AP - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., maker of the "Shrek" movies and "Kung Fu Panda," announced Tuesday it will switch from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. computer chips to Intel Corp.'s as it moves toward making all 3-D movies. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The extensions used to connect Second life to the OpenSim server will be made available to the open source community and the OpenSim community. -- read full article
Reuters - Animated-movie studio DreamWorks Animation SKG
has chosen chipmaker Intel Corp over previous
supplier Advanced Micro Devices to supply chips and
other technology for its big computer-animation operations, The
Wall Street Journal said.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Gartner revised figures for the first quarter, lowering server revenue growth from 4.3% to 2.5% and putting IBM back in first place ahead of HP. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The price reduction appears to be the result of a drop in the price of the 1.8-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a reduction in the price of the 64-GB solid-state drive. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - ISuppli estimates that about half of AMD's year-to-year growth came at the expense of Intel, with the remainder from smaller chipmakers. -- read full article
NewsFactor - Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices released three new Phenom quad-core processors for the desktop Tuesday, including an X4 9550 Black Edition that allows users to increase the clock speed. -- read full article
PC Magazine - On Tuesday, AMD announced a new version of its flagship "Black" Phenom X4, as well as two energy-efficient versions of the Phenom X4 chip. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The processors are billed as energy efficient and ideal for small and sleek PCs that can help cut down on energy consumption. -- read full article
PC World - Intel said its mobile chips could dominate in the long run by offering value and software compatibility that competitors like... -- read full article
Reuters - Intel Corp , the world's
biggest chipmaker and decades-long business partner of
Microsoft Corp, has no immediate plans to roll out the software
giant's Windows Vista operating system to all its employees.
PC World - HP and Hitachi boosted blade offerings, with Hitachi upgrading blades to use new Intel chips and HP combining blade servers in... -- read full article
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:40:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
