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Chip manufacturers on the edge
News Convulsions in the microprocessor business may have broad implications and strategic significance for countries around the world.
Tags: Components, Wireless e-mail devices, PDA phones, Intel Corp., Memory Chip, Semiconductor, Cell Phone, Chip, Chip Company, Government
Philippine govt anxious over Intel's potential exit
News Local Cavite government wants to hold talks with the chipmaker regarding the possibility that Intel may shut its test and assembly facility in the Philippine province.
Tags: Processors, Investments, Local Government, Intel Corp., Philippines, Chip Company, Government, microprocessor, Worker, Corporate Social Responsibility
Will Windows 7 reboot PC sales?
News Boost to tech business from Microsoft's new operating system may be buffered, as economy remains primary reason for holdup in PC sales.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Chip Company, Microsoft Windows 7, Sales, Microsoft Windows, analyst, PC, Netbook
AMD reorg merges microprocessor, graphics units
News Troubled chipmaker's second reorganization in little more than a year will combine its microprocessor and graphics units.
Tags: Processors, Leadership, Organizational structure, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Chip Company, Graphics, microprocessor, graphics chip
Intel-WindRiver merger signals more hardware, software deals
News As software and hardware technology converge in non-PC computing, more partnerships are likely between chipmakers and software makers.
Tags: Acquisitions, Software, Hardware, Intel Corp., Android, International Data Corp., Chip, Chip Company, Sales, computer
Intel grid-computing app helps scientific research
News Progress Thru Processors application from Facebook site lets people donate their unused processor time to research into climate change, cancer and malaria.
Tags: Components, Intel Corp., Chip, Chip Company, grid computing, processor, Facebook, marketing, general manager, Components
NXP sues university over 'Oyster crack'
News The company behind the Mifare Classic chipset is to sue Radboud University in an attempt to stop it from publishing a paper detailing the alleged cracking of the Oyster smartcard.
Tags: RFID, Mobile/Wireless, Publication, Security, Conference, Semiconductor, Chip Company, Spokesperson, London, network
Intel's surprisingly sunny earnings report
News The chipmaker reported record third-quarter earnings, but what really cheered worried investors was the upbeat sales outlook.
Tags: Processors, Earning reports/forecasts, Intel Corp., Paul Otellini, Chip, Chip Company, Notebook, console, technology company, China
Former Intel worker faces more charges in alleged trade secrets theft
News Man faces four new counts of wire fraud for allegedly stealing trade secrets from the chipmaker while working for competitor Advanced Micro Devices.
Tags: Processors, Security, Legal, Lawsuits, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., FBI, Trade Secret, Chip Company, U.S. Department Of Justice
Mystery surrounds wiped Oyster cards
News Transport for London has launched an investigation into how 60,000 smartcards were corrupted when swiped at ticket barriers on the Underground on Saturday morning.
Tags: RFID, Supplier, Chip, Chip Company, Spokesperson, Card, retail company, smart card, Holland, RFID
Intel puts more funding behind WiMax
News Chipmaker's investment arm has pumped about US$42.7 million into UQ Communications's mobile WiMax network in Japan.
Tags: Network infrastructure, 802.11/Wi-Fi, WiMax, Investments, Intel Corp., Mobile, Chip Company, Japan, mobile industry, 3G
Intel to pitch in on developing Chrome
News Chipmaker will work with Google on the Chrome OS in the same way it contributes to other Linux distributions, which take in parts of Intel's Moblin code.
Tags: Processors, Operating systems, Intel Corp., Linux Company, Chip Company, Graphics, Novell Inc., Linux, Netbook, Processors
Qualcomm, Freescale bet on 'smartbooks'
News The rival chipmakers are attacking the Intel-Microsoft dominance in netbooks by marketing small laptops with a name that suggests a smartphone.
Tags: Mobile processors, Notebooks and tablets, Intel Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Texas Instruments Inc., Smart Phone, Chip Company, Sales, netbook sale, marketing
AMD faces US$50M bill for restructuring
News Cost-cutting measures mean the chipmaker, which has lost ground to Intel, will have a multimillion-dollar outlay in the first three months of this year.
Tags: Processors, Financial, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., iSuppli Corp., Chip Company, employee benefit, microprocessor, restructuring plan, asset
Panasonic, Qimonda cuts hit M'sian electronics
News At stake is the livelihood of nearly 2,000 employees at the Malaysian manufacturing plants operated by the Japanese electronics company and German chipmaker.
Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Plant, Electronics, Manufacturing, Chip Company, Nikkei, Malaysia, Panasonic, Qimonda
