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AMD Ships 500 Millionth Processor

July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

AMD, coming out a somewhat disappointing second quarter, announced the shipment of the 500 millionth x86 processor during the companys 40 years in operation. To celebrate, AMD is running a contest in which customers can win one of four HP Pavilion notebooks. The announcement comes just days after AMD reported a $330 million loss, and just over a week after rival Intel posted strong second-quarter numbers.
– Officials with Advanced Micro Devices are celebrating the shipment of the 500 millionth x86 processor.
The announcement is part of AMDs ongoing touting of the companys 40th year of existence.
AMD is noting the milestone by giving customers the chance to win one of four Pavilion dv2z ultra-thin not…

Intel Appeals $1.45 Billion European Fine

July 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

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…

IBM Preps for Power7 Processor Release

July 21st, 2009 | No Comments

IBM is offering what it is calling an easy upgrade path for Power6-based server users who will want to move to Power7 when it is available in the first half of 2010. Power7 will offer greater virtualization capabilities, as well as two to three times the performance within the same power envelope. In addition, IBM announced System Director VMControl, which offers businesses an easier way to manage their virtualized environments.
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IBM is readying servers that will ship with the
upcoming Power7 processor, which officials say will offer two to three times
the performance of the current Power6 systems while using the same amount of
energy.
IBM officials made the announcement
July 21. In addition, they also announced new s…

Gateway LT2000 Netbook Features Intel Atom Processor, iPhone-Like Touch-Pad

July 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Gateway introduces the LT2000, a 10.1-inch netbook with an Intel Atom processor, a weight of just 2.62 pounds and Gateway’s Multi-Gesture Touchpad that lets users navigate the netbook much like an Apple iPhone.
– Gateway has a new netbook offering, the LT2000. Available in several
configurations, it includes an Intel
Atom processor, a 10.1-inch TFT LED-backlit display and iPhone-like touch-pad
capabilities.

The 2.62-pound LT2000 comes in NightSky Black or Cherry Red, measures 10.17 by
7.24 by 1.03 i…

Innovation@Intel: Massive Cache for 8-core Xeon Processor

July 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Intel recently presented details at the 2009 VLSI Circuits Symposium in Kyoto, Japan about an innovative 24MB cache for an upcoming 8-core Xeon® processor for servers. The design features that enable this cache will in turn enable a very high performance Xeon processor, which is at the same time extremely energy-efficient. See blog: “Massive cache for 8-core processor designed for high performance, low power, high yield” for more of the details behind how Intel is making this happen to bring you tomorrow’s low power microprocessors!

IBM Faces Lawsuit over Processor Patent Infringement

July 13th, 2009 | No Comments

Patent licensing company Mosaid Technologies announces plans to file a patent infringement lawsuit against IBM for allegedly violating six of Mosaid’s microprocessor patents.
– TORONTO (Reuters) Patent licensing firm Mosaid Technologies Inc
said on Monday it was taking IBM to court for allegedly infringing on
six of Mosaid’s U.S. patents.
Mosaid said the long-running dispute was over IBM’s making and
selling of microprocessor and application specific integrated circuit…