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IBM trio claims fast phase-change memory

no@spam.com (EE Times) — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

SAN FRANCISCO — At the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) here on Monday (Dec. 11), IBM, Macronix and Qimonda will claim that they have developed a phase-change memory prototype that boasts switching speeds at more than 500 times faster than traditional flash-memory technologies.

AMD leapfrogs Intel with quad-core server MPU

no@spam.com (EE Times) — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

AMD took a big step today in its efforts to close the gap that rival Intel created when it came out with its line of quad-core processors this fall. AMD on Thursday marked its own spot in the quad-core market by demonstrating the first native quad-core x86 server processor at its annual Industry Analyst Forum in Berkeley, Calif.

What will be the next big evolution in AMD's processor family won't be ready to ship until mid-2007, but the company hit a milestone by showing industry analysts and customers that it's moving along in its production cycle.

AMD launches quad-core processor

no@spam.com (EE Times) — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

The Quad Core wars have begun. Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday launched its Quad FX platform, a direct response to an earlier quad-core processor released by rival Intel.

AMD's dual-socket, multicore desktop platform is designed to take full advantage of Microsoft's Windows Vista, which also officially launched on Thursday. What has analysts talking, though, is the platform's performance for what they're calling megataskers—people who run multiple high-performance and power sucking applications at the same time.

India's BSNL pairs with Intel on WiMax

no@spam.com (EE Times) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

BENGALURU, India — Indian state-owned service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) is teaming with Intel Corp. in a bid to deploy the country's first WiMax-based wireless broadband and telecom service.

Intel puts Dialogic up for sale, sources said

no@spam.com (EE Times) — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Word on the street is that Intel Corp. is trying to sell its Dialogic unit, a supplier of computer telephony products, according to sources in the industry.

Performance pushes liquid-cooled effort

no@spam.com (EE Times) — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

CHICAGO — Performance Technologies Inc. executives came to Globalcomm this week to promote a Liquid-Cooled Embedded Computing (LCEC) Initiative with partner Pentair Electronics Packaging.

New biometric ID technology uses body signals

no@spam.com (EE Times) — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

ZICHRON YAACOV, Israel — New biometric technology developed here can identify individuals by sensing unique electronics signals generated by a beating heart, brain function or breathing.

Advanced display technology on full view at SID

no@spam.com (EE Times) — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

MANHASSET, N.Y. — The technologies responsible for displays ranging from near-to-the-eye to large flat-screen TVs will take center stage at the upcoming SID 2006 International Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition.

Intel puts comm-chip business up for sale

no@spam.com (EE Times) — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Troubled Intel Corp. has put several of its loss-ridden communications-chip businesses on the block, including its network processors, XScale chip lines and other products, according to a report from the San Jose Mercury News on Saturday (June 3).

AMD invites industry to ride its processor bus

no@spam.com (EE Times) — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Thursday (June 1) said it will license its processor bus, the coherent version of the HyperTransport interconnect.

Other chip makers can use the link to build co-processors that plug into one of AMD’s CPU sockets or, someday, even become blocks in one of AMD’s chips, the company announced at its twice yearly analyst day here.

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