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Very interesting

[Archived in Dell, Entry]

[FatMixx] all of Dell), laptops, and business purchases, so it’s not indicative of a larger shift in the CPU market, but as News.com says, “Nonetheless, it’s a notable achievement.”

Posted at October 20, 2005 08:53 PM

AMD Tops Intel in U.S. Retail Sales

[Archived in Entry, Intel]

[Dygital’s Blog] After facing what seemed an insurmountable decline in desktop PC sales during the first six months of 2005, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) captured a 52% share of the US retail desktop PC market in September, according to Current Analysis. AMD’s performance during the back-to-school shopping season topped chip giant Intel’s 46% share by six points, said the market research firm.

Posted at October 20, 2005 08:51 PM

AMD/Intel hybrid motherboard - ECS PF88 Motherboard

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[The PC Doctor » Here to help!] Compatibility with other CPUs comes from the additional SIMA cards that ECS sell. These cards fit into the “Elite System BUS”

Posted at October 20, 2005 08:50 PM

AMD outsells Intel for the month of September. Why? MCE PC's.

[Archived in Entry, Intel]

[HD Beat] Hmmm while Intel is coming out in support of HD-DVD, AMD hasn't said anything of note about HDTV. Of course, their partnership with NVIDIA and their nForce 400 chipset is a large part of enabling their integration into Media Center PC's so we'll see how far that takes this recent surge.

Posted at October 20, 2005 08:49 PM

Article: The Future Of Microprocessors...

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[performanceGuru.com] One of the co-authors of the article is Kunle Olukton who founded Afara Websystems which was purchased by Sun Microsystems. The technology developed by Afara prior to the purchase was later to become Niagra and the article focuses closely on CMP (Chip Multi Processing) as well as SMT (Simultaneous Multithreading).

Posted at October 08, 2005 11:17 AM

Apple, Another Reason To Pick Intel

[Archived in Apple, Entry, Intel]

[ Joseph Scotts Blog] If you were making a sales pitch to Intel you better not be using a notebook from that other vendor (Apple) running that other OS (Mac OS) on that other CPU (PPC). Even though Intel itself doesn’t make notebook systems or the OS that goes on top of them, no one wanted to be seen as helping the competition by buying from vendors that didn’t use their product.

Posted at October 08, 2005 11:16 AM

Are $100 Laptops A Reality?

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[Somewhat Frank ~ Blog] A group of Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are trying to get computers into the hands of every kid. They feel...

Posted at October 08, 2005 11:14 AM

The ultimate home theater PC? The one you build of course

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[HD Beat] But can you really build a PC yourself that will fit in with the rest of your home theater components? Tom's Hardware tries to find out, with varying levels of success.

Posted at October 08, 2005 11:13 AM

Microsoft shows off IPTV plans, partners

[Archived in Entry, Intel]

[HD Beat] A system-on-a-chip developed with Sigma Designs specifically intended to support all IPTV edition features and lower cost so that it can be included in set top boxes, TV's, DVD players and gaming consoles.I don't think this nearly answers the question of where the Media Center Edition platform's future lies, but Microsoft is clearly doing everything they can to make sure they have their devices at the heart of your digital entertainment center of the future.

Posted at September 25, 2005 01:38 PM

Intel Slashes Power Waste for Massive Battery-Life Improvements

[Archived in Entry, Intel, Intel]

[The Mobile Technology Weblog - "Location Based Services and all about Mobile Marketing" - SmarterAgent Proves IQ at DEMOfall 20] The Mobile Technology Weblog - "Location Based Services and all about Mobile Marketing" - Intel Slashes Power Waste for Massive Battery-Life Improvements

Posted at September 25, 2005 01:36 PM

Damn this BIOS / Driver update

[Archived in Entry, Intel]

[derkilicious] I have never had so much trouble diagnosing and fixing a computer issue. Never. I don’t know what it is about this particular computer. It’s a custom...

Posted at September 25, 2005 01:34 PM

Ship date for Intel-based Macs

[Archived in Entry, Intel]

[Matthew Gifford] According to Engadget, Apple will begin shipping Intel-based (via TUAW) Macs in June of next year. I’m hoping that their notebooks will be among the first to be switched.

Posted at September 25, 2005 01:27 PM

Intel moving more jobs to Costa Rica

[Archived in Entry, Intel, Intel]

[Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey] In 1998 Intel opened a chip plant in Heredia and now microchips are the #1 export from Costa Rica. That's how big of a player Intel is in the Costa Rican economy -- it became the #1 exporter basically overnight!

Posted at September 22, 2005 08:58 PM

Random Juicy Tidbits

[Archived in Entry, Intel]

[The Tao of Mac - HomePage] Random Juicy Tidbits Update: Turns out that Google Secure Access uses PPTP, which is not really secure (we dabbled in it before opting to drop VPN...

Posted at September 22, 2005 08:57 PM

What's All The Buzz About WiMax?

[Archived in Entry, Intel]

[Somewhat Frank ~ Blog] While a home Wi-Fi network usually has a range of a fewhundred feet with speeds of up to 54 megabits per second, a singleWiMax antenna is expected to range of up to 40 miles with speedsof 70 megabits per second or more. This could be an excellent solution for rural areas that have not been offered broadband or DSL services due to there location.

Posted at September 22, 2005 08:55 PM

Intel and nanotech?

[Archived in Entry, Intel, Intel]

[Tech news and insider stories for the IT industry - the i-kew blog] Intel is going to do 65 nanometre processors, It's pretty darned important for Intel that Moore's Law continues to operate, or we stop buying new PCs. And so it's worth looking at some of its gee-whiz predictions, sometimes, and asking: "Who benefits from this?"

Posted at September 22, 2005 08:53 PM

How Apple may deal with the dreaded "intel inside" sticker

[Archived in Apple, Entry, Intel]

[Yazan Malakha's Journal] Click for a larger view Photo Credits: www.joyoftech.com Tags ...

Posted at September 06, 2005 01:24 PM

A quick dose of shameless self promotion...

[Archived in Entry, Intel]

[Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff] ...with two Guardian articles in which I introduce the term "arphid" into the mass media and

Posted at September 06, 2005 01:23 PM

Undercover Macintosh

[Archived in Entry]

[Warping it up!] According to rumours it is said to run much faster on x86 than the original PowerPC Mac’s. Is it just me who suddenly wants a Xbox2??

Posted at September 06, 2005 01:17 PM

if Bloggers Had Been Around Throughout History "I...

[Archived in Entry, Intel]

[Mariuz's Blog] if Bloggers Had Been Around Throughout History "It looks like intella didn't read my blog about iceberg problem" ..::intel:+:amd::+::blog::....

Posted at September 06, 2005 01:15 PM

Very interesting

AMD Tops Intel in U.S. Retail Sales

AMD/Intel hybrid motherboard - ECS PF88 Motherboard

AMD outsells Intel for the month of September. Why? MCE PC's.

Article: The Future Of Microprocessors...

Apple, Another Reason To Pick Intel

Are $100 Laptops A Reality?

The ultimate home theater PC? The one you build of course

Microsoft shows off IPTV plans, partners

Intel Slashes Power Waste for Massive Battery-Life Improvements

Damn this BIOS / Driver update

Ship date for Intel-based Macs

Intel moving more jobs to Costa Rica

Random Juicy Tidbits

What's All The Buzz About WiMax?

Intel and nanotech?

How Apple may deal with the dreaded "intel inside" sticker

A quick dose of shameless self promotion...

Undercover Macintosh

if Bloggers Had Been Around Throughout History "I...

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