News: AMD and Intel patch things up, HP buys 3Com
We had a blockbuster deal this week, with Hewlett-Packard saying it plans to buy 3Com, and a blockbuster settlement, with Advanced Micro Devices and Intel ending a long-running legal dispute. By midnight tonight, Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers are supposed to file a revised book-search settlement proposal, which could add to our top stories list for the week. For now, though, what follows are our top IT headlines of the moment.
Nancy Weil 14/11/2009 08:49:00
News: AMD, Intel settle antitrust, IP disputes
Intel and Advanced Micro Devices Thursday announced that they have settled all antitrust litigation and patent cross-license disputes between the companies.
Marc Ferranti 13/11/2009 05:29:00
News: AMD promises big jump in performance with Magny Cours
Advanced Micro Devices is gearing up for the 2010 launch of Magny Cours, a more powerful Opteron server processor that will pack up to 12 cores and use faster memory chips.
Sumner Lemon 13/11/2009 09:04:00
News: AMD, Intel settle antitrust, IP disputes
Intel and Advanced Micro Devices Thursday announced that they have settled all antitrust litigation and patent cross-license disputes between the companies.
Marc Ferranti 13/11/2009 08:45:00
News: AMD settlement expected to hit Intel's net profit in Q4
The cash portion of Intel's legal settlement with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) could shave as much as US$800 million off Intel's net profit in the fourth quarter, according to investment banking firm Credit Suisse.
Dan Nystedt 13/11/2009 20:54:00
News: Intel/AMD deal could help solve virtualization compatibility problems
The $1.25 billion Intel/AMD settlement announced Thursday could improve competition in the server hardware market and solve some lingering problems related to server virtualization, analysts say.
Jon Brodkin 13/11/2009 10:51:00
News: AMD settlement won't blunt Intel R&D, exec says
Today's settlement of all antitrust litigation between Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. should benefit both firms -- and shouldn't hurt Intel's R&D operation, Intel CTO and senior fellow Justin Rattner told Computerworld today.
Sharon Gaudin 13/11/2009 06:29:00
News: Intel legal woes don'e End with AMD settlement
The fact that Intel and AMD have reached a $1.25 billion agreement and established a pact to cross-license each other's patents for the next 5 years should not come as any surprise. AMD needs the cash infusion and Intel needs...well, Intel needs AMD. Seems like a win-win.
Tony Bradley 13/11/2009 08:22:00
News: AMD hopes to end GPU shortage by late November
Executives at Advanced Micro Devices this week said they are hoping that the company's new 40-nanometer graphics processing units will be in full by the end of the month.
Sharon Gaudin 11/11/2009 04:43:00
News: Microprocessor sales reach record levels, says IDC
Intel's Atom processor, which is used in netbooks, helped PC microprocessor makers sell record numbers of chips during the third quarter, although the overall value of the market fell, according to market researcher IDC.
Mikael Ricknäs 10/11/2009 00:08:00
 
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