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Article | 14/01/2011 Intel records revenue and profit gains in Q4

Intel on Thursday said it wrapped up a strong fiscal 2010 with profit and revenue gains in the fourth quarter, and predicted a strong fiscal year 2011...

Article | 13/01/2011 ASUS launches SABERTOOTH P67 motherboard with Sandy Bridge support

ASUS has launched the SABERTOOTH P67, a TUF Series motherboard that runs Intel's P67 chipset and supports the chip maker's new 2nd Generation (Sandy B...

Article | 13/01/2011 Lower prices to hurt DRAM vendors this year

A huge decline in memory prices could hurt DRAM vendors this year, with overall revenue projected to decline by 11.8 percent in 2011, research firm IH...

Article | 12/01/2011 Taiwan's Compal to raise laptop part prices

Compal Electronics, one of the world’s biggest contract laptop makers, will raise component prices this year to shore up a drop in profits, affecting ...

Article | 12/01/2011 Sapphire builds Intel 'Sandy Bridge', USB 3.0 motherboards

AMD GPU stalwart Sapphire has announced it is building a range of Intel motherboards. The Intel products are all being made by Sapphire in Taiwain, an...

Article | 12/01/2011 AMD could better fight Intel with new CEO

With its CEO gone, chip maker AMD has a chance to reinvigorate the company and start beating rival Intel on some new products.

Article | 11/01/2011 AMD CEO out, search on for new leader

Looking for better growth and financials, chip maker AMD has come to a parting of the ways with CEO Dirk Meyer.

Article | 11/01/2011 Intel, Nvidia sign $1.5 billion licensing deal

Intel and Nvidia have signed a patent cross-licensing agreement and ended a long-standing legal dispute between the two companies, Intel said Monday.

Article | 11/01/2011 Meyer resigns as AMD's CEO

Advanced Micro Devices on Monday said that Dirk Meyer has resigned from the post of CEO, and that the company is beginning to search for a new chief e...

Article | 11/01/2011 AMD CEO Dirk Meyer Resigns

Dirk Meyer, CEO and president of AMD, has resigned effectively immediately. AMD's Board of Directors has announced that Senior Vice President and CFO ...

Article | 7/01/2011 Intel to integrate DirectX 11 in Ivy Bridge chips

Intel will integrate DirectX 11 graphics technology in its next generation of laptop and desktop chips based on the Ivy Bridge architecture, a company...

Article | 9/01/2011 Intel: Light Peak interconnect technology is ready

An Intel executive on Friday said that its Light Peak interconnect technology, designed to link PCs to devices like displays and external storage, is ...

Article | 7/01/2011 Intel: Sandy Bridge's Insider is not DRM technology

Intel on Thursday defended its Intel Insider feature in the latest Sandy Bridge PC chips, which secures streaming of high-definition movies from onlin...

Article | 7/01/2011 Intel offers concessions to win EU approval of McAfee buy

Intel has made certain commitments to the European Union in an effort to push ahead with its proposed acquisition of McAfee.

Article | 7/01/2011 New Asus Motherboards Support Intel's Sandy Bridge

The love for Intel's new Sandy Bridge processors shows no sign of slowing down at this year's CES. Taiwanese computer manufacturer Asus revealed updat...

Article | 7/01/2011 Intel expects Android Honeycomb to be ready for Atom

Intel expects the next version of Google's popular mobile software, Android 3.0, or Honeycomb, to be ready for use with its Atom microprocessors.

Article | 7/01/2011 Will touch screens kill the keyboard?

Thanks to a handful of emerging technologies, virtual touch-screen keyboards are getting closer to the feel of real electromechanical keyboards. Enhan...

Article | 6/01/2011 Nvidia unveils 'Denver,' its first CPU for PCs

Nvidia is developing new CPU cores based on the Arm architecture for PCs and servers that will be able to run Microsoft's upcoming Windows OS, the com...

Article | 6/01/2011 What Intel's Sandy Bridge chips offer you

Intel today formally unveiled its line of Sandy Bridge chips at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, taking the wraps off a family of Cor...

Article | 6/01/2011 Gigabyte releases new high-speed motherboards

Gigabyte Technology on Thursday released a series of high-speed motherboards designed to let more applications run at once, without losing speed, and ...