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 Topic: HardwareThe new items published under this topic are as follows.
AMD completes acquisition of ATI
Posted by: trraju on Friday, October 27, 2006 - 12:03 AM
Hardware
| Chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. announced Wednesday that it completed the takeover of Canadian graphic chip-maker ATI Technologies Inc. in a cash-stock deal worth about $5.4 billion.
The purchase of Markham, Ontario-based ATI by Intel Corp.'s biggest rival in the market for personal-computer microprocessors could shift the balance of power in the chip industry in significant ways, as AMD's product portfolio mushrooms.
The acquisition gives Sunnyvale-based AMD a total of 15,000 employees, an arsenal of intellectual property and a wide array of chips for personal computers, mobile devices, sophisticated video game systems and other electronics.
"Today marks a historic day for our employees, our partners and our customers as we officially welcome ATI into the AMD family," said AMD Chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz. "On day one, we are delivering a winning set of complementary technologies, igniting a new level of innovation and continuing to champion choice for the industry."
Under the terms of the deal, AMD acquired all outstanding common shares of ATI for $4.3 billion in cash and 58 million shares of AMD common stock. Based on the $20.32 per share price of AMD's stock on Tuesday, that put the value of the transaction at $5.4 billion. To pay for ATI, AMD used its cash and cash equivalents, as well as a $2.5 billion term loan from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc.
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Intel shows off first four-way quad core server
Posted by: trraju on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 01:55 AM
Hardware
| The chip maker demonstrated the new server, which offers a total of 16 processing cores, at a meeting with reporters in San Francisco.
Tigerton will be Intel's first chip for use in multi-processor systems that use the new Core architecture.
The chip is based on the Caneland platform and is expected to start shipping in volume by the third quarter of 2007. Caneland is scheduled to support the new Clarksboro chipset that will support Fully-Buffered Dual In-Line Memory Module (FB-DIMM) memory chips as well as I/O Acceleration Technology.
Two-way servers are currently considered the sweet spot in the server market. Intel targets the new multiprocessor server chips at data intensive applications and server consolidation.
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Dell embraces Google
Posted by: Anonymous on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 02:01 PM
Hardware
| Google and Dell have agreed to a first in a series of deals to preinstall Web and desktop search software on the PC maker's computers, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday.
Speaking at a Goldman Sachs conference in Las Vegas, Schmidt discussed details of a long-rumored deal between the No. 1 search engine and the No. 1 PC maker, which is a strike against Google rival Microsoft. Under the deal, millions of Dell PCs will be loaded with the Google toolbar for Web and PC search, along with a co-branded home page, before they're shipped to consumers.
Financial details were not disclosed, but Schmidt said the companies will share revenue from search-advertising fees.
"The real reason we do this is for users," Schmidt said. People "turn the Dell machine on, and everything is integrated right there. (This deal) is a turnkey solution for search."
A Dell representative said that the deal will not hamper consumer choice on the Dell desktop, however. "Our motivation is to deliver customers tools that enable them to search and organize information quickly and easily, right out of the box...Dell customers will have the option of choosing Microsoft as their default if they prefer."
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Computers will be everywhere
Posted by: United Press on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 05:56 AM
Hardware
| MADRID, May 22, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Spanish scientists say this decade might become known as the dawn of pervasive computing, during which computers became embedded in nearly everything.
The researchers say hardware exists that can easily accommodate features such as artificial intelligence and wireless connectivity and software is quickly catching up.
"Hardware development has reached a stage where it is possible to have a fully fledged computer with processor, memory and operating system on a board the size of a sliver of chewing gum," said German Puebla, a researcher at Madrid Technical University. "But until now software that can be programmed easily, and uses the limited hardware and power resources of pervasive computing devices as efficiently as possible, has been lacking."
Puebla coordinated the European Union's Advanced Specialization and Analysis for Pervasive Computing project that was given the task of solving the problem of creating and adapting software to run efficiently on pervasive computing systems in which computers are integrated in everyday objects and environments.
A future in which tiny computers are everywhere is expected in about 5 to 10 years, Puebla said, when pervasive devices become cheap and efficient enough to be embedded in everyday objects on a massive scale.
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Chip maker Intel to help make cheaper PCs in India for rural poor
Posted by: Associated Press on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 05:50 AM
Hardware
| NEW DELHI - U.S. chip maker Intel Corp. will design cheaper computers to be made by manufacturers in India for the country's rural poor, company officials said Tuesday.
Sales of low-cost personal computers will begin in two months, Amar Babu, Intel's Managing Director for South Asia, was quoted as saying by Dow Jones Newswires.
