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Apple's iPod chief to step down
News The company confirms reports that Tony Fadell, a longtime executive who headed the iPod division, will step down and be replaced by IBM's Mark Papermaster.
Tags: MP3 players, Media players, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Apple iPod, Human Resources, Apple iPhone, CNET Networks Inc., vice president, advisor
Nvidia's revenue, profit rise
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Nvidia settles Dutch hacking case
News The graphics chip designer settles a case with two people who it said broke through its security systems and published confidential company documents on the Web.
Google: Server efficiency needs new recipe
News Mobile computing companies have successfully lowered gadgets' power consumption. Too bad that work doesn't help much with servers, according to a Google engineer.
Tags: Servers, Activity, Mobile, Adapter, Google Inc., Electronics, Server, processor, hard drive, chip designer
Apple buys stake in mobile graphics chip designer
News The acquisition of Imagine Technologies could be an indication of how Apple plans to power the graphics in future iPhones and iPod Touches.
Tags: Mobile processors, Game players, Music devices, PDA phones, Apple Inc., Mobile, Manufacturing, Chip, Graphics, graphics chip
Apple hires top IBM chip designer
News Mark Papermaster agrees to join Apple as a high-ranking executive, but his former employer is fighting that move.
Tags: Processors, Smart phones, Mac OS, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Google Inc., Chip, Server, processor, chip designer
Via opens up its mini-notebook design
News Chip designer creates a mini-notebook reference design for notebook makers, providing the source files for download.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Open source, 802.11/Wi-Fi, 3G (Third Generation), WiMax, VIA Technologies Inc., Mobile, PC Company, Notebook, 3G
Apple may spurn Intel for next-gen MacBook
News Apple is not dumping Intel's processors, but it might be using another company's chipset inside new notebooks expected to arrive within the next month or so, according to an AppleInsider report.
Tags: Processors, Personal Computers, Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Mobile, Apple MacBook, Chip, Notebook, processor
Sun confirms it's buying Montalvo
News It's been a long, strange, expensive trip for Montalvo.
Tags: Components, Processors, Innovation, Chip, Sun Microsystems Inc., venture capital, software, processor, chip designer, asset
HP makes memory from a once theoretical circuit
News Several decades ago, a Berkeley professor said there should be a circuit that can remember what's happened to it. Now, HP is showing it actually exists.
Tags: Processors, Innovation, Hewlett-Packard Co., Chip, Cloud Computing, Memory, intellectual property, Oxygen, hard drive, chip designer
New iPhone firmware reveals code for next model
News A bit of digging around inside the latest iPhone firmware release has uncovered code that suggests a next-generation iPhone is waiting in the wings.
Tags: Handhelds, Graphics, Mobile processors, Storage, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Apple Mac OS X, P.A. Semi, firmware, 3G
AMD, Transmeta develop low-power notebook processors
News Advanced Micro Devices Inc, the world's No 2 processor maker, is cooperating with Transmeta Corp to design chips with low power consumption for the notebook computer market.
Acer Labs raises forecast ahead of IPO
News Acer Labs, a major chip designer and supplier, has raised its full year financial forecast ahead of an initial public offering planned for the Taipei market on September 13.
Nvidia to show off its first Intel chipsets
News The chip designer's chipsets, which will include an integrated firewall, will be available for high-end Intel-based PCs by April.
Tags: Graphics
AMD invests US$7.5M in Transmeta
News AMD will receive preferred shares in exchange for its investment in chip company which financial performance has fallen lately.
Tags: Investments, Processors, Mobile processors
