Monthly Archives: January 2010

IDC: Chip market on way back after recession

IDC is projecting that PC semiconductor unit sales will grow by 15.1% in 2010, rebounding from a year in which unit shipments grew by only 2.5% and revenue declined by more than 7%. Continue reading

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Finally profitable, AMD must embrace new markets, analysts say

Analysts say that AMD must move quickly to develop chips for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets or it may fade into the red again. Continue reading

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AMD reaches profitability for the first time in years

Advanced Micro Devices reached profitability for the first time in three years during the fourth quarter of 2009, benefiting from a legal settlement with Intel and a change in its business model, the company said on Thursday. Continue reading

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2010 CPU forecast: What’s coming for desktop and mobile PCs

What will be the big news in the desktop and mobile PC chip markets this year? From mighty six-core desktop chips to minuscule smartbook processors, here’s a look at what’s in the CPU cards this year. Continue reading

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What will be the big news in the desktop and mobile PC chip markets this year? Here’s what’s in the CPU cards. Continue reading

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Ferrari One: Lexus Design, Gremlin Performance

Acer’s partnership with Ferrari to build laptops containing Ferrari design elements goes back at least to 2004. The Ferrari One, however, is a totally different machine from the large and expensive Ferrari laptops of the past. It weighs just 3.3 pounds… Continue reading

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I365 opens Evault cloud storage to ISVs

Seagate’s backup service subsidiary i365 today announced it is making its cloud storage service available to independent software vendors that can in turn use it to sell as their own SaaS offering. Continue reading

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Seagate releases USB SuperSpeed 3.0 hard drive

Seagate today announced its first USB 3.0 SuperSpeed external hard disk drive, which offers data transfer speeds three times faster than its previous drives. Continue reading

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Intel gets ready to launch 32nm Westmere chips

Intel is making a big leap later this week, moving from a 45-nanometer manufacturing process to 32nm with three new chips. Continue reading

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