AMD Splits in Two
It’s been a possibility for a while, and now it’s a reality: AMD, the perennial number-two CPU company to Intel and one of the few chip companies that both designs and manufactures processors, plans to...
View ArticleYour Questions, AMD’s Answers
[A NOTE FROM HARRY: Here’s the inaugural edition of a new feature: Technologizer Q&A. We’ll give you the opportunity to pose questions to interesting technology companies. First up is chipmaker...
View ArticleAMD Keeps It Simple. Very Simple.
For as long as I can remember, AMD has been trying to convince the world to worry less about specsmanship when thinking about the CPUs inside PCs. It’s often had a point, such as when it argued that...
View ArticleIntel Unveils the Mobile Core i7 Processor
While I’ve been at DEMOfall in San Diego, Intel has been holding its equally newsworthy Intel Developer Forum conference back in San Francisco. Today’s big announcement was the mobile version of the...
View ArticleIntel and AMD Declare a Truce of Sorts
One of the longest-running, fiercest battles in tech isn’t exactly ending–but it’s sure entering a new phase. Today, Intel and AMD announced that they’ve reached a settlement that ends their legal...
View ArticleIntel’s New 48 Core Processor Won’t Change Your Life
Intel began sharing a programmable 48 core processor with researchers, according to reports published today. That is progress towards a future generation of computing, but don’t expect the technology...
View ArticleWindows on ARM? Logical. Windows on ARM in 2013? That's an Eternity from Now
Numerous news sources are reporting that Microsoft plans to demo a version of Windows that runs on low-power ARM chips–rather than the x86 processors that Windows has been (mostly) synonymous with...
View ArticleCES 2011: Yup, Microsoft is Bringing Windows to ARM Chips
Steve Ballmer’s CES keynote isn’t until 6:30pm PT tonight–I’ll be liveblogging it–but Microsoft already made news today at an afternoon press event by confirming the Wall Street Journal’s report that...
View ArticleApple Moving Macs to ARM? If History is Any Guide, That’s…Entirely Plausible
A Web site with the wonderful name SemiAccurate is reporting that it’s a “done deal” that Apple will dump Intel chips for ones based on the ARM architecture used in most smartphones and tablets,...
View ArticleIntel Will Bet Big on Ultra-Low Voltage Laptops
Laptops don’t make for the most exciting news these days, but I’m pleased to hear that Intel’s PC plans call for a big bet on ultra-low voltage processors, as Ars Technica reports. Ultra-low voltage,...
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