Dan Neel - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Dan Neel

Article | 9/11/2000 Crusoe problems blamed on software emulation

A software emulation technique used inside Transmeta's Crusoe processor that hinders the performance of the low-power chip could be the reason some to...

Article | 8/11/2000 Intel shrinking chip design

As part of the company's ongoing effort to keep in step with Moore's Law of ever-increasing processor speeds, Intel Tuesday announced it would be the ...

Article | 1/11/2000 Intel: we are Rambus RDRAM 'advocates'

Officials for Intel have said in the past that Rambus memory technology "is the recipe for performance" for the company's high-end processors, and a c...

Article | 30/10/2000 AMD puts Athlon pedal to the metal

Understanding that the best way to maximize the speed of its Athlon processors is to crank up the performance of the surrounding platform, Advanced Mi...

Article | 23/10/2000 High-Speed chip advances pose testing risks

Microprocessors giants such as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have been performing a risky technological high-wire act ever since their chips ...

Article | 29/09/2000 Transmeta CEO's comments spark debate

In the wake of comments made Tuesday by Transmeta CEO Dave Ditzel that the ambitious microprocessor start-up is at least five years ahead of well-esta...

Article | 27/09/2000 HP unveils 32-way Net server

Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Tuesday announced an HP NetServer 32-way server that will ship with the Microsoft's Windows 2000 Datacenter operating system.

Article | 22/09/2000 Dell shows off new chassis for desktop, mobile PCs

After 18 months in the making, Dell on Thursday offered the first preview of its SD (small desktop) chassis in the form of the company's new OptiPlex ...

Article | 19/09/2000 National Semiconductor puts 'system on a chip'

Hoping to take advantage of what analysts say will be a booming market for Internet appliances over the next several years, National Semiconductor on ...

Article | 6/09/2000 Chip volumes hit record high

An insatiable demand for computers and other electronic devices boosted worldwide semiconductor sales to an all-time high of $US17.3 billion in July 2...

Article | 22/06/2000 Low hype on low-power chip

IBM will begin testing the waters to determine whether or not its customers will adopt an IBM ThinkPad powered by Transmeta's Crusoe processor, beginn...

Article | 21/06/2000 Linux profile grows; Dell, Red Hat team up

Calling it the "One Source Alliance", Dell Computer on Tuesday made Red Hat's Linux the company's "third strategic operating system", joining Microsof...

Article | 13/06/2000 Windows goes wireless

In what's shaping up to be a big week for Bluetooth announcements, Intel will officially announce this week that it plans to work with Microsoft to ma...

Article | 28/03/2000 Intel Sets Stage for Linux on IX with Investment

Intel made a minority equity investment today in Lynx Real-Time Systems in an effort to support the development of an embedded Linux operating system ...

Article | 9/03/2000 AMD answers Intel's SpeedStep with PowerNow

Advanced Micro Devices unveiled its answer to Intel SpeedStep technology here yesterday at the Mobile Insights Conference. Still in development, the A...