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    Sun and Fujitsu Give Sparc Servers a Speed Bump (PC World)
    PC World - Sun and Fujitsu have updated their jointly developed Sparc Enterprise Servers with a new quad-core processor. -- read full article
    Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:50:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    AMD To Take $948 Million In Charges In Second Quarter (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - In a SEC filing, the chipmaker said the majority of the charges relate to its acquisition of ATI Technologies. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:10:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    AMD slashes $880M from value of division (AP)
    AP - Struggling to climb back to profitability, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. suffered another setback Friday when the chip maker disclosed that two businesses it acquired in a pricey acquisition were underperforming. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:59:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Trends & Innovations - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - Glass panes coated with special dyes may be the key to cheaper solar power, say MIT researchers who envision turning any glass building into a power plant. The dyes absorb sunlight and emit it into the glass. The glass then carries the light to the edges of each pane, acting like a fiber-optic cable. Finally, solar cells placed at the pane edges collect the light and convert it into electricity. This approach to solar power is relatively cheap because the starting materials are affordable, plus just a little semiconductor material is needed to cover the panes' thin edges. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:07:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Alex d'Arbeloff, High-Tech Pioneer, MIT Benefactor, Dies (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - The co-founder of semiconductor test equipment maker Teradyne died this week in Boston at age 80. -- read full article
    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:27:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    PC Maker Takes Preorders for Quad-core Intel Laptop Chip (PC World)
    PC World - An Australian PC maker is taking preorders for an unannounced quad-core laptop chip from Intel. -- read full article
    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:30:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Intel gets FDA OK for personal health system (Reuters)

    In this file photo Intel Corp Chairman Craig Barrett speaks during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur May 19, 2008. The world's biggest computer chip maker, on Thursday won clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell an in-home health monitoring system for patients with chronic conditions. REUTERS/Bazuki MuhammadReuters - Intel Corp, the world's biggest computer chip maker, on Thursday won clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell an in-home health monitoring system for patients with chronic conditions.


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    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:57:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Mobile E-Mail For Cost-Conscious Enterprises (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - No high-end smartphone? No problem. Standard consumer-grade mobile phones from Nokia, Motorola, LG, Samsung, and other vendors are capable of syncing with Exchange servers, empowering mobile e-mail for nearly anyone who needs it. -- read full article
    Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    DreamWorks Animation goes from AMD to Intel chips (AP)
    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
    Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:48:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    IBM, Second Life Demo Virtual World Interoperability (TechWeb)
    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
    Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Dreamworks to use Intel technology for 3-D movies (Reuters)

    Dreamworks Animation SKG Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg at the Australian premiere of Kung Fu Panda in Sydney June 9, 2008. DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc plans to use chips from Intel Corp for the creation of 3-D movies, the companies said on Tuesday. (Patrick Riviere/Reuters)Reuters - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc plans to use chips from Intel Corp for the creation of 3-D movies, the companies said on Tuesday.


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    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:31:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    DreamWorks picks Intel over AMD for chip supply: report (Reuters)

    A scene from DreamWorks Animation's 'Kung Fu Panda'. (Handout/Reuters)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.


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    Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:22:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    IBM Back On Top Of Server Market (TechWeb)
    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
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:19:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Apple Drops Price Of MacBook Air (TechWeb)
    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
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:25:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Intel Dips, AMD Gains In Year-To-Year Market Share (TechWeb)
    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
    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
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