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computer chip stories: 29 news summaries

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 PC Marketing Drops 
 the Technobabble 

'Fact tags' only confused customers: Intel exec

Sep 12, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - PC makers seem to have gotten the hint and are beginning to hawk their wares not with dazzling technobabble but with information useful to the average consumer, the New York Times reports. For years, tech concerns have touted their achievements in impenetrable language on “fact tags” (DDR2 RAM,... More »

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advertising • Intel • Apple • Macintosh • computer chip • consumer electronics • AMD • PC makers • personal computers • technical

Apple Builds New Team of
Chip Gurus

Hires hint that company is plotting to create its own, secret circuits

Apr 30, 09 1:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple has been steadily assembling a team of experts with the capability to design the company's own brand of chips, the Wall Street Journal reports. Insiders say the move—a major shift in strategy—will help Apple design new, exclusive features for its gadgets, and will eliminate the need for... More »

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Apple • computer chip • microprocessors • silicon chip • chip • PA Semi

 10 Computers That
 Changed Everything 

Before the iMac, there were mega machines

Jul 16, 08 8:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Convenience is a given when it comes to today's PCs, but the machine you're reading this on has come a long way. Major transformations date as far back as the early 19th century. Live Science gives the back-story on 10 revolutionary computers.
  1. The Difference Engine, 1822: Designed by Charles
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technology • Intel • IBM • computer chip • desktop computers • computer • personal computers • Xerox PARC

DreamWorks Jilts AMD
for Intel

Major coup in battle between rival chipmakers

Jul 8, 08 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an important win over its sometimes-struggling rival, Intel has wooed away AMD client DreamWorks Animation. DreamWorks will replace its current servers and computer workstations, which use AMD chips, with new Intel-powered ones. The studio said the change will make its computing faster and help it start producing 3-D animation,... More »

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Intel • DreamWorks • computer chip • AMD

Qualcomm Aims to Unseat Intel
in Low-Power Chip Battle

Snapdragon may make Intel's Atom bomb

Jun 30, 08 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Qualcomm might be looking to unseat industry top dog Intel with its new Snapdragon chip—which uses half the power of Intel’s new Atom, will likely be cheaper, and is due out next year. As personal computers and mobile Internet devices continue to converge, the need for speed has... More »

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computer chip • Qualcomm • Atom • computer hardware • Intel Corp

Piles of Evidence Delay
Intel Antitrust Trial

AMD has accused Intel of banned business moves

Jun 6, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - With countless documents and hundreds of witnesses to sort through, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices’ antitrust lawsuit against Intel won’t begin until 2010 at the earliest, the Wall Street Journal reports. AMD has long accused Intel of corrupt business practices; the delay comes after a Korean court ruled that... More »

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Intel • lawsuit • computer chip • Advanced Micro Devices • antitrust suit

In Cheap-Chip Market, It's
Intel vs. Via

Small Taiwanese company is new competitor for PC giant

Jun 2, 08 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Intel dives into the growing low-cost laptop chip market, it’s battling a new competitor: Taiwan’s Via Technologies, a far smaller company than Intel. Via’s low-power C7 chip had enjoyed its own niche in the market, but that’s changing as Intel rolls out the Atom chip,... More »

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Intel • Taiwan • laptop • computer chip • low-cost PCs

Chipmakers Get Graphic in 'Battle Royal' for Future

Intel, Nvidia and AMD jockey over advanced imagery for PCs

May 27, 08 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three Silicon Valley companies are jockeying to plot the future course for chips that create the most realistic computer graphics, the Wall Street Journal reports. "All of them agree that graphics are the field where the battle is going to be fought," one analyst says of Intel, Nvidia... More »

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Intel • Nvidia • computer graphics • computer chip • AMD

 Apple Snaps Up Chip Design Company

iPhones and iPods could get efficient next-generation chips

Apr 24, 08 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple has acquired a designer of sophisticated, low-power computer chips, Forbes reports. Analysts say the move will likely lead to a new kind of chip powering future iPhones and iPods, as well as new Apple designs, helping the company differentiate itself from competition scrambling to keep up. The news comes... More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • Intel • Apple • iPod • computer chip • PA Semi

World's Smallest Transistor Sets Path to Better Chips

Newfound material could replace silicon

Apr 18, 08 2:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists in England have created the world’s smallest transistor, the BBC reports. At 1 atom thick and 10 atoms wide, it could be the key to creating microchips beyond the power of silicon. The transistor is made of graphene, a single layer of graphite and an excellent conductor of... More »

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electricity • computer chip • silicon • semiconductor • transistor • computer • computer hardware • graphene

