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  • Intel, Microsoft plough US$20m into multicore research

    Intel and Microsoft announced on Tuesday they are jointly backing university research to help address the challenges posed by a shift to processors with many brains.

  • 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.

  • IBM to cool hot chips with tiny water pipes

    Scientists from the IBM Zurich Research Lab and the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin are working on a microchip that uses micropipes of water to cool itself.

  • 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

  • Your network will be your life coach: Intel

    In the future, your network will help you decided between a career as a fashion model or a doctor, and tell you to lay off the sugary snacks, according to Intel.

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  • 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.

  • One-chip computer at heart of AMD-ATI deal

    Advanced Micro Devices is laying out billions of dollars to acquire ATI and get into the often-painful world of graphics chips.

  • Could HP's AMD laptop sway Dell?

    If ever there were a case for Dell to do a Texas two-step to AMD, analyst says, the Compaq nx6125 might just be it.

  • Itanium: A cautionary tale

    The wonderchip that wasn't serves as a lesson about how complex development plans can go awry in a fast-moving industry.

  • Intel CEO wants an employee attitude check

    Although Intel has done well financially so far this year, the chipmaker's chief executive, Craig Barrett, still isn't satisfied with its track record, following numerous product delays that have affected its plans for this year. And he's ordering some changes.

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Reviews (121)

  • Chipmakers dip processor prices

    Intel and AMD enact their first sweeping desktop processor price cuts of the year in an effort to make way for new chips and encourage customers to buy new PCs.

  • Barrett: More chips, capacity for Intel

    Intel this year will focus on what it does best: Crank out chips and expand factory capacity, according to CEO Craig Barrett.

  • Intel delays new Pentium 4 chip

    A possible glitch with the processor throws a wrench into the company's plans to bring out new silicon for high-performance chips for top-of-the-line PCs.

  • Intel wireless plans begin with new chip

    Intel is betting that wireless technology will be the biggest thing since the browser, and new notebooks coming Wednesday will be an early indication of whether the company is right.

  • At Intel, the chip with two brains

    There's more than one way to build a multichip microprocessor, according to Intel.

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