Intel Centrino 2 Chip Includes WiMax for Faster Transmissions

Intel Corp on Tuesday launched the next-generation of its Centrino wireless chip that it hopes will provide a new revenue stream amid a broader push into mobile technologies.The new Intel Centrino 2 processor arrives after a delay of several months and was decidedly lower key than the launch of the first Centrino chips in 2003.Centrino 2 combines wi-fi capability, which is only usable within about... Intel Centrino 2 Chip Includes WiMax for Faster Transmissions

Intel Subpoenaed for Illegal Business Practices

Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc have been subpoenaed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in possible anticompetitive behaviour in the microprocessor market.The Federal Trade Commission has launched a formal investigation in a series of legal challenges facing Intel, the world's largest computer chip maker. Antitrust investigations of Intel have been launched in several countries, in... Intel Subpoenaed for Illegal Business Practices

Intel Delays Centrino 2 Laptop Chips

Intel has pushed back the launch of its Centrino 2 mobile processors and the first chipsets for the platform, code-named Montevina, from June to mid-July, an Intel spokesperson said Tuesday. The full platform won't be released until early August, the Intel spokesperson added. It wasn't immediately clear how the delay would affect Intel, which hasn't suffered a major setback on a produc... Intel Delays Centrino 2 Laptop Chips

Intel partners with Cray to developer HPC systems

Intel Corp. and Cray Inc announced a partnership on Monday to develop new supercomputer technologies which is described as a range of high-performance systems.Cray, which currently uses AMD processors, has three machines in the top 10 on the latest list of the world's most powerful supercomputers, behind only IBM Corp., which has four.We're excited at the potential of bringing together Int... Intel partners with Cray to developer HPC systems

Intel Mash Maker Makes Web Browsing Fun Again

Intel Corporation has announced a new product, dubbed Mash Maker, which will allow users to pin widgets to a Web page from their Web browser.The Mash Maker Widget API allows you to easily create your own Widgets. These widgets can visualize data, add data to the page, communicate with other widgets, import data from other sources, and generally do interesting things with web pages. Since there are... Intel Mash Maker Makes Web Browsing Fun Again

Intel Core 2 Quad, Xeon Price Cut by 50 Percent

Intel announced on Sunday that it has reduced its price on a number of processors, by up to 50 percent, in an effort to clear out 65nm inventory.The Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 (2.66 GHz) has been reduced to $266, down from $530. Likewise, the Intel Xeon X3230 (2.66 GHz) was also reduced down to $266. The Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 was also cut from $266 to $183. Intel's Celeron 430 dropped down to $3... Intel Core 2 Quad, Xeon Price Cut by 50 Percent

Intel Posts $9.7 Billion Q1 Earnings

Intel Corp announced that its Q1 revenue hit a record high of $9.7 billion, with operating income of $2.1 billion, net income of $1.4 billion and earnings per share (EPS) of 25 cents. Nasdaq tech stocks saw a boost Thursday afternoon.The first quarter marked a very good start to 2008, driven by strong industry demand for our leading edge processors and chipsets. Our revenues grew 9% from the first... Intel Posts $9.7 Billion Q1 Earnings

Intel Atom Compliments Mobile Internet Devices

Intel Atom Compliments Mobile Internet DevicesIntel Atom is aimed at Mobile Internet Devices and the Intel Centrino Atom technology for portable devices for longer battery life.The international chip maker has announced five new Atom processors as well as the Intel Centrino Atom technology for portable devices, which includes a single-chip with integrated graphics dubbed the Intel System Controlle... Intel Atom Compliments Mobile Internet Devices

Intel Numonyx Technology Announced

Intel Corp. and STMicroelectronics announced an official deal on Monday to combine their flash memory businesses into a new semiconductor company.The new company, named Numonyx, will occupy one of Intel's flash memory buildings in Folsom, California. More than 400 employees working at Intel's Flash Memory Group have officially joined Numonyx on Monday.The migrated company will lease the bu... Intel Numonyx Technology Announced

Intel Classmate PC Unveiled

The new budget Classmate PC was announced by Intel on Wednesday which will allow US and European consumers to buy $300 laptops. The new PCs is designed for poor school children in developing international markets.Classmate PC, which as a low-power version of the Celeron M processor and a 7-inch screen, is the latest super low-cost laptop headed for retail sale in the developed world.PC manufacture... Intel Classmate PC Unveiled

Intel Six Core Processors

The Intel six core processor comes with 1.9 billion transistors, 16MB of Level 3 cache, the six-core chip, code-named Dunnington and will be built with Intel's new 45 nanometer technology.The big cache and six cores will give customers a nice bump in performance, Pat Gelsinger, a senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group said.Intel also announced today t... Intel Six Core Processors

Intel Unveils Atom for Mobile Internet Devices

The new Intel Atom processor has joined the Intel family of low-power processors designed specifically for mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and a new class of simple and affordable Internet-centric computers arriving later this year. Using the Intel Atom processor as its foundation, the international company said the Atom represents a significant new opportunity to grow the overall market for Intel ... Intel Unveils Atom for Mobile Internet Devices

Intel, Micron Announces High-speed NAND Chip

Intel and Micron say they have developed a NAND flash chip that reads/writes data 5x faster than conventional NAND flash chips. The 8Gb single-level cell chip, designed with 50nm process technologies, sports read and write speeds of 200MB/s and up to 100MB/s, respectively, vs.40Mb/s and <20MB/s for conventional SLC NAND. It leverages the ONFI 2.0 specification and a four-plane architecture, accord... Intel, Micron Announces High-speed NAND Chip

Intel Makes Biggest Transistor Advancement

Intel has unveiled sixteen new chips incorporating 45nm Hafnium-based high-k metal gate transistors that are smaller, faster and low-power than previous generations. Intel declares the breakthrough as being the biggest transistor advancement in 40 years.The new processors incorporate 420 million transistors for each dual core chip and 840 million transistors for each quad core chip - nearly double... Intel Makes Biggest Transistor Advancement

Intel starts production of world's fastest chip

Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, will begin production of the fastest and most power-efficient computer chips in the world for mobile phones, desktops, laptops and servers. The new chips will ship from Intel's new Chandler plant beginning in January 2008. The name of the factory is Fab 32 which is the most advanced semiconductor operation in the world . The new factory gives Intel the... Intel starts production of world's fastest chip