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Intel Unveils New SoC to Bring Internet Content to the TV Screen

August 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Yahoo Widget Channel will be the first software to take advantage of Intel’s new SoC
The online advertising market is huge — IDC says that internet advertising is on track to surpass newspaper, cable TV, and broadcast TV advertising by 2012 with predicted overall revenue of $51.1 billion.
DailyTech reported in June the Google alone is predicted to make [...]

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DisplayLink now optimized for Intel-integrated chipset

August 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Three displays are connected to one system all via USB only.
DisplayLink–which makes technology that allows multiple monitors to be connected to one computer through USB–announced this week that it’s now optimized its technology for the Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family for desktops and notebooks.
Previous systems with integrated graphics were only able to connect one [...]

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Report: Apple May Ditch Intel Chipsets in New MacBooks

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Little is known about the new MacBook Pro except the case, shown here, which will feature a removable hard-drive battery compartment cover. Could Apple have secret plans up its sleeve?(Source: Apple.pro)Apple could be on the verge of shaking up its all-Intel CPU/chipset arrangement

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HP, Intel, Yahoo Team Up in Cloud Computing Effort

August 4th, 2008 · No Comments

A strange team up looks to fuel cloud computing efforts, challenge Google
Cloud computing is a hot buzz word in the IT industry today. The basic idea behind cloud computing is that dedicated hardware and software at home locations and workstations are not cost effective and that a “cloud” of servers with hardware [...]

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AMD takes on Intel with its own low-power chip

July 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Advanced Micro Devices is developing a low-power processor for mobile devices and sub-notebooks, the company confirmed Friday, quashing months of speculation that it had abandoned the project.
The chip will compete with Intel’s Atom processor and potentially supplant AMD’s low-power Geode x86 system-on-chip, which is included in One Laptop Per Child’s XO laptop. Based on the [...]

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AMD gains ground on Intel in chip wars

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) gained some ground on rival Intel in the lucrative microprocessor market during the first quarter, market research iSuppli said late Tuesday.
AMD’s share of global microprocessor market revenue in the first quarter rose by 2.2 percentage points compared to the same time last year to 13 percent, iSuppli said. Meanwhile, [...]

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Intel, AMD gather steam as chip price war cools

July 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices both gained momentum in the first quarter of this year as the longtime price war between rival chipmakers slowed.
Research firm iSuppli this week reported that average selling prices for both AMD and Intel wares held steady between the fourth quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of 2008. “This price [...]

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Intel Atom-based iPhone coming next year

July 8th, 2008 · No Comments

The low-power Atom chip has only just started finding its way into mini-laptops such as Asus’s Eee PC 901, but that hasn’t stopped speculation that the processor is destined for even smaller devices in the near future.
In May, it was claimed that Apple was working on a portable device slightly larger than the iPhone that [...]

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Intel Still Tops in Global Processor Market Despite Slight Revenue Share Loss

July 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Intel processor revenue share drops less than 1% as AMD’s share grows by more than 2%
AMD and Intel by far the two largest processor firms around and Intel is many times larger than AMD. Intel holds a huge percentage of the global processor market, while AMD is a distant second in both revenue [...]

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Intel Responds to AMD, NVIDIA USB 3.0 Allegations

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Mockup USB 3.0 cable(Source: Tech On)Intel says open host controller specifications have cost gazillions of dollars to develop

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