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  • Chip industry growth stalls as prices plummet

    Semiconductor prices fell by more than 30 percent at the start of this year, which is "inordinate" because demand is so strong.

  • Intel: Teraflops industry standard chip on way

    Amid a slew of product announcements at Intel's Developer Forum in Beijing, enterprise division head Pat Gelsinger has unveiled plans for a teraflops IA architecture code-named Larrabee.

  • Ultra-low power chip sleeps a lot

    Researchers at the University of Michigan have designed chips that use 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 per cent less in active mode than comparable processors, putting an end to overweight battery syndrome.

  • Aust comms body looks at possible futures

    The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) presented the preliminary report of its project "Vision 2020: Future Scenarios for the communications industry" to the ACIF/ACA Self-Regulation Summit in Sydney today, posing five possible developments for Australia's communications industry.

  • Intel, IBM take green plunge with solar tech

    Intel entered the burgeoning clean-tech sector on Monday by creating SpectraWatt, a spinoff company that will manufacture solar cells, following IBM's latest foray into solar technology

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    Whenever the industry's top execs come together to speak to the masses, expectations are high. This year's Oracle OpenWorld conference provided an insight into which vendors have intriguing grand plans, and which ones prefer to rely on marketing bluff.

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    Let us develop an appreciation for tech's greatest comedians -- intentional or otherwise.

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    Microsoft's CEO likes what he sees on the horizon as his company fits its message to changing times in the IT industry.

  • CPU roadmap: server processors

    In the world of processors, attention seems firmly focused on the fast-paced desktop and mobile markets. But that doesn't mean that there's nothing going on in server-land.

  • Lighting the murky depths of multicore pricing

    Multicore processors have been around since 2005, when Intel shipped its first dual-core processor and the advantages of many cores have been widely touted, but a working model for costing software to work with them is still on its way.

  • Storage technology clears key hurdle

    A technology that promises to bridge the worlds of data storage and networking has passed a key point on its path to becoming a usable standard.

  • Can CEO-in-waiting give AMD a jumpstart?

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    Intel officially closed the books on the Pentium era on Thursday with the Core 2 Duo, its most important product launch in 13 years.

  • Strong growth ahead for semiconductor industry: IDC

    The semiconductor market will grow at 18 percent in 2004, according to International Data Corp. The growth will be driven by stronger than expected mobile phone and PC shipments.

  • Taiwanese chipmakers pool research

    Twelve companies are combining silicon know-how in a bid to boost the country's chip competitiveness in a cutthroat global market.

  • Intel fleshes out Itanium plans

    Intel has described two new technologies for its Itanium family and fleshed out its plans for the processor, as the company tries to build momentum for the high-end server chip.

  • IBM to help AMD on future chips

    Big Blue will team with Advanced Micro Devices to develop future chip technologies, an alliance that will better insulate AMD from the growing risks of making processors.

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