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Intel stories: 87 news summaries

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$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

MARKETS

 Markets Up Big on Earnings 

Limited losses by JPMorgan, Wells Fargo key best jump in two weeks

Apr 16, 08 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks staged a rally today on the strength of profit reports from JP Morgan and Intel. "The bear market is bottoming, and folks are beginning to look beyond the valley of widely known problems to better times ahead," a strategist tells the Wall Street Journal. The Dow ended... More »

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stock market • Intel • Wells Fargo • corporate earnings • JPMorgan Chase

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

MARKETS

 Techs Stand Tall in 'Relief Rally' 

After days of dismal news, mixed reports enough to rouse investors

Apr 10, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks rallied despite a generally unfavorable climate today on positive news from Intel and Wal-Mart, though, with the exception of the Nasdaq, failed to hold on to session highs. The Nasdaq rose 29.58 to close at 2,351.70. The Dow, up triple-digits during the session, ended 54.72... More »

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Intel • Dow Jones • Nasdaq • retail sales • S&P 500 • Wal-Mart • first quarter earnings

AMD to Slash 10%
of Jobs in '08

Chip maker was hurt by defective product, slumping sales

Apr 8, 08 12:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Advanced Micro Devices will shed 10% of its workforce this year and predicts a 15% first-quarter revenue drop, down to $1.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports. Slumping desktop sales and the company's line of defective chips and have hurt AMD, which will lay off workers worldwide at "... More »

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Intel • job cuts • AMD • microchip • processor • computer hardware • first quarter earnings

Intel Scores on
Mobile Internet Devices

Announces 25 hardware makers will use Intel chips

Apr 2, 08 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty-five hardware companies will use a new Intel chip technology for mobile internet devices that are somewhere between a cellphone and a laptop computer in size, reports the Wall Street Journal. Intel hopes the gadgets they've dubbed MIDs will become a new product category, helping the company make up for... More »

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Intel • chip • mobile devices

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

Personalized Security
Protects Laptops

New software adjusts to individuals' behavior

Mar 21, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new laptop security system in development at Intel learns to adjust to you—that is, the user—getting to know your pattern of Internet use in order to provide more personalized protection. The software, called Proteus, is meant for companies that provide laptops to many employees, normally equipping all... More »

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Internet • Intel • software • research • Internet security • computer security • computer • botnets

New Wi-Fi Will Make Web Service Rural

Intel platform can link
to villages for less
than $500

Mar 18, 08 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new device will link rural areas to the Internet at low cost and without cables, Technology Review reports. Intel has tested the Wi-Fi platform in Africa, Asia and South America, and will sell it this year for less than $500. What makes it work? The router and antenna are... More »

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Internet • Intel • WiFi • rural area • rural connectivity platform

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 Testifies in EU Antitrust Hearings

CEO jets in to defend practices in Brussells

Mar 12, 08 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Intel officials testified before an EU antitrust commission yesterday in Brussels; the chipmaker is suspected of unfairly dominating the European market. Competitor Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and consumer groups are testifying today, reports the Wall Street Journal. The commission will consider whether rebates Intel offered to retailers that didn’t... More »

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Microsoft • European Union • Intel • antitrust • microprocessors • AMD

Intel Sets Bar High with SSDs

Companys says it will launch 80-160GB solid state chips in the second-quarter

Mar 8, 08 10:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Intel will bring a bigger—and faster—solid state drive to market in the second quarter that will heat up the competition between chipmakers and launch a new generation of laptops and PCs based on SSDs rather than hard drives, reports CNET. Intel’s 80-160GB SSDs are twice as fast... More »

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Intel • Samsung • Toshiba • NAND chips • solid state drives • SanDisk • flash memory • SSD • computer hardware

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

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

Intel Joins Push for Low-Power Chips

Promoting chips geared toward mobile Internet devices

Feb 4, 08 12:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Intel is developing a low-power-consuming chip aimed at a new category of mobile Internet devices, or MIDs, which range between a cell phone and laptop in size. The company’s new MID chip, expected out in the second quarter, draws about a tenth of the power used by Intel’s... More »

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Intel • computer chip • mobile Internet • low-power chips

Sprint Nextel Revives WiMAX Plans

Mobile carrier looks for partners to cut cost of high-speed wireless network

Jan 30, 08 1:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Struggling Sprint Nextel, burdened with layoffs, retail store closings, and massive mobile-subscriber defections to AT&T and Verizon, may be getting back in the game. The company, which recently caved to investor pressure to drop plans for a $5-billion nationwide WiMAX network, is again talking with Clearwire, its partner in... More »

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Google • Intel • Sprint Nextel • WiMAX • Clearwire • Best Buy • Dan Hesse

AMD Gets Closer to Profitable

Investors relieved despite chip maker's big loss

Jan 18, 08 11:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Advanced Micro Devices pleased investors with its fourth-quarter financial report yesterday, as it neared profitability despite a big loss that included its acquisition of graphics chip maker ATI Technologies. AMD execs said they expect to break even early in the second half of 2008, reports the New York Times.... More »

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Intel • computer chip • microprocessors • AMD • ATI Technologies

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