2008

    Today, Intel took the embargo off its latest Core architecture revision, Nehalem (pronounced Nuh hay lem). The reviews are in and Core i7 is a force to be reckoned with. Perhaps Bert Toepelt of Tom's ...

17. Microsoft market cap drops below $200 billion

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 22 October 2008

    ... during this shaky month. Especially chip companies were once again in the crosshairs of traders with Nvidia, AMD, Seagate and Intel showing visible declines. Microsoft also was hit with a substantial ...

18. Rumor round-up: New Apple laptops

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 10 October 2008

    ... changes are expected to focus on Intel’s Montevina platform with a new "Socket B" logic-board to accommodate second-gen Penryn processors with a 1066 MHz front-side bus and clock speeds between 2.26 GHz ...

19. Apple event puts ‘spotlight’ on notebooks

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 09 October 2008

    ... exception of price drops). So expect new notebooks based on Intel’s Montevina platform, upgraded processors and greater availability of solid state disk drives, which are currently limited to the MacBook ...

20. Apple stock drops sharply following analyst downgrades

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 29 September 2008

    ... cash flow." Apple's stock, however was not the only one hit today. In a generally dramatic session, Nvidia was down almost 8%, Google more than 7%, AMD almost 10%, Yahoo 6% and Intel about 4%.  ...

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

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 02 September 2008

    ... 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. 5 million iPhone 3Gs and 3 million Macs this quarter, analysts estimate

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 22 August 2008

    ... and the honeymoon period of the Mac shows no signs of an ending in the near future. The Intel switch, the Leopard release, price drops, and refreshes across product lines were catalysts for Mac market ...

23. Netbooks and MIDs need some Apple Magic

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Wednesday, 20 August 2008

    ... of Linux that look a lot like what Apple did with the Mac OS for the iPhone. Also, Intel is doing the Linux work and providing it as part of the package.   Of the devices that I have seen, the Lenovo ...

24. Intel drops Centrino Atom brand name

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 18 August 2008

    Intel has dropped the Centrino Atom brand name for Mobile Internet Device (MID) products and will now list all its Internet connection-based products including CPUs for netbooks and MIDs under the ...

25. Leaked memo offers a peek inside Steve Ballmer's head

    (Software/Software Features)

    Sunday, 27 July 2008

    ... software company." He intends to push Microsoft's key enterprise products "on all fronts": mail with Exchange, business intelligence with PerformancePoint, virtualization with Hyper-V, and databases with ...

26. Panasonic unveils Atom-based Toughbook UMPC

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Wednesday, 25 June 2008

    Panasonic today announced its latest device in the Toughbook series. The CF-1 comes in a UMPC form factor and promises to remain operable even in extreme environments. The device comes with an Intel ...

27. Intel cuts power consumption rating of “Skulltrail Xeon”

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 15 May 2008

      Intel is transitioning all of its 45 nm Xeon DP processors from the C-O to the E-0 stepping. There are no changes in the feature set of the Harpertown quad-core CPUs and Wolfdale dual-core processors, ...

28. Intel drops second quad-core CPU into the mainstream

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 21 April 2008

      Intel’s processor price sheet is one sign of the state of the competition with AMD. Even though we don’t know what processors go for behind closed doors, Intel’s official price sheet has been ...

29. Scientists turn to ray-tracing for advanced graphics effects

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 16 April 2008

    ... a few years ago. Much of the developments focus on visualization and graphics in particular. Intel and Nvidia are in what some may call a rather accidental, but unavoidable fight, how visualization will ...

30. What Apple products you should not buy today

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 14 April 2008

    ... 2 Duo starting at 2.1 GHz with 3MB of shared L2 cache, an 800MHz front-side bus (up from 667MHz) and Intel GMA X3100 graphics chip that is used in 13” MacBooks. Mac mini was even subject of speculations ...

31. Intel’s drops 45 nm server processors to 50 watts

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 25 March 2008

      Intel announced two new low voltage server processors for the 50 watt power envelope. Based on the 45 nm Harpertown core, Intel claims that this new L5400 series is up to 25% faster than the preceding ...

32. Intel planning large drops in old Centrino shipments

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 25 February 2008

    In order to promote a smooth platform transition, Intel plans to start dropping shipment ratios of Napa Refresh and Santa Rosa notebook platforms in the second quarter of 2008 to let the upcoming Centrino ...

