Shares of technology companies finished up for the third quarter Friday, but face economic uncertainty for the rest of the year. The Nasdaq Computer Index closed Friday at 1,675.51 compared to 1,580.13 at the end of June. However, they ...
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Advanced Micro Devices has announced it will sell ARM-based server processors in 2014, ending its exclusive commitment to the x86 architecture and adding a new dimension to its decades-old battle with Intel. AMD will license a 64-bit ...
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To break its slump in the server market, Advanced Micro Devices is embarking on an aggressive strategy that calls for ARM and x86 chips by 2014 and continued improvements to its Opteron line in the meantime. The company on Tuesday ...
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AMD has called a press conference in San Francisco on Monday where it’s likely to announce plans for a SeaMicro server based on an upcoming 64-bit processor design from ARM. AMD CEO Rory Read is expected at the event, and an ARM ...
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With a future in ARM servers looming, Advanced Micro Devices on Monday announced its fastest 16-core Opteron 6300 server chips as the company continues to enhance its x86 line-up. The five new Opteron chips, code-named Abu Dhabi, are up ...
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As the battle between Apple’s iPhone 5 and Samsung’s Galaxy S III rages on – a study conducted by the disassembly firm iFixit and nonprofit organisation Ecology Centre has concluded that the iPhone 5 is less toxic than the ...
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NASHUA, NH, July 27, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- NextComputing, manufacturer of high-performance and small form-factor computing systems, announces a new platform for high-throughput data recording applications. Based on the company's ...
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IDG News Service - A new website, set up by Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and some other civil rights activists, aims to crowdsource donations for WikiLeaks and three other organizations. The launch of the Freedom of the ...
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Microsoft has taken its server OS a giant step forward with Tuesday's release of Windows Server 2012, making this version the first that can be controlled remotely so it is more suitable for data centers. "Microsoft has delivered on the ...
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Asustek's latest Transformer Pad TF300TL has a quad-core processor and LTE capabilities to go along with a 10.1-inch screen, the company said on Friday. Asus is selling the tablet in the U.S. for $449 for a model with 16GB of storage; a ...
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Don't expect HP to have a change of heart about building Windows RT devices anytime soon. Todd Bradley, Executive Vice President of HP's Personal Systems Group, said he's "not a big Windows RT fan" in an interview with CITEworld. ...
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After months of heralding its Clover Trail processor for Windows 8 tablets, Intel on Thursday unveiled the chip that it believes is its ticket to success in the ARM-dominated market. Tablets with Clover Trail, aka the Atom Z2760 chip, ...
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Chip maker Calxeda has received an investment to the tune of US$55 million to develop low-power server chips with ARM processors, the company is expected to announce today. Calxeda makes a chip called EnergyCore with a low-power ARM ...
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HP and Intel have teamed up to design and build a new supercomputing system for the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), which promises to be one of the most efficient installations in the world. ...
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Intel has started shipping 21 new processors for laptops and desktops, including a new Core i7 chip with a base clock speed of 3GHz, a new high for the company’s mobile processors based on the Ivy Bridge microarchitecture. The ...
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