Andy Patrizio

The glut of memory supply in 2007 was great for computer and electronics makers, as well as consumers, but terrible for companies in the memory business who were forced to lower prices. Basic economic theory says when there is an oversupply, prices drop, and to increase the price, reduce the supply. Instead, memory manufacturers like […]

Microsoft plans to issue four security vulnerabilities next Tuesday, May 13, three critical and one of moderate threat level. This is the first patch since the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 but there will not be any fixes related to the Service Pack, despite some hiccups reported by users. The critical flaws affect […]

Remember the good old days when a virus infection meant bedrest, a fever and feeling run down, not someone trying to steal your bank information from your computer? Well, thanks to JavaOne, they’re back. Imagine my reaction this morning on seeing this in my inbox: “The JavaOne conference team has been notified by the San […]

The race to petaflop supercomputers is heating up, with the latest entry coming from NASA, Intel and SGI. The trio announced plans to build what will be a petaflop-capable supercomputer by next year, and up to 10 petaflops by 2012. Supercomputers have been in a constant game of oneupsmanship and bragging rights. The definitive list […]

When Intel first introduced its quad-core Xeons, which consisted of two dual-core chips on one die, there was no shortage of ridicule from AMD, which was touting a pure quad core design for still-in-development Barcelona. With the announcement of the 12-core “Magny-Cours” processor due in 2010, AMD is adopting that same solution. It’s taking two […]

UPDATED: SAN FRANCISCO — AMD today offered industry observers a look at a very different roadmap for the next two years of its server processors, changing its plans from just a few months ago to focus on offerings that will scale to up to 12 cores without increasing power demands. In the process, AMD (NYSE: […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Sun Microsystems’ 13th annual JavaOne conference for developers kicked off Tuesday with everything from a JavaFX release date to the next versions of the standard and enterprise versions of Java. This year’s show placed greater emphasis on the consumer side, with more talk of commercial, mass market projects and applications. The opening […]

SAN FRANCISCO — For more than a year now, there has been an ongoing debate among bloggers and industry observers over one simple question: ‘Where are the open source billionaires?’ Why have we not seen a GPL Bill Gates or Larry Ellison? The view here Monday at the CommunityOne conference, an open source gathering in […]

SAN FRANCISCO – It’s remarkable what a change of course can do for a company. As a preview of JavaOne, which starts tomorrow, Sun Microsystems drew more than 4,000 open source supporters to its CommunityOne event here at the Moscone Center. They weren’t here to discuss open source Java, they were here to discuss everything […]

Sun Microsystems is taking the term “open” to new levels with the addition of numerous open source technologies along with its own. The company will make a series of announcements at its JavaOne conference in San Francisco this week that show Java, at age 13, is learning to play well with others. Sun’s (NASDAQ: JAVA) […]

This was not the way to build momentum heading into JavaOne next week. Sun Microsystems took a big hit on Friday, losing 23 percent of its market value (down $3.85 in mid-morning trading to $12.48) on the news of a loss of $34 million, or 4 cents a share, on weaker sales. For its third […]

In the face of economic pressures, worldwide semiconductor sales still managed to scratch out a decent gain of 3.8 percent, to $63.4 billion for the first quarter of 2008, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. The quarter saw what the SIA said was a “normal” seasonal decline after the fourth quarter of 2007, since […]