Semiconductor prices fell by more than 30 percent at the start of this year, which is "inordinate" because demand is so strong.
Sun Microsystems has booted its Solaris operating system on a server with a prototype of its forthcoming Niagara II processor, one key milestone for the company's attempt to restore the relevance of its Sparc processor family.
Sun Microsystems' forthcoming Niagara chip has eight processor cores, but the company will sell versions with six or possibly even four, the company's top Sparc server executive said on Tuesday.
Two high-end chip models from Sun Microsystems look likely to debut later than expected, putting a wrinkle in the server maker's ambitious plan to revamp its processor lines.
With both MasterCard and Visa testing smart card technology, miniature computer chips and radio antennaes are set to take over from the tell-tale magnetic strips which have so long been core to card-based transactions.
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Two high-end chip models from Sun Microsystems look likely to debut later than expected, putting a wrinkle in the server maker's ambitious plan to revamp its processor lines.
Early this decade, Microsoft weathered unrelenting criticism over a controversial set of technologies known as Palladium, which the company envisioned as creating a kind of secure vault to store passwords or medical records.
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Security for wireless could end up more of a mess than security on our PCs, unless we act soon.
Intel's new mobile chip, the Pentium III-M, promises ever greater speeds for mobile computers while using less battery power and creating less heat. Already, notebook makers have products featuring the cool new chip that will be in the shops in month or two.
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