Tilera Corp, a Silicon Valley semiconductor start-up, is launching a single microchip with 64 processing units, or cores, in a technological jump generations ahead of the mainstream.
A recent flurry of deals shows the cell phone microchip market may be about to shrink as some small players take a step toward the big leagues and others get squeezed out.
Symantec Corp and Intel Corp are jointly developing security products that could be built into tiny computer microprocessors, Symantec Vice President Rowan Trollope said on Tuesday.
Advanced Micro Devices’ share of the x86 chip market grew 4.2 percent in the second quarter versus a year ago, while Intel lost a similar amount in the same time frame, according to new data.
Toshiba Corp., NEC Electronics Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. are considering development of 32-nanometer advanced system to offset research costs and better compete with rivals the companies said on Wednesday.
After six months of microprocessor revenue market-share losses, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) managed to stabilize its share in this year’s second quarter, while Intel Corp. dipped slightly, according to preliminary results from researcher iSuppli.
Several brokerages raised their share price targets for Intel Corp. on Wednesday, betting the leading chip maker would improve after reporting disappointing profit margins for the last quarter.
Following a number of reorganizational moves and company layoffs in 2006, Intel Corp. rebounded in its most recent quarter as profit jumped from the previous year but shares fell on lower margins.
Intel Corp. said on Friday it will support a Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher's project to put computers in the hands of poor children around the world, reversing its long-standing opposition to the proposal.
Advanced Micro Devices said on Tuesday that the former president and chief executive of ATI Technologies, has resigned as executive vice president of AMD, effective the end of July.
Data storage company EMC Corp.'s subsidiary, VMware, said it expects its initial public offering to be priced between $23 and $25 per share.
No. 2 microprocessor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD). invested $7.5 million for preferred stock in Transmeta Corp., the companies said on Friday, sending Transmeta shares up 32 percent.
U.S. stock futures pointed to a flat to slightly higher open on Friday, with technology shares likely to underpin gains after a broker upgrade of Intel Corp. , but investors were cautious ahead of key inflation data.
Global microchip sales will grow by only 1.8 percent this year, much slower than an earlier projection of a 10 percent increase, as prices in key markets tumble, an industry group said on Wednesday.
Web search leader Google Inc. and semiconductor maker Intel Corp. launched a broad-based program on Tuesday to introduce more energy-efficient personal computers and server systems to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Dell Inc.(NASDAQ: DELL) said yesterday it plans to start selling its personal computers through Wal-Mart Stores Inc.(NYSE: WMT) in North America next month, departing from the direct-to-consumer business model it was founded on.
Shares of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) dipped slightly in Friday trading after the semiconductor company posted a greater-than-expected first quarter loss and slower sales.
With the demand for computing power exploding among the distributors of media rich Internet content, some analysts believe Sun (Nasdaq: SUNW) is poised for a rebound in demand following five years in the wilderness.
Price competition is sparking up again between the world's largest chip makers, Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD).
Chip maker Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) said its researchers have built a chip with 80 processing cores capable of more than a trillion calculations per second (teraflop).
Amid tough market conditions for NOR-type flash, Spansion Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSN) seized the leading market and revenue share positions in 2006 from semiconductor giant, Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC).
Transmeta Corporation (NASDAQ: TMTA) announced that the company is streamlining its operations to focus on a core business of developing and licensing intellectual property.
