Intel is giving away its Open FCoE software stack in an effort to push the drive for a single networking layer in the data center. Microsft, Cisco, Oracle, EMC and others have signed on. – Intel is giving away a Fibre Channel over Ethernet software stack as
it looks to accelerate the transition in data centers to a simpler and
less costly single networking infrastructure.
Intel officials announced Jan. 27 that they are
offering their Open FCoE software as a free upgrade to the com…
Despite a weakening consumer demand for PCs, Intel still saw a record high in revenues in the third quarter, thanks to spending by businesses and in emerging markets. – Intel officials in August warned the industry that weakening
consumer PC sales in the third quarter threatened what had been an
extremely strong year for Intel and its competitors.
However, corporate spending on technology helped Intel grow
revenues to $11.1 billion, the first time they had reac…
Intel officials continue to think small when it comes to processors. At IDF, they discussed plans for a 22-nm processor next year and Atom chips at 15 nanometers down the road. – Intel’s upcoming 32-nanometer quot;Sandy
Bridge quot; next-generation Core
architecture got much of the attention at the company’s developer show this
week, but executives also gave attendees a glimpse of even smaller chips coming
down the road.
During his keynote
address at the Intel Develop…
Intel officials say their cube clustered computing concept could help businesses gain access to HPC-levels of compute power. – SAN FRANCISCO Intel is running an internal pilot program to show that workstations can be clustered together to give businesses and institutions access of HPC levels of compute power that normally they would not have.
The idea is to give what is becoming known as the “missing middle” those business…
After two extremely strong financial quarters, Intel announced that it was reducing its Q3 revenue estimates amid a slowing demand in the consumer PC space. – Intel officials are reducing their third-quarter revenue projections
amid a softening in the consumer PC market, the latest blow to an
increasingly shaking economy.
Intel executives announced Aug. 27 that they expected
revenues for the quarter to come in at $11 billion, plus or minus $200
milli…
At Computex, Intel officials talk up an Atom platform code-named Oak Trail that the company is preparing for the burgeoning tablet PC space. Intel also shows off a concept design of a very slim netbook powered by a dual-core Atom chip. – Intel is continuing its push to expand the reach of its low-power Atom
processors.
At the Computex show in Taipei,
Taiwan, held June 1 to 5,
Dadi Perlmutter, executive vice president and co-general manager of Intel’s
Architecture Group, gave attendees a look at what the chip maker has planned
…
Intel is looking to give the ultrathin laptop market a boost with the release of low-power processors that officials say will give OEMs new tools to work with when designing their thin and light notebooks. The new ultra low-voltage processors, which span Intel’s Core, Pentium and Celeron product lines, are built on the chip maker’s new 32-nanometer manufacturing process, and other a smaller size, greater performance and better energy consumption than current processors used in ultrathin laptops. They also offer such features as Hyper Threading, Turbo Boost and integrated graphics. Intel officials say about 40 laptops using the new chips are in the works, and a few from the likes of Acer, Asus, Gateway and MSI are ready to hit the market in June. – …
Intel is looking to boost the market for ultrathin consumer laptops with a new line of ultra low-voltage processors that touch on the Core, Pentium and Celeron product lines. Intel officials say 40 laptops based on the new chips are in the works, and said some from Acer, Asus, Gateway and MSI are ready to hit the market next month. – Intel is filling out its notebook offerings with ultra low-voltage processors that company officials hope will spark greater demand for ultrathin laptops.
Speaking on a video conference May 24, Mooley Eden, vice president and general manager of Intels PC Client Group, said ultrathin laptops have be…
AMD and Intel are rolling out high-end, high-performance x86 server chips. AMD shot first March 29 with its eight- to 12-core Opteron 6000 series previously code-named Magny-Cours which officials say will combine with the upcoming four- to six-core Opterons, code-named Lisbon, to offer businesses two platforms for the two-socket servers that make up the bulk of x86 systems sold. With high performance, memory bandwidth and capacity, and aggressive pricing, the series also will make it more palatable for businesses to adopt four-socket servers. For its part, Intel’s new eight-core Xeon 7500 series formerly code-named Nehalem EX offers performance, memory and RAS capabilities normally seen in higher-end RISC or mainframe systems, and will give businesses looking to move off their high-end Unix-based servers an x86 alternative, according to Intel officials.
