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    AMD Announces 'World's Fastest' GPU for Gaming (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Advanced Micro Devices announced Tuesday what it called "the world's fastest graphics chip." Its ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 delivers 2.4 teraFLOPS of graphics processing on a single card. Available Sept. 1., the HD 4870 is reported to consume less power at greater performance than competing single- or even some dual-card solutions, such as NVIDIA's 9800 series. -- read full article
    Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:06:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Lenovo Launches Powerhouse Quad-Core ThinkPad (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Lenovo has launched its 17-inch ThinkPad W700, which it described as "the PC industry's highest-performance mobile workstation." The laptop has a built-in graphics tablet and will support the upcoming Intel mobile quad-core processor. -- read full article
    Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:07:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Intel's New 'Nehalem' Chip Gets a Name: Core i7 (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Intel said Monday that its first desktop processor based on its new Nehalem microarchitecture will be called Intel Core i7. The company also previewed some details about its upcoming Larrabee architecture. -- read full article
    Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:59:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Intel's new chip to be called Core i7 (AP)
    AP - Intel Corp. said Sunday it plans to sell its new generation of chips for desktop computers under the established "Core" brand, with the first chips of the new line to be called Core i7. -- read full article
    Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:24:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    IBM Ready To Connect and Secure Mobile Devices (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - IBM announced new software and services for mobile workers Friday, including applications for the iPhone and Blackberry devices. The Armonk, N.Y.-based company cited a surge in mobile devices as an important new market for traditional desktop, storage and server vendors. -- read full article
    Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:49:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Product review: Parallels Server for Mac underwhelms (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - No 1U, two-socket rack server bests Apple's Xserve in its price range. No two-socket Intel desktop can touch the MacBook Pro for its combination of durability, efficiency, expandability, and quiet operation. -- read full article
    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Photronics lowers 3Q guidance, expects loss (AP)
    AP - Photronics Inc., which makes photomasks used in manufacturing semiconductors and flat panel displays, lowered its guidance for the third quarter Wednesday on lower-than-expected revenues and a goodwill charge. -- read full article
    Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:39:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    AMD's 790GX Chipset is All About Graphics (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Advanced Micro Devices has launched the 790GX chipset, with graphics that are improved enough that the company claims it offers two times the graphics performance of a comparable chipset from Intel. -- read full article
    Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:08:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Intel Releases Details Of Upcoming Graphics Chip (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - The first Larrabee chips will be add-on graphics accelerators in PCs used mostly by gamers. -- read full article
    Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:30:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Intel Details Larrabee's Many-Core Graphics Architecture (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Intel revealed details Monday about its upcoming family of graphics processors with multiple cores, code-named Larrabee. The new processors are expected to compete with market leaders NVIDIA and AMD's ATI division. -- read full article
    Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:02:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Intel CFO Smith Took Aim In Sheriff Role (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - In 2006, chipmaker Intel (NasdaqGS:INTC - News) asked Stacy Smith to shake things up in its finance group. As newly named assistant to longtime Chief Financial Officer Andy Bryant, Smith helped rein in Intel's finances. -- read full article
    Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:04:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Intel reveals design for fast, efficient future chips (AFP)

    An Intel sign is displayed in front of the computer chip maker's headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Intel on Monday revealed details of a new generation of chips designed for video game lovers, multi-taskers, and people that want power-sipping computers adapted to increasingly mobile lifestyles.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Intel has revealed details of a new generation of chips designed for video game lovers, multi-taskers, and people seeking power-sipping computers adapted to increasingly mobile lifestyles.


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    Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:22:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Sun 4Q profit falls 73 pct, guidance hurts stock (AP)

    In this June 18, 2008 file photo, chairman of Sun Microsystems Scott McNealy delivers a keynote speech during the NXTcomm08 telecommunications show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas. Sun Microsystems Inc.'s profit plunged 73 percent in the most recent quarter as slumping sales to big U.S. companies and restructuring charges weighed on the server and software maker, it was announced Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, file)AP - Sun Microsystems Inc.'s profit plunged 73 percent in the most recent quarter as slumping sales to big U.S. companies and restructuring charges weighed on the server and software maker.


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    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:14:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Sun's gloomy 1Q outlook hurts shares (AP)
    AP - Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc. tumbled 13 percent Friday after the server and software maker offered up worse-than-expected guidance that reflects the company's dangerous reliance on U.S. sales in a bumpy economy. -- read full article
    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:51:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
    Sun expands stock buyback by $1 billion (AP)
    AP - Sun Microsystems Inc. said Friday it is expanding its stock buyback program by $1 billion, an indication that the server maker believes its slumping shares are undervalued. -- read full article
    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:58:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
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