Power Architecture
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Unfazed, IBM pumps Power chip program

News Despite a very public dumping by Apple, Big Blue insists it's still got the Power, saying PCs were a relatively unimportant market anyway.

Friday, June 10 2005 10:43 AM

Tags: Processors

IBM's chip future may woo Sun

News IBM hints at the next stage for Power with a spate of "discussions". Will a chip deal with Sun be the endgame?

Wednesday, February 08 2006 09:40 AM

Tags: Processors, Servers

IBM chip consortium powers up with new members

News Big Blue also makes preparations to push its Power chip technology into areas that include entry-level storage and digital TV.

Wednesday, September 28 2005 11:37 AM

Tags: Processors, Product development and design

Freescale aims Android at embedded kit

News A new Power Architecture port has taken Google's Linux-based operating system into the world of embedded devices.

Friday, October 30 2009 04:36 PM

Tags: Google Android, Smart phones, Google Inc., IBM Corp., Mentor Graphics Corp., open-source mobile operating system, RISC, Power Architecture, MPC8536E PowerQUICC III, Google Android

IBM hopes portal will build Power community

News Big Blue wants to create a Linux-like community that will foster the development of more hardware and software for Power-based devices.

Monday, May 17 2004 10:00 AM

IBM spins off PowerPC trio

News Big Blue sells the rights to three PowerPC 400 processors to Applied Micro Circuits, as it seeks to foster wider distribution of the Power architecture.

Wednesday, April 14 2004 10:13 AM

IBM pours a shot of methanol for ThinkPads

News Prototype designed by Big Blue and Sanyo could produce eight hours of power for the notebooks.

Tuesday, April 12 2005 09:27 AM

IBM boosts support for Linux overseas

News IBM will spend US$200 million in a four-year effort to make it easier for European companies to bring their software to Linux.

Friday, June 01 2001 04:06 PM

IBM aims to make chips more autonomous

News  But will the new eFuse technology have Big Blue's chip saying "I, processor"?

Monday, August 02 2004 09:35 AM

Tags: Processors

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.

Friday, October 31 2008 09:41 AM

Tags: Processors, Smart phones, Mac OS, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Google Inc., Chip, Server, processor, chip designer

IBM-led Unix effort in chip milestone

News Intel's forthcoming 64-bit processor and an IBM-led effort to prepare an operating system for the next-generation chip passed an important milestone this week.

Friday, June 01 2001 02:43 PM

Merced runs on advanced Unix systems, IBM says

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Friday, June 01 2001 02:44 PM

Next-generation chip passes key milestone

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Friday, June 01 2001 02:44 PM

Cheers, jeers for Intel inside Apple

News  Apple Computer's decision to run with Intel chips is drawing cheers and jeers in its vendor community.

Tuesday, June 07 2005 09:14 AM

Tags: Processors, Mac OS

Another boost for Unix: HP runs system on Intel chip

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Friday, June 01 2001 02:48 PM