Az IDC elemzőcég szakértői szerint az AMD a Llano chipek késése miatt nem tudja kihasználni a Sandy Bridge processzorok gyártási hibája miatt kialakult lehetőségeket.

Slip-ups by a competitor are usually good for business, but Intel's recent problems with its Sandy Bridge chips won't help Advanced Micro Devices to steal market share from its bigger rival, according to IDC.

Looking into its crystal ball at where trends are leading, Intel hopes to bolster on-chip capabilities to vastly improve the security and functionality of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

Some PC makers are halting sales of PCs with Sandy Bridge processors as they try to work out issues related to Intel's faulty chipset, companies said on Wednesday.

Intel on Monday said it had stopped shipments of the chipset used with its latest generation of Core processors after it found a design flaw.

Intel and IBM will soon provide details of their latest high-end server processors, which may contain cutting-edge technologies that could ultimately be found in future PC and server chips.

Intel on Thursday defended its Intel Insider feature in the latest Sandy Bridge PC chips, which secures streaming of high-definition movies from online movie services to PCs.

Intel will integrate DirectX 11 graphics technology in its next generation of laptop and desktop chips based on the Ivy Bridge architecture, a company executive said on Thursday.

Microsoft said Wednesday that the next version of its Windows PC operating system will run on Arm processors, part of an effort to adapt Windows to the fast-growing market for tablet computers, where Apple and Google have gained traction.

Wireless technology provider Qualcomm is in advanced talks to acquire Atheros Communications, a major vendor of Wi-Fi chips, according to news reports on Tuesday.

DRAM chip prices reached a one-year low on Tuesday and approached their cheapest ever due to a post-holiday oversupply. The cheap memory chips are pushing PC prices lower too, a Taiwan-based trading platform said.

The world's largest chip maker will show off its most advanced line of microprocessors ever at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Wednesday, complete with a range of laptop and desktop PCs with the chips inside.

Az Nvidia szerint a kétmagos chipek már jövőre a tabletek és okostelefonok ?alapfelszereltségéhez? tartozhatnak. A cég szerint a többmagos processzorok használata a teljesítmény fokozása mellett az üzemidő meghosszabbítását is lehetővé tenné.

A Philips új orvosi képdiagnosztikai megoldást jelent be az Észak-amerikai Radiológiai Társaság november 28-án kezdődő RSNA 2010 konferenciáján, Chicagóban.

A gemius/Ipsos Audience online közönségmérési rendszer 2010 augusztusi adatai alapján elmondható, hogy az internetezők közül havonta 540 ezren, egy átlag napon 80 ezren látogatnak társkereső oldalakat: 60 százalékuk férfi; felülreprezentáltak az alacsony iskolai végzettségűek és a fiatal középkorúak, valamint a községben élők.

The market for microprocessors, the chips that act as calculating engines inside PCs, servers, laptops and other gadgets, slowed during the third quarter as consumer demand slackened, market researcher IDC said Thursday.

The Semiconductor Industry Association on Thursday predicted 2010 will be a year of record high chip industry revenue, but that growth will slow next year.

Former Oracle President Charles Phillips testified in court Thursday that he would have been "terrified" to learn SAP had gained access to Oracle's software and that SAP would have had to pay "at least 3 or 4 billion dollars" to license it.

A Codra kedvezményes csomagjában az Adobe, a Corel, a CyberLink, a PCTools, a Philips, valamint a Wacom termékei szerepelnek.

Facebook and eBay shared some tips this week for improving efficiency and cutting energy bills in data centers.