33. Wrap-up: All stories and slideshows from CES 2008

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Friday, 11 January 2008

    ... press event, but said absolutely nothing about the PS3 and only mentioned the PSP in passing.   Solid state is the new black, Intel’s SSDs Solid state drives may ...

34. AMD drops out of top 10 semiconductor ranking

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 28 November 2007

    ... its 2006 ranking, while Intel expanded its market presence, solidifying the firm’s status of the only chip manufacturer with a double-digit market share. El Segundo (CA) – AMD may leave the ...

35. UPDATE: HD 3800: AMD’s Midrange Rebuttal - benchmarks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 15 November 2007

    ...  Processor Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Conroe 2.93 GHz, 1,066 MHz FSB, 32kB+32kB L1 , 4 MB L2  ...

36. Notebooks taking over the mainstream in retail PC sales – analyst

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 15 October 2007

    ... while consumers had to spend $1200 for retail computers with stand-alone graphics cards in previous years. Intel vs. AMD: The end of the price war? Consumers have been spoiled by a cut-throat price-war ...

37. Toshiba introduces four new HD DVD notebooks

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 01 October 2007

    ... DVD notebooks now being offered from $1150. Toshiba's fall model refresh transitions to Intel's Santa Rosa platform and covers the company's two consumer product lines, reaching from the entry-level ...

38. Semiconductor researchers gaze at purple atoms

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 06 September 2007

    ... seen today. When we consider the scale at which semiconductor products are constructed today, it's almost mind boggling. Intel is ready to release a 45nm process technology with internal electrical ...

39. Intel drops "Multiply" marketing campaign

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 20 August 2007

    Intel said that it has discontinued its "Multiply" marketing campaign that was introduced to highlight multitasking with Core 2 Duo processors. Apparently, "Multiply" did not deliver ...

40. Intel intros 3.0 GHz quad-core Xeon, drops Pentiums

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 13 August 2007

    Intel today officially announced the Xeon X5365 – a quad-core processor that so far only has been available in limited quantities. The company also quietly announced that it has begun phasing out ...

41. Intel drops 32-bit dual-core LV processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 30 July 2007

    Intel has informed its customers that it has begun phasing out two of its three “Sossaman” processors. Chicago (IL) – Intel has informed its customers that it has begun phasing out two ...

42. AMD’s market share in retail market holds steady, at staggering cost

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 25 July 2007

    AMD has followed through with its strategy to maintain as much market share in the CPU market as possible and battle Intel’s Core 2 Duo with price reductions. At least in the retail market, AMD ...

43. AMD lowers desktop processor prices - reports

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 July 2007

    ... 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 ...

44. AMD CPU prices drop nearly 50% over past half year

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 13 April 2007

    ...  Something we noticed right away is that there are completely different trends in the way AMD and Intel prices have shifted.  While Intel provides us with sporadic peaks and drops, AMD has mostly ...

45. AMD and Intel: The battle for processor price segments

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 06 April 2007

    ... our price/performance charts, it is no secret to you the competition between AMD and Intel in the retail market is reaching new heights almost every week. Time to recap what happened in the past half year ...

46. Other AMD dual-cores follow price downswing

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 30 March 2007

    ... week, and though it's still not exactly a mainstream price, the fact that it has more performance potential than all of Intel's Pentium D products indicates that AMD's retail pricing is continuing ...

47. AMD dual-core processors scratching $100 mark

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 23 March 2007

    ...  If you have been following our ongoing processor price/performance series, then it is no secret to you that we have been watching AMD very closely.  While Intel continues to just have minor blips, ...

48. Analysis: Vista's Ready Boost is no match for RAM

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 07 February 2007

    ... than hard drive I/O operations. In effect, SuperFetch provides faster application launch times. Although this sounds similar to conventional Windows caching, the feature is more intelligent: Caching is ...

49. Analysis: Retail prices of AMD processors continue decline

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Saturday, 03 February 2007

    AMD's processor prices remain under severe pressure: Caught between Intel's outgoing Pentium D series on the low end and the Core 2 Duo series on the high end, the X2 Athlons remain vulnerable ...