$1B Intel Plant Helps Vietnam Reinvent Itself

Chip maker's choice gives validation to nascent tech industry

Apr 18, 08 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Intel's choice of Vietnam for a massive superconductor plant surprised the tech world 2 years ago, but the firm's trailblazing has sparked a wave of high-tech investment that is transforming the country, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The plant is still more than a year away from completion, but... More »

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Vietnam • Intel • foreign investment • computer chip • Hanoi

Earnings Report

Intel Rides Global Sales
to Strong Q1

Profit jumps 9% as chip-maker surprises Wall Street

Apr 16, 08 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Global demand for computer chips helped Intel power to a 9% first-quarter revenue gain, beating analysts' estimates and sending a message that while US sales may be slumping, the world’s largest chip maker’s still got game. Intel stock rose 7.7% in after hours trading, the New York ... More »

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Intel • corporate earnings • computer chip • AMD • chip

Sun Banks on Lasers
to Make Next Speed Leap

Using light, not wires, to connect chips could make computers 1,000 times faster

Mar 24, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sun Microsystems is moving toward connecting computer chips using lasers instead of wires, a move that could make computers 1,000 times faster. The company snagged a $44 million Pentagon contract to continue work that could also mean smaller, more energy-efficient machines. It won’t be easy, though: A Sun... More »

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Pentagon • Stanford • Intel • MIT • IBM • Sun Microsystems • computer chip • computer • University of California at San Diego • lasers • silicon photonics • NEC Corporation • Luxtera • Kotura • supercomputer • Hewlett-Packard

Intel, Microsoft
Fund Multicore
Research

Future products call for chips with many more microprocessors

Mar 17, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Intel and Microsoft will fund researchers at two universities working on new programming techniques for multicore chips, sources told the Wall Street Journal. The companies will reportedly provide $2 million annually for five years, to speed the development of chips that can contain dozens—or even hundreds—of microprocessors... More »

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Microsoft • Intel • computer programming • UC Berkeley • computer chip • microprocessors • computer science • multicore chips

Intel: Cheap Memory Won't Erase Profits

New markets will protect company from NAND flash price drops

Mar 5, 08 11:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Steep drops in the price of NAND flash memory have hit Intel's profits, but CEO Paul Otellini vows it's not going to put the company in the red, the AP reports. Prices of the chips have fallen more than 50% recently, much more than the chipmaking giant had predicted. Otellini... More »

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Intel • computer chip • Paul Otellini • NAND chips • memory chips • computer memory

Etch-A-Sketch Newest Chip Design Tool

Nano-sized wires can be drawn, erased using atomic microscope

Mar 4, 08 11:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Imagine a computer chip that could literally have wires drawn onto it and erased like an etch-a-sketch. That’s what University of Pittsburgh researchers have been able to create, Technology Review reports. To demonstrate the technology, researchers drew the tip of an atomic force microscope across the chip like a... More »

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computer chip • semiconductor • transistor • computer memory

Intel Trims
Q1 Profit Projections

An oversupply of flash memory chips is continuing to drive down prices

Mar 4, 08 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Falling prices for flash memory prompted chipmaker Intel Corp to trim its first quarter gross-profit projection slightly yesterday, driving share prices down nearly 3% in after-hours trading, reports Bloomberg. Analysts said oversupply for NAND flash chips—used in cameras, music devices, and mini-storage devices—would likely persist into the third... More »

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Intel • computer chip • microchips • Micron Technology • quarterly profits • flash memory

Intel Pushes 'Atom' Chips

Tiny microprocessors are intended for mobile Internet devices and low-end computers

Mar 3, 08 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Intel will push its tinest new chips behind the brand name Atom in an effort to create demand for two emerging types of computing devices. The Atom line includes chips already announced by the company, reports the Wall Street Journal. One, formerly known as Silverthorne, is aimed at cellphone-sized... More »

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Intel • computer chip • microprocessors • mobile Internet • Silverthorne • Diamondville • low-end computers • Atom • MIDs

Intel Makes Smaller, Cheaper Chip

Processor targeted at very low-end computers

Feb 22, 08 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Intel is working on a tiny, inexpensive microprocessor aimed at very low-end computers. Code-named Diamondville, the chip is for computers priced under $250, especially portable ones that Intel calls Netbooks. Manufacturers are creating such machines for emerging markets, as well as for industrialized countries, where they’re often bought as... More »

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Intel • emerging markets • computer chip • microprocessors • Silverthorne • Diamondville • Netbooks • low-end computers

EU Raids Intel's German Offices

World's biggest chip maker may face new antitrust allegations

Feb 12, 08 12:05 PM CST
(Newser) - EU investigators raided Intel’s German office today, searching for evidence that the chip maker has broken antitrust laws, the BBC reports. The European Commission has already opened a case against Intel for monopolistic business practices, but officials said the surprise raid was the first step in its investigation, signaling... More »

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European Union • Intel • computer chip • microprocessors • AMD • European Commission

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