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Three of the largest computer graphics manufacturers were pitted in intense competition through the first quarter of 2006, however latest data indicates that Nvidia Corp. rose above its rivals in the lucrative discrete graphics segment.

Researchers at Intel Corp. and the University of California, Santa Barbara, have announced a breakthrough in computer-chip communications, potentially paving way for ultra-fast computers in the future.

Intel Corporation and Siemens Communications announced on Wednesday a collaboration to bring second generation voice-over-internet-protocol (VOIP) technologies in a jointly funded project.

Yahoo Inc.and Intel Corp. said on Tuesday they are teaming up to pipe sports statistics to TV screens, targeting fans who devour data about real-world players to manage their fantasy teams.

Cortina Systems Inc. said Monday it completed the purchase of chip maker Intel Corp.'s optical networking components business for an undisclosed sum.

Apple Computer announced on Thursday that it has revamped its popular line of iMac personal computers with parts provided by Intel Corp. for the first time.

Intel Corp., the world's biggest maker of microchips, is expected to announce major job cuts on Tuesday as part of a plan to trim $1 billion in costs and regain its competitive edge, analysts and media reports said.

Intel formally announced its latest mobile processor on Monday, rounding out its entire processor family with the company's most advanced architecture to date.

Alongside its announcement of a new server processor on Tuesday, Advanced Micro Devices also said that it is beginning the production phase of a new quad-core processor.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the second-largest maker of personal-computer processors, is updating its Opteron server processors on Tuesday.

Intel Corp., the worlds largest processor and graphics supplier, announced today that it will unveil the inner workings of its software to the open-source community, aiming to promote development.

Sprint Nextel Corp.is expected to announce it is choosing the WiMax technology to build a new wireless Internet network in coming years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Apple Computer announced a new Intel based server at the World Wide Developers Conference on Monday.

Apple Computer Inc. on Monday introduced its new professional desktop computer line called the Mac Pro, which will use the Intel Corp. Xeon chipset, as Chief Executive Steve Jobs took the stage at the iPod and Mac maker's annual conference for software developers.

SanDisk Corp. and Toshiba said on Friday that are partnering to build a new flash memory plant in Japan, helping them serve increasing demand and positioning them to compete against larger rivals.

For the first time ever, Dell is preparing to sell laptops and desktops computers based on Advanced Micro Devices(AMD) processors, using platforms supplied by Nvidia, according to industry analysts.

IBM announced new servers that can give businesses more computing power than predecessors, and also save them costs on energy.

IBM, the world's largest technology services company, on Tuesday is announcing new server computers giving businesses access to computing power typically used by universities and large corporations.

Latest research into the computer graphics industry shows Intel remains the dominant player, garnering most of the market share for the computer graphics sector in the second quarter.

Its been a long hot summer for AMD. Their long time rival Intel has continuously slashed prices on competing products, and within the last month has unleashed its full fury, unveiling a new processor architecture which AMD has yet to answer. Today they released another blow, the launch of the Conroe desktop chip.

Despite an onslaught of price cuts and new products from the competition, Advanced Micro Devices was able to gain market share against Intel in the second quarter of 2006.