Tuesday - June 23, 2009
In what's being hailed as a milestone moment, Intel and Nokia announced they will work together on developing new mobile chipset technologies, as well as new devices to use them. What, exactly, those devices might be or when they might find their way into consumers' hands remains unknown. Neither Intel nor Nokia executives wanted to discuss specific products in a conference call announcing the venture. "We'll talk about products when we are ready to talk about products, but that's not for today's discussion," said Intel Senior VP Anand Chandrasekher.
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Wednesday - May 13, 2009
The European Commission fined dominant CPU maker Intel $1.4 billion on Wednesday after finding the company violated anticompetition laws. Intel CEO Paul Otellini blasted the decision, saying EU regulators had ignored crucial evidence that will, on appeal, prove the company innocent of charges that it harmed consumers through its discounting practices.
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Monday - May 11, 2009
The European Commission could be nearing a decision to impose a significant fine against Intel over allegations that it used discounting practices to limit rival chipmaker AMD's market share. The timing coincides with a Department of Justice announcement promising more vigorous antitrust enforcement in the United States.
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Friday - May 8, 2009
Japan's top chipmaker Toshiba tumbled to a record annual loss amid sinking global demand that has forced it to cut thousands of jobs. Toshiba reported Friday a net loss of about $3.5 billion for the fiscal year ended March, compared with a profit of about $1.3 billion in the previous year. It was the company's biggest loss ever and its first annual net loss in seven years.
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Thursday - April 30, 2009
The microprocessors that will go into future Apple products -- especially the handheld variety -- will need to be smaller, cheaper and more powerful while using less power. Those chips could be the result of in-house designer brainpower, not third-party suppliers: Steve Jobs' company is in the middle of a hiring spree, according to a Thursday report.
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Wednesday - April 22, 2009
Advanced Micro Devices' loss widened in the first quarter as demand and prices for its microprocessors slumped and charges for the biggest restructuring in the company's 40-year history took their toll. Its shares slipped 5 percent in after-hours trading on disappointing guidance.
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Monday - March 30, 2009
I spent much of last week attending an event put on by HP, Intel and BMW, which launched HP's new professional workstation line on top of the new Nehalem processors from Intel. This took place at DreamWorks, where we were treated to an early screening of the "Monsters vs. Aliens" movie. This last was a showcase for DreamWorks huge 3-D bet and one that I haven't been a believer in.
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Monday - March 16, 2009
Intel's and Advanced Micro Devices' often-rocky relationship is teetering on the brink of open warfare. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Intel has accused AMD of breaching terms the two companies forged in a cross-licensing agreement dating back to 2001.
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Tuesday - March 3, 2009
Intel is revealing the mysterious workings of its Atom processing chip to Taiwan Semiconductor in a bid to break into the smartphone, netbook and TV set-top box markets. This marks the first time the world's largest semiconductor company has agreed to share the underlying technology behind its X86-based chips.
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Friday - February 20, 2009
There were a lot of different topics on the minds of Apple bloggers this week -- tidbits like Apple dropping its 20-inch Cinema display, some new tear-down photos of the 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro, and the squabble between Apple and the Electronic Frontier Foundation over jailbreaking the iPhone.
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Monday - February 16, 2009
It's hard not to look at the stimulus package announced last week and not be disappointed. About 35 percent of it is tax cuts that will be so small for the majority of us that it simply won't have an impact other than to put the country in deeper debt. Intel announced its own stimulus package in the form of a massive investment in new fabs.
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