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Article | 10/09/2009 Apple CEO Jobs makes public appearance at event

Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage at an event on Wednesday to introduce new iPod products, his first public appearance after taking a long medical l...

Article | 8/09/2009 Intel releases first Nehalem chip for mainstream PCs

A year after its launch, Intel is pushing the Nehalem microarchitecture into mainstream PCs with the release of its first Core i5 chip on Tuesday.

Article | 5/09/2009 EU to report on Intel's complaint in antitrust case

The ombudsman for the European Union has confirmed receiving a complaint from Intel about the way its antitrust case was handled in Europe and said he...

Article | 4/09/2009 Intel to put Westmere desktop chips in servers

Intel has tweaked its chip road map, with plans to extend its upcoming Westmere mainstream desktop dual-core chips with integrated graphics processors...

Article | 2/09/2009 Microsoft, Intel build fast, efficient Windows 7 machines

Microsoft has made enhancements to its upcoming Windows 7 operating system that will speed up applications on machines with Intel's multicore chips, r...

Article | 3/09/2009 Supercomputer uses flash storage drives

The San Diego Supercomputer Center has built a high-performance computer with solid-state drives, which the center says could help solve science probl...

Article | 2/09/2009 Smartbooks prepare to compete in mini-laptop space

Mini-laptops based on Arm chips are set to make their way to users, which could heat up the battle in a space dominated by netbooks with Intel's Atom ...

Article | 28/08/2009 Dell's net income, revenue drop for second quarter

Dell on Thursday reported a drop in net income and revenue during the second fiscal quarter of 2010, but said it anticipates that the global economy w...

Article | 31/08/2009 Sharp to launch ultramobile device with Arm chip

Sharp Electronics this week introduced a netbook-like mobile device with a 5-inch touch screen that is designed to run Internet-based applications.

Article | 28/08/2009 IBM zooms into molecule for power-efficient chip research

IBM has for the first time taken an image of a molecule's surface, which could lead to the construction of cheaper, more power-efficient chips, the co...

Article | 28/08/2009 Dell's net income, revenue drop for second quarter

Dell on Thursday reported a drop in net income and revenue during the second fiscal quarter of 2010 compared to the same period last year, but said th...

Article | 26/08/2009 Intel details power-savings features on Moorestown

Intel has made a number of power-saving enhancements to its Atom architecture that will be included in its upcoming Moorestown platform for smartphone...

Article | 25/08/2009 AMD to drop clock speed in 12-core chips

Advanced Micro Devices' upcoming 12-core chips will draw the same power as existing six-core chips, but will have reduced clock speeds, a company offi...

Article | 24/08/2009 Intel to focus on next generation of chips

Intel will focus on its next generation of smaller and faster chips at a conference next month as it prepares to ship new chips for systems in 2010.

Article | 24/08/2009 Intel acquires software company RapidMind

Intel has acquired software company RapidMind in an effort to push development of programs that can exploit the power of Intel's multicore processors,...