microprocessors in news
Storage technology clears key hurdle
News IPsec support threw a wrench in the works of companies such as Adaptec that planned to build special-purpose microprocessors that speed up the communications that underlie iSCSI.iSCSI chipsets will eventually include support for IPsec in them... [06 Sep 2002]
AMD unveils chips to take on Intel
News AMD unveiled two new desktop microprocessors this week, but consumers won't be able to get them until next month. With the downturn in the PC market, the two companies are cutting prices and raising the speed of their microprocessors to gain as... [22 Aug 2002]
Intel uses 'strained silicon' to increase chip power
News Intel will increase the performance of its microprocessors next year, in part by spreading out its silicon atoms. By Michael Kanellos The Santa Clara-based chipmaker will use "strained silicon" - or silicon where the atoms in the chip's silicon... [13 Aug 2002]
'Strained silicon': How it works
News Chips made on this manufacturing process will be faster than today's microprocessors, but contain far more transistors. By Michael Kanellos Tinkering at the atomic level is becoming a daily issue for chip manufacturers. [13 Aug 2002]
Game over for Nintendo chief
News In 1970 Nintendo launched into the electronic games market and by 1975 had begun to experiment with microprocessors. Hiroshi Yamauchi, Nintendo's long-serving president, is to stand down from his position after 53 years on the job. [24 May 2002]
Intel has resumed Irish fab plant construction
News Kildare, will produce the next generation of microprocessors on silicon wafer when it finally opens in the first half of 2004. Intel has resumed building a chip-making factory in Ireland after the economic squeeze forced it to halt construction... [26 Apr 2002]
Intel launches first XScale product
News Intel has launched the first single-chip products in its XScale range of microprocessors, the ARM-based chip architecture for embedded systems such as handheld notebooks and routers. The company unveiled the first XScale-based processor over a year... [27 Feb 2002]
PC decline means chips are down - for now
News Demand for microprocessors fell dramatically last year, down 32 per cent on 2000 - a year which saw record sales of $205bn. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) blamed a decline in PC and mobile phone sales. [05 Feb 2002]
Intel gazes into its silicon crystal ball
News The chip's form factor is unusually large but it contains additional circuitry which will give it a power boost of two and half times the speed of conventional microprocessors, according to an Intel spokesman. [04 Feb 2002]
AMD drives down losses
News The company, which makes microprocessors for PCs turned in a loss of $15.8m, or five cents a share. The world's number two chip maker, AMD has beaten expectations for its fourth quarter. Although this doesn't compare favourably with the $177.9m net... [17 Jan 2002]
HP plans to go super-thin in the New Year
News The bladed servers comprise several types of 'blades' (circuit boards loaded with numerous microprocessors) for processing and storage - stacked within the one cabinet. HP is taking orders for its first generation of super-thin 'bladed' servers. [04 Dec 2001]
Via boasts legal victory over Intel
News A court in California ruled that Via's chipsets supporting AMD microprocessors did not breach an Intel patent. Taiwanese chip firm Via is celebrating a victory over sector giant Intel after a US court ruled the company had not infringed upon Intel... [27 Nov 2001]
Intel breaks Moore's law
News Intel is set to unveil plans for a roadmap that out-strips its own law governing the performance of microprocessors. At next week's International Electron Devices meeting in Washington, the company will break Moore's Law by not decreasing the power... [26 Nov 2001]
Intel lawsuit spreads to Europe
News Via, along with its subsidiary Centaur Technology, claims that the design of the Pentium 4 violates patents underlying its own microprocessors. Intel has extended its lawsuit against Via Technologies into Europe. [27 Sep 2001]
HP comes second in server race
News HP's new 'workhorse' can accommodate 16 microprocessors, and the basic configuration ships for $124,000. The server runs the HP-UX operating system - HP's version of Unix - on the company's proprietary PA-RISC 8700 microprocessors. [18 Sep 2001]
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