Cheaper notebook computers will be available in the first half of 2007, Intel President and Chief Executive Paul Otellini was separately quoted as saying.
India's cheapest desktops currently cost nearly 10,000 rupees (US$225; euro176).
"We want to make personal computers more cost-effective," Otellini told reporters in the southern city of Bangalore. "These personal computers (desktops) will be priced 20 percent less than the (current) lowest-priced Intel-based personal computers in India with similar features."
He said he expects the notebooks, to be aimed for use by schools, to retail at around 18,000 rupees (US$410, euro320). The cheapest notebook in India currently costs nearly 30,000 rupees (US$680, euro530).
India has one of the world's fastest-growing economies and is becoming an international technology center, but vast parts of the country still languish in desperate poverty.
Even the cheaper computers could still seem prohibitively expensive for millions in Indian villages, where their prices are roughly equal to a year's earnings.
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Dell to Supply PCs to Japan Defense Agency
Posted by: Anonymous on Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 09:03 AM
Hardware
| TOKYO - The Japanese unit of U.S. computer maker Dell Inc. said Thursday it will supply some 56,000 personal computers to Japan's Defense Agency.
Terms were not disclosed but Kyodo News agency said the deal was worth some 4 billion yen ($34 million).
Dell and local partner Uniadex will supply more than 32,000 Optiplex desktop PCs with 15-inch monitors and 24,000 Inspiron notebook PCs to the Ground, Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces by the end of September, Dell said in a statement.
The order, which also includes software, maintenance and other services, is the largest ever for Dell's Japanese subsidiary, the company said in a statement.
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Google Finance makes its debut
Posted by: Anonymous on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 12:20 AM
Hardware
| Google unveiled a financial Web site late Monday, Google Finance, which once again puts the Mountain View search giant in direct competition with Yahoo.The site, http://finance.google .com, provides stock charts, news and chat rooms, much like Yahoo Finance, the most popular finance site on the Web. Analysts say Google Finance makes several improvements over Yahoo's, but the changes aren't so radical as to confuse people who are already familiar with Yahoo Finance.
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Dell testing preinstalled Google software package
Posted by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 07:08 AM
Hardware
| Dell Inc. and Google Inc. confirmed on Tuesday they are testing a pre-installed package of Google software on Dell computers, in a potential blow to Microsoft Corp.'s dominance of desktop software.
Bob Kaufman, a spokesman for Dell, the world's leading personal computer maker, said his company is evaluating Google Inc. software that PC customers could use to search both the public Web and for local information stored on their PCs.
"We can confirm that we are running a test with Google that could include a Google-powered Dell home page, Google desktop search and a Google Toolbar," Kaufman told Reuters.
"We are conducting a test of distribution of some of our software via Dell," Google spokesman Jon Murchinson said.
Dell and Google spokesmen were responding to a report in the Wall Street Journal that described the inroads Google appears to be making with personal computer makers including Dell and No. 2 vendor Hewlett-Packard Co..
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Intel to Invest $345M at Two U.S. Plants
Posted by: trraju on Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 02:49 AM
Hardware
| SAN JOSE, Calif. - Trying to meet demand for its chip sets and other products used in computers, Intel Corp. said Thursday it plans to invest $345 million to beef up the capacity of its manufacturing plants in Colorado and Massachusetts.
The facilities, located in Colorado Springs, Colo., and Hudson, Mass., primarily focus on the chips that serve as the bridge between a personal computer's microprocessor and system memory. The factories also build flash memory found in cellular phones. Unlike Intel's primary processor plants, the factories etch the chips onto 8-inch, or 200 millimeter, silicon wafers. Pentium 4 and other microprocessors are built on 12-inch, or 300 mm, wafers.
"These investments will increase the capacity of our 200 mm manufacturing network to support our platform initiatives and will give us additional supply flexibility across a range of products," said Bob Baker, general manager of Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group.
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Nokia takes aim at iPod market
Posted by: trraju on Friday, April 29, 2005 - 07:53 AM
Hardware
| Nokia is hoping for a piece of the lucrative music player market with a handset capable of holding 4GB of songs and downloading on the fly. The Nokia N91 is a smartphone "optimised for music" with a battery that lasts for a claimed 12 hours, longer than most iPods. The tri-band phone is set up to allow downloading from music retailers, and has Bluetooth connectivity built in allowing phone-to-phone data swapping with other Nokia users. Jonas Guest, vice president of music at Nokia, described the device as "the world's best mobile-connected jukebox".
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