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Sun chops heads: Can it get any respect?
Insight commentary With its open source efforts slow to pay off and the broader economy crumbling, CEO Jonathan Schwartz responds to a charge that Sun has become "toxic".
Tags: Open source, Servers, Financial, Leadership, Headcount Reduction, Jonathan Schwartz, Cloud Computing, Forbes, Sun Microsystems Inc., microprocessor
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
eSolar bets on software to make solar cheaper
Insight newsmaker Bill Gross, the head of start-up incubator Idealab and CEO of eSolar, uses a background in Internet entrepreneurship and software to bring down the cost of utility-scale solar.
Tags: Green IT, Growth strategies and tools, Bill Gross, Renewable Energy, Idealab, CEO, Internet, U.S., California, solar energy
Intel appeals against antitrust fine
News Chip company has appealed a May decision by the European Commission to fine it 1 billion Euros for anti-competitive practices.
Tags: Components, Intel Corp., European Court, Chip, Spokesperson, microprocessor, payment, antitrust, marketing, commission
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
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
AMD's second quarter margins squeezed
News Chipmaker reports second quarter earnings that falls short of Wall Street targets.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Sales/revenue, Accounting, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip Company, Graphics, microprocessor, performance
IBM and Apple chip competitors? Not quite
News U.S. judge issuing preliminary injunction preventing Mark Papermaster from working at Apple, believes the companies have competing chip businesses. Both work on chips, but it's not that simple.
Tags: Processors, Legal, Human resources, Leadership, Mobile processors, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Mobile, Smart Phone, Cell Phone
Intel profits jump 25 percent
News Shrugging off signs of weakness in the economy, the company issues a third-quarter forecast for better margins, higher sales.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Intel Corp., Mobile, earnings per share, Notebook, microprocessor, revenue, blog, desktop
Intel boosts outlook for third quarter
News Chipmaker raises its guidance for third-quarter revenue, citing stronger-than-expected demand for microprocessors and chipsets.
Tags: Components, Processors, Intel Corp., microprocessor, earnings report, analyst, Dell Computer Corp., chipset, Components, Processors
EC reveals details of Intel antitrust breaches
News The European Commission has published its full decision against Intel, releasing evidence of how the chipmaker engaged in anti-competitive practices.
Tags: Components, Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PC Company, CPU, payment, antitrust, Dell Computer Corp., agreement
Sensor swarm converges on energy use in buildings
News Inspired by how bees operate in a hive, Regen Energy has developed a mesh network of controllers to try to make commercial buildings more energy efficient.
Tags: Green IT, Controller, Sensor, Carbon Emission, Renewable Energy, software programmer, networking technology, HVAC, software, monitoring
Encarta's demise speaks volumes
Insight perspective Microsoft's decision to shelve its Encarta multimedia encyclopedia contains an important lesson, industry watcher points out.
Tags: Copyright, Multimedia, Digital media, Database, Encarta.com, computer, Digital media, intellectual property, multimedia, disk
Antitrust fine doesn't change Intel-AMD balance
News The US$1.45 billion fine will cause headaches for Intel's sales force, but the AMD-Intel war will still be won or lost primarily on the companies' technology.
Tags: Components, Antitrust, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Paul Otellini, Manufacturing, Chip, computer, payment, computer company
EU slams Intel with US$1.45B antitrust fine
News Intel is fined US$1.45 billion for engaging in illegal practices to exclude competitors from the market for computer chips called x86 CPUs.
Tags: Antitrust, Components, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, European Union, computer, computer company, commission, manufacturer