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Intel is looking into reports of about 300 fake Core i7-920 processors being received by Newegg in a batch of 2,000 chips the online retailer had received. Newegg officials suggest that the problem shipments were demo chips, while Intel officials imply the processors were fake.
– Intel is investigating why more than 300 counterfeit Core
i7-920 CPUs were shipped to reputable online technology retailer Newegg.
Newegg reportedly received the 300 fake processors in a batch
of about 2,000 CPUs shipped to them from a partner, D amp;H Distributing.
Reports about at least one co…
At the ISSCC show next week, Intel officials will talk about their upcoming 32-nm “Westmere” processors for servers and clients, including a six-core version for two-socket servers and high-end desktops. Intel is looking to refresh its entire server lineup, not only with Westmere processors but also with the upcoming Nehalem EX chip and the next-generation Itanium processor, called “Tukwila.” AMD and IBM also are getting ready to release new server products.
– Intel is looking to quickly expand the number of its 32-nanometer “Westmere”
processors, and will offer a six-core version for both two-socket servers and
high-end desktops.
In addition, the company will roll out a dual-core chip for mainstream
desktops and mobile PCs.
Intel will present papers…
After multiple delays, Intel has started revenue shipping of its much anticipated “Tukwila” Itanium processor, which Intel officials say doubles the performance of the current “Montecito” chip. The official launch is expected Feb. 8. The news comes as IBM prepares to release its Power7 chip later this year, and as both Intel and AMD get ready to launch other server processors.
– Intel is finally shipping the much delayed “Tukwila,” the latest generation of its high-end Itanium processor.
In a blog posting Feb. 2, Intel officials said the company had begun
revenue shipments of the quad-core Tukwila, which they said more than
doubles the performance of the current “Monteci…
In the wake of Intels decision to spike the first-generation “Larrabee” GPU, one blogger speculated that Intel will turn around and buy Nvidia as a way to not only enter the graphics chips space against AMD, but also to grab Nvidias mobile Tegra processors. However, an analyst called such talk naïve. Even if Nvidia would allow Intel to buy it, Intel doesnt think it needs Nvidia. And Intel still believes that the x86 architecture is still the way to go.
– Intels dumping of the first-generation “Larrabee” GPU has touched
off a debate on whether the giant chip maker will buy rival Nvidia to
get itself back into the graphics processor game.
Intel officials Dec. 4 announced that they were shelving its first
GPGPU due to development issues. The chip, …
Intels experimental 48-core “single-chip cloud computer” is the latest step in multicore processing. Intel officials say such a chip will greatly improve performance and efficiency in future data centers, and will lead to new applications and interfaces between users and computers. Intel plans to have 100 or more chips in the hands of IT companies and research institutes next year to foster research into new software. Intel, AMD and others are rapidly growing the number of cores on a single silicon chip, with both companies looking to put eight or more cores on a chip in 2010.
– Intel is showing off an experimental 48-core processor that
officials say could hold 10 to 20 times the processing power now found
in a Core-branded chip.
Intel officials demonstrated the processor which they are calling a
“single-chip cloud computer” at an event in Palo Alto, Calif., Dec. 2.
T…
In a statement, the European Commission outlined some details that led to its $1.45 billion fine of Intel for anti-competitive practices meant to unfairly hamper commpetition from AMD. Those practices included conditional rebates and payments to OEMs. Intel officials accuse the EC of being one-sided and ignoring evidence positive to Intel.
– SAN FRANCISCO — Less than a month after Intel formally appealed the European Commission’s $1.45 billion fine for antitrust violations, the EC is laying out its case to the public.
The commission on Sept. 21 published a quot;non-confidential version quot; of its May 13 ruling, in which the EC th…
Intel officials are appealing the European Commissions $1.45 billion fine for antitrust violations, saying European regulators ignored the realities of a competitive processor market. The EC claimed that Intel practices around rebates an discounts violated European antitrust regulations and harmed rival AMD as well as European consumers.
– As Intel officials had promised, the giant chip maker is appealing the European Commissions $1.45 billion fine stemming from antitrust allegations leveled by rival Advanced Micro Devices.
Intel filed the appeal July 22, calling the ECs ruling wrong and did not take into account the realities of the…
