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Intel stories: 87 news summaries

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Intel Profits Jump 51%, But Slowdown Seen

Chipmaker cautious
on 2008 as global PC market cools

Jan 16, 08 8:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Intel's net income leaped 51% in the fourth quarter—the No. 1 chipmaker's largest increase in 14 quarters—to $2.27 billion. But the glow was dimmed by what looks to be a cooling PC  market, leading to lower projections for 2008, and sending Intel’s share price down 14%... More »

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Intel • corporate earnings • Paul Otellini

New York Latest to Investigate Intel Practices

Chip-maker's effort to squeeze competition is focus of probes

Jan 10, 08 2:09 PM CST
(Newser) - With proceedings already underway against Intel Corp. in Europe and Asia, New York's attorney general today began formally investigating whether the world's largest computer chip-maker has broken state and federal antitrust laws, Reuters reports. “Our investigation is focused on determining whether Intel has improperly used monopoly power to exclude... More »

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New York • Intel • antitrust • Andrew Cuomo • monopoly • AMD • European Commission

Intel Answers Antitrust Charges

Chip maker requests hearing

Jan 9, 08 7:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Intel has filed a response to the European Union antitrust objections, reports Ars Technica. While the contents have been kept under wraps, Intel did confirm that it is seeking a hearing before the European Commission. Intel has been under investigation since 2005 for practices including offering heavy discounts to retailers... More »

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European Union • Intel • antitrust • European Commission

MARKETS

Bad Jobs Data Trigger Freefall

Dow off 256.54, zooms past 13K on sluggish growth report

Jan 4, 08 3:37 PM CST
(Newser) - The worst employment-growth report since August 2003 sent the markets into a nosedive today, with the Dow ending the day off 256.54 to 12,800.18. Only 18,000 non-farm jobs were added in December, the Wall Street Journal reports, and the unemployment rate rose to 5.0%, its... More »

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Intel • Dow Jones • recession • unemployment • Nasdaq • S&P 500

Intel Bails on Kid Laptop Project

Feud over rival computer sales

Jan 4, 08 7:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Intel has dropped out of its uneasy partnership with the "One Laptop Per Child" global nonprofit program, designed to put inexpensive computers in the hands of millions of children in developing countries. Intel has been feuding with project founder Nicholas  Negroponte, an MIT professor on leave who developed the... More »

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Intel • MIT • XO • One Laptop Per Child • Nicholas Negroponte • Consumer Electronics Show • Classmate • Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Intel Rolls Out Minuscule Flash Drive

4 gig chip weighs less than a drop of water

Dec 18, 07 10:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Intel has unveiled a new flash-memory hard drive smaller than a fingertip and lighter than a drop of water; the 2- or 4-gig Z-P140 is a play to compete with Samsung in storage technology for handheld devices. Conventional magnetic hard drives aren’t small, rugged, or efficient enough to power... More »

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Intel • Samsung • data storage • flash drives • Z P140

Could the Silicon Chip Max Out?

The transistor revolutionized the world,
but it's starting to show its age

Dec 16, 07 10:23 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s been 60 years since three Bell Lab scientists invented the transistor, launching an electronics revolution that changed the way we live. Engineers have miniaturized the powerful on-off switches—eventually integrated onto silicon chips—about as far as they can. Now, companies are pouring billions of dollars into research... More »

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Intel • microprocessors • transistor • silicon chip • Moore's Law • Gordon Moore • integrated circuits • Robert Noyce • Jack Kilby

Supercomputing Technology Landing in Your Lap(top)

Hardware getting smaller as software tries to catch up

Dec 13, 07 8:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Leaps forward in chip design are bringing supercomputing technology to personal computers and corporate data centers, Business Week writes. Hardware makers are coming up with more ways to cram colossal amounts of computing power into small spaces, but software is lagging a bit behind. Microsoft is building a brain trust... More »

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Microsoft • Intel • microchips • computer • supercomputer

MARKETS

Good News Rallies Markets

Sunny economic stats and hope for a rate cut give stocks a boost

Dec 5, 07 3:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Stocks took off today in response to cheerful economic data and rising hopes for a Dec. 11 rate cut from the Fed. Government reports showed an increase in productivity and an unexpected jump in hiring, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow was up 196.23 to 13,444.96,... More »

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stock market • Microsoft • Federal Reserve • Intel

Valley Tech Giants Ditch Cubicles for Open Space

Some people miss them... for a little while

Dec 4, 07 5:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Silicon Valley giants like Intel, Cisco, and Sun, are experimenting with ditching cubicles to improve productivity. Execs at the companies say that the typical office gray maze isn't ideal anymore for the modern, connected workplace. "Collaboration has been shown to spark innovation and speed product to market," says... More »

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Silicon Valley • Intel • Sun Microsystems • Cisco • cubicle

