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Article | 9/06/2009 Intel gives integrated graphics another chance

Intel is getting ready to release two processors, an Atom chip called Pineview and a new desktop processor called Clarkdale, that include integrated g...

Article | 5/06/2009 Ming Dynasty vase with Intel Atom, anyone?

One Taiwanese computer maker has come up with a novel way to camouflage a computer made for your living room: give it the shape and color of a Ming Dy...

Article | 5/06/2009 Intel buys Wind River to push Linux

Intel's acquisition of Wind River on Thursday is a strong push by the chip maker to extend Linux support across devices that use its processors, analy...

Article | 5/06/2009 Intel shows first working Moorestown prototypes

Anand Chandrasekher, the senior vice president of Intel's ultra mobility group, showed off a handful of sleek prototype mobile devices containing its ...

Article | 5/06/2009 Android Market to work on Intel's Moblin

Handheld devices running Moblin 2.0 will be able to access Google's Android Market, potentially making the Intel operating system as appealing as Andr...

Article | 5/06/2009 Intel to acquire Wind River for $884 million

Intel said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Wind River Systems for a total of about $884 million in cash, in an effort to bolster its offerings ...

Article | 4/06/2009 Acer will use Moblin Linux across its products

The world's third-largest PC vendor plans to roll out the Moblin Linux operating system, championed by Intel, in its products, a top executive said We...

Article | 3/06/2009 Tegra-based laptops coming later this year

Laptops and handheld computers based on Nvidia's Tegra computing platform will hit the market before the end of this year, the company said Tuesday.

Article | 3/06/2009 Nvidia plans to produce Tegra II in 2010

The first computers based on Nvidia's Tegra platform have yet to hit the market, but that company is already talking up its successor, Tegra II.

Article | 3/06/2009 ECS shows off nettops with Intel Pineview chips

Taiwanese device maker Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is showing off a pair of mini-desktop PCs, or nettops, running the latest Intel Pineview chip...

Article | 2/06/2009 Intel pushes low-power chips for sleeker laptops

Intel is introducing a new low-power processor for what it hopes will be a new class of thin and light laptops that bridge the gap between netbooks an...

Article | 2/06/2009 AMD challenges Intel with dual-core Neo chip

Advanced Micro Devices on Monday said it had started shipping the dual-core Athlon Neo processor for thin and light laptops, upping the ante in its ba...

Article | 2/06/2009 COMPUTEX: Gigabyte shows Windows 7 touchscreen PC and model based on Intel's new CULV chip

A revamped netbook with Windows 7 touchscreen and a machine based on Intel's new CULV chip are among new laptops from Taiwan's Gigabyte, on show at Co...

Article | 2/06/2009 COMPUTEX: Inventec shows reference designs based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon CPU

Inventec, one of the world's largest contract PC makers expects to begin making its first laptop based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon microprocessor later t...

Article | 2/06/2009 AMD pushes six-core chips as upgrade to Shanghai

Advanced Micro Devices on Monday announced six-core Opteron chips, which make them the fastest server chips the company has released to date.

Article | 1/06/2009 Intel Delays Itanium Server Chip Till 2010

Intel Corp. has once again delayed the release of its next-generation Itanium server processor to develop undisclosed "application scalability" enhanc...

Article | 29/05/2009 New Sparkle GTX285 Plus graphics card

Taiwanese vendor Sparkle has unveiled its latest graphics card, the GeForce GTX 285 Plus. It boasts what the company calls an 'unapproachable cooling ...

Article | 29/05/2009 Asus launches new HTPC motherboards

Asus today released its new M4A78-HTPC Series motherboards that are developed specifically for use in Home Theatre Personal Computers (HTPCs). Accordi...

Article | 29/05/2009 AgigA Introduces High Speed RAM System

AgigA Tech introduced a high-speed, high-density non-volatile RAM system.

Article | 30/05/2009 Alienware invades with new notebook

Ever since Dell bought a stake in Alienware, people have been wondering: What becomes of Dell's gaming-friendly XPS line? As of today, it goes away. O...