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Article | 28/04/2009 NEC in talks with Renesas to create third-largest chip maker
Japanese chip makers NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology have entered merger discussions, they said Monday.
Article | 28/04/2009 HP still getting heat on Nvidia graphics chips
Months after the issue first surfaced, Hewlett-Packard notebook owners continue to complain about defective Nvidia graphics cards that could cause lap...
Article | 27/04/2009 Toshiba to ship higher capacity flash chips from July
Toshiba plans to begin shipping from the middle of this year flash memory chips that are more tightly packed than current models and will make possibl...
Article | 27/04/2009 DRAM maker Hynix reports sixth straight loss
Hynix Semiconductor on Friday reported its sixth straight quarterly loss in the first quarter.
Article | 24/04/2009 AMD overclocks new Phenom II X4 to 7GHz
AMD on Thursday introduced the latest member of its Phenom II X4 family of high-performance quad-core CPUs, which the No. 2 chip maker said it had run...
Article | 23/04/2009 AMD plans 16-core server chip
Advanced Micro Devices is designing a server chip with up to 16 cores, quadrupling the count of its current quad-core server chips, the company said W...
Article | 23/04/2009 New Intel chips prompt rise in demand for DDR3 memory
A new series of Intel microprocessors aimed at the computer server market has caused a spike in demand for DDR3 (double data rate, third generation) D...
Article | 23/04/2009 AMD adds speed to Shanghai processors
AMD on Wednesday expanded its Opteron server processor lineup, lowering the bar on power drawn while raising the performance of chips.
Article | 22/04/2009 AMD widens loss during the quarter
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday reported a wider loss for the quarter compared to last year as it tries to recover from the recession.
Article | 22/04/2009 AMD to ship dual-core Neo, Istanbul this quarter
Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday said it would ship new laptop and server processors later this quarter, which should up the ante in its c...
Article | 18/04/2009 Bella launches HD Mouse for video editors
Bella has announced the HD Mouse, a wireless mouse with specific functions for video editors and motion graphics artists. It will be shown for the fir...
Article | 20/04/2009 OLPC drops AMD chips for Via
One Laptop Per Child on Friday refreshed its XO-1 laptop hardware, dumping chips from Advanced Micro Devices in favor of processors from Via Technolog...
Article | 17/04/2009 Intel rivals gang up to make mobile chips
A host of chip makers, including IBM, on Thursday announced a partnership to develop low-power chips for mobile devices, which could challenge Intel's...
Article | 16/04/2009 Intel to ship Larrabee graphics chip in early 2010
Intel Corp.'s Larrabee graphics processor, which is expected to challenge Nvidia Inc. and ATI Corp. in the high-performance desktop and gaming PC mark...
Article | 11/03/2009 Chips and bits
Size matters and so does performance. The ongoing goal to make devices smaller and more efficient to keep ahead of the pack has been ringing true s...
Article | 15/04/2009 Intel's Atom revenue fell more than other processors
Intel's revenue from its line of low-end Atom microprocessors fell more during the first quarter than other products, according to the chip maker's fi...
Article | 15/04/2009 Intel profits slump but future looks brighter, CEO says
Intel on Tuesday reported a sharp drop in revenue and profit for the first quarter, but the company's CEO said the PC industry is showing signs of rec...
Article | 15/04/2009 Intel ships samples of Westmere PC chips
Intel's new Westmere microprocessors are being sampled by PC makers and will ship in volume later this year, the company's CEO said Tuesday.
Article | 15/04/2009 Intel profits slump but future looks brighter, CEO says
Intel on Tuesday reported a sharp drop in revenue and profit for the first quarter, but the company's CEO said the PC industry is showing signs of rec...
Article | 15/04/2009 Intel offers firmware upgrade for SSD performance problem
Intel Corp. has released a firmware upgrade for its consumer solid-state disk drive, the X25-M, which suffers from fragmentation issues resulting in p...

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