Ambition Fails for One Laptop Per Child

Visionary project lowering expectations as for-profit competitors muscle in

Nov 25, 07 2:38 PM CST
(Newser) - One Laptop Per Child started with a monstrously ambitious goal – build laptops for $100 each, sell them by the millions to the developing world. But since then, cost overruns and attacks from for-profit competitors have ravaged demand, the Wall Street Journal reports. A mere 300,000 are being produced... More »

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Microsoft • Intel • One Laptop Per Child • AMD

AMD Unveils Spider Chipset

It can't match Intel, but it's a vast improvement, and aimed at a broader market

Nov 19, 07 8:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Advanced Micro Devices introduces its long-anticipated Spider desktop chip set  today,  including a new microprocessor, a graphics processor and chips to link system components that will give gamers access to ultrarealistic images and increase computing performance. But it still can’t match Intel’s latest chip offering, reports the... More »

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technology • Intel • AMD • computer

Math Flub
Could Doom Online Safety

Simple error might
give hackers private data, expert warns

Nov 17, 07 11:57 AM CST
(Newser) - A small glitch in a computer chip—hypothetical so far—could allow hackers to steal private information from millions of PCs, a renowned cryptographer warns colleagues. Adi Shamir, an Israeli professor who helped design software guarding e-commerce transactions, wrote that a simple math mistake could cause a computer’s security... More »

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Israel • Intel • microprocessors • cryptography • Microsoft Excel • Adi Shamir • Weizmann Institute of Science

Chip Maker AMD Gets
Emirate Cash

Abu Dhabi buys 8.1% stake in Intel rival for $622 million

Nov 16, 07 4:39 PM CST
(Newser) - The government of Abu Dhabi, through its investment arm, bought an 8.1% stake in Advanced Micro Devices for $622 million. It will receive 49 million newly-issued AMD shares, but won't get any board representation. The computer chip maker desperately needs the cash after a $396 million loss during the... More »

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Silicon Valley • Intel • finance • Abu Dhabi • computer chip • Advanced Micro Devices • microprocessors

Intel: Honey, I Shrunk the Processor

Chip shrinks nearly a third to minuscule
45 nanometer process

Nov 12, 07 5:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Intel is rolling out a line of processors today that breaks brave new ground in micro-sizing —the chips are the first ever to be mass-produced with a  45 nanometer process, nearly a third smaller than today's 65 nanometer technology. The development gives the company an edge over rival Advanced... More »

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Intel • microchips • Advanced Micro Devices • Penryn • processors • computer

Sprint, Clearwire Network Deal Shelved

Collapsed deal heavy blow to Clearwire

Nov 9, 07 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - An ambitious agreement between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire to built a nationwide WiMax wireless network, reaching 100 million people by late next year, is on the rocks, insiders tell the Wall Street Journal. The transaction apparently collapsed under the weight of its complexities, aggravated by Clearwire's larger-than-expected third-quarter losses and... More »

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Intel • Motorola • Samsung • Sprint Nextel • Sprint • WiMax • Clearwire

ITU Head Wants Broadband Net Help for Africa

Less than 1% on continent have high-speed access

Oct 28, 07 10:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fewer than four per cent of Africans use the Internet and less than one per cent have broadband access, helping to keep Africa behind in education, medicine and business, the BBC reports. Dr Hamadoun Toure, head of the International Telecommunication Union, is asking world organizations to make sure a third... More »

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Africa • United Nations • Internet • broadband Internet • World Bank • Intel • World Health Organization • Rwanda • Dr Hamadoun Toure • International Telecommunication Union • Kigali institute of technology.

Intel Opens Huge Plant for Tiny Chips

$3 billion Arizona facility produces miniscule processors

Oct 25, 07 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Production begins today at Intel's new $3-billion plant in Arizona, where the tech giant will produce new chips only 45 nanometers wide—a third smaller than current versions. The design of the new Penryn chip incorporates a transistor that scientists celebrated as the most significant breakthrough in microchips in decades.... More »

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Intel • microchips

WiMax Gets Green Light from UN

Upstart wireless tech included in next generation standards

Oct 20, 07 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a huge victory for Intel, the UN’s telecommunications agency yesterday gave WiMax a thumbs up, opening the way for member nations to devote public radio space to the upstart wireless internet technology. Intel lobbied hard for the WiMax, which can sling data 40 miles at up to 70... More »

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United Nations • wireless • Intel • Sony Ericsson • municipal wireless • WiMax • Qualcomm

Buying a PC? Read This First

Oct 19, 07 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wall Street Journal tech guru Walter S. Mossberg wants you to think, and think hard, before buying your next PC. Here are some tips from the man himself:
  1. If you're going for Vista over Windows XP, opt for the Home Premium version.
  2. Avoid junk software that slows your
... More »

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Dell • Intel • Walt Mossberg • Microsoft Windows • list • Microsoft Vista • buying a PC • Windows XP

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