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1. Google rolls out Chrome OS source code

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... with speed goes all the way down to the metal. We are specifying reference hardware components to create the fastest experience for Google Chrome OS." See Also Intel collaborated with Google on Chrome ...

2. Intel throws millions of Euro into Exascale center

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   Supercomputers a thousand times more powerful Semiconductor company Intel said it will invest many millions of Euro into the Exascale Computing Research Center, in collaboration with the French Commissariat ...

3. AMD to use Intel cash to pay off debt

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   $1.25 billion should keep the wolf from the door for a bit AMD says it plans to reduce its level of debt by $1.4 billion, using a large wedge of the $1.25 billion it received from Intel in exchange for ...

4. IBM simulates cat, maps human brain to improve chip tech

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... approaching mammalian scale intelligence.  ...

5. Tiny brain is no bar to intelligence, say scientists

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   There's hope for us yet Insects could be as bright as much bigger animals, despite their teeny-tiny brains, say scientists at Queen Mary, University of London. Insects can show some pretty intelligent ...

6. Six rules are laid down for Intel to obey

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   AMD files Settlement Agreement The terms of the agreement between AMD and Intel were published as an SEC 8K filing last night. Apart from the patent cross license agreement, lasting five years, licenses ...

7. Otellini, Barrett others sued by shareholder over antitrust

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   Alleges fiduciary failures A case started in a Delaware district court alleging that senior executives at the Intel Corporation failed in their fiduciary duties to review policy on antitrust activities. ...

8. Intel maintains innocence despite $1.25 billion cash payoff

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   Convictions have not "wavered" Intel has agreed to pay AMD $1.25 billion to settle a number of anti-trust and patent cross-licensing disputes. However, the Santa Clara-based company continues to insist ...

9. Intel-AMD deal doesn't end the bitter war

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   Analysis: Broad agreement to establish industry ground rules Updated: God alone knows how much lawyers have benefited from the latest spat between AMD and Intel. Today the two companies announced a settlement ...

10. Bill Gates says people get paid too much

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... So what do top execs earn? Intel's Paul Otellini earns $1,000,000 a year and also collected a bonus of $3,873,300.  Steve Ballmer, the successor to Gates as CEO, has a salary of $665,833 and a bonus ...

11. Microsoft: Windows 7 "looks and feels" like Mac OS X

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... and we've made it faster and slimmed down the code to make it more effective." See Also Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good Windows 7 sales outpace Vista adoption Intel: Windows 7 offers ...

12. Intel Reader gizmo will read text to you

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    Using the Atom Semiconductor giant Intel said it has created a Reader that will convert printed text to digital text and read it out aloud. The Reader is aimed at helping around 55 million people in the ...

13. Global Foundries will bash up Intel's process lead

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    Strides'r'us The chief technology officer of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has claimed that the spun-off division that makes its microprocessors will outpace Intel in the foreseeable future. Joe Macri ...

14. Windows 7 sales outpace Vista adoption

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... week," added Baker. 
 See Also Intel: Windows 7 offers "improved" performance and stability Windows 7 upgrades crash and burn Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD? How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable ...

15. Notebook benchmarks fail to convey performance, price

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... it had made of customers at a local Best Buy store just a few days earlier. They were asked if they had heard of SysMark, BAPCO and the like and it’s obvious that although these were intelligent users ...

16. Prosthetic hand gives sensation of touch

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... I don't have them anymore. It's amazing." With the help of the TAU team, the SmartHand project was able to integrate recent advances in today's 'intelligent' prosthetic hands with the basic features of ...

17. AMD discovers several Fusion mantras, disses Larrabee

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... The GPU gives the best performance per watt per dollar, he said. “We’re totally focused on the platform now and we have all the essentials.” Intel and Nvidia don’t give Bergman any nightmares, or if they ...

18. AMD calls for more realistic notebook benchmarks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... She said that focus groups show that there’s a delicate balance between explaining technology and reassuring people they don’t have to fully understand that technology. She continued: “Intel has made ...

19. Karmic Koala displays bad karma

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... ATI graphics not working properly, Compiz performance very poor, wireless dropping out, wireless not always picked up." "I liked Intrepid, I was annoyed at the Intel fiasco in Jaunty, and now it seems ...

20. 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 ...

21. The NSA's Latest Listening Post

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    ... Utah. Once completed it will store trillions of phone conversations, e-mail messages and whatever other private communications the secret intelligence agency can snag from around the world. And, if history ...

22. Intel sues news service over Intel name

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 29 October 2009

    Chip giant Intel filed a case in a California district court alleging that a news service specializing in news about Mexico has infringed its trademark. Chip giant Intel filed a case in a California ...

23. Intel, Numonyx trumpet phase change memory breakthrough

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 29 October 2009

    Intel and Numonyx say they've achieved a breakthrough in the research of phase change memory (PCM), a non-volatile memory technology bringing together the benefits of a range of different memory types. ...

24. 10 reasons why analog is better than digital

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... it was wearing seven league boots. But quite often, it doesn't seem to quite grasp the nuances of the analog voice. 7. Artificial intelligence is the realm of the digital. But it's also analog too. So ...

25. Control your enthusiasm

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... those consumers, wizened by the experiences of the past year, will spend a bit more and “buy up” but cautiously and intelligently. This is a good thing for the consumer, for the industry, and for the ...

26. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    ... stupid, we'll point it out. When it does something good, we might even praise them a bit. And so it is that, unlike most IT sites, we don't have a news agenda. We're not pro Intel or AMD, for Microsoft ...

27. Intel optimizes Windows 7 SSD performance

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    Intel has introduced a solid-state drive toolbox that optimizes 34nm X25-M SATA SSD performance in Windows 7. According to company spokesperson Pete Hazen, both the optimizer and accompanying firmware update ...

28. Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 25 October 2009

    Tilera has launched an advanced line of TILE-Gx processors that reportedly offer "ten times better" compute efficiency than Intel's next-generation Westmere chip. The processors - fabricated in TSMC's ...

29. Geeks Are Losers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    ... grateful he'll never be able to rule the world. Another frightening example comes from Rick Hodgin's exceptional essay on this site last year on Intel's vPro technology, a microprocessor system that ...

30. Nokia sues Apple over alleged iPhone patent infringement

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... in the mobile industry is that those companies who contribute in technology development to establish standards create intellectual property, which others then need to compensate for," Nokia spokesperson ...

31. Acer introduces Aspire 3D laptop

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ... price point of $800, also offers an Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6600 (2 MB L2 cache, 2.2GHz, 800 MHz FSB), Dolby surround sound and Windows 7 Home Premium. Additional specs include: ATI Mobility Radeon ...

32. AMD optimizes Athlon II processors for Windows 7

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... benchmarks - and offered savings of $400 compared to the Intel Core 2 Duo E7400. Similarly, the AMD Athlon II X3 435 processor offers savings of over $1005 while providing up to 75 percent better media ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 16 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

34. Sun and Fujitsu upgrade SPARC processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... Oracle is "committed" to SPARC architecture Intel: Xeon 5500 servers are "cash machines"  ...

35. HP rolls out notebooks: Hails Windows 7

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... PC is the HP Elite 7000, equipped with Windows 7, DDR3 memory support, an Intel P55 Express chipset and a choice of either i5 or i7 CPUs. Up to eight gigabytes of memory can be installed, and the machines ...

36. WiMAX has failed, industry guru claims

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    ... has its place, however. He said he was in Kazan, the capital of former Soviet state Tata, and he was greeted by the president who showed off his  BlackBerry, powered by WiMAX.Intel responded swiftly ...

37. Government anti-leak document leaked

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ... scandal over expenses claims. According to  the Daily Mail, the security manual which sets out tactics for preventing Chinese and Russian intelligence services from using blackmail or hi-tech gadgets ...

38. High tech won't save the economy this time

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ... Stagnation and recession were global conditions. But in Silicon Valley unemployment was only 7.5 percent. At the time mid-size companies there like Intel, AMD, Apple, and countless others who have since ...

39. Uniloc prepares to fight for its $388 million

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... Uniloc will continue to protect its intellectual property and appeal the Judge's decision to override the jury's verdict to the US Court of Appeals. We are confident that Uniloc will ultimately prevail." ...

40. Intel sues Silicon Valley partner

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    Chip giant Intel started a law suit in a California district court alleging that Intelop - an IP developer and engineering design services firm in Silicon Valley breaches its trademark name.Chip giant ...

41. ARM changes name of the netbook game

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    Analysis: While GlobalFoundries and ARM are not yet ready to discuss the full deal between them, the news is significant, not just for those two companies, but for the Intel Corporation too.Analysis: ...

42. LucidLogix boosts GPU gaming with Hydra 200 parallel processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... Intel P55-based (Lynnfield) system features 3 PCIe slots for graphic cards and uses the SoC's real-time distributed processing engine to serve as an intelligent graphic load balancer for custom GPU combinations. ...

43. Intel Developer Forum was a bishop’s egg

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... week’s Intel Developer Forum (IDF) – let us rather describe it as a bishop’s egg – the only bad part about it being the shell that covers the interior. Or maybe IDF was an onion – there are many different ...

44. Settlement looks likely in AMD-Intel civil case

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 27 September 2009

    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 ...

45. Intel will soon have real reasons to fear ARM

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Saturday, 26 September 2009

    ... world, is getting a little rattled. A GlobalFoundries deal with ARM would bring an awful lot to the party. During this week's Intel Developer Forum, senior executives at the chip company outlined their ...

46. Apple plus graphics gurus = semiconductor mystery

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 26 September 2009

    ... foundries. Compelling evidence emerged at this week's Intel Developer Forum that there's certainly no smoke without fire. Because Apple has recruited not just one chief technology officer formerly with ...

47. Microsoft confirms no Windows 7 restrictions for netbooks

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 25 September 2009

    ... or business features. The three application limit isn’t there anymore." Microsoft's reassurance follows heavy hints dropped earlier this week at Intel's Developer Forum in San Francisco. The Starter ...

48. Intel and Apple are at the crossroads

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... be the last truly great Intel CEO. It is amazing how companies seem to lose their way once a founder that has been so instrumental in driving the company to success departs.  Microsoft just ...

49. MCCI showcases 270MB/s USB 3.0 system

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... - is capable of achieving a blazingly fast transfer rate of 270MB per second. Intel Developer Forum - MCCI and Symwave are showcasing the world's "highest performing" USB 3.0 system at IDF 2009. The next-generation ...

50. EU says Google AdWords are fair game

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    While the EU is content to slam Intel and Microsoft for billions in antitrust suits, it takes a rather more relaxed view on fellow US giant Google, presumably on the grounds that it's not evil. While ...