Andy Patrizio

Source: Reuters Semiconductor technology today is in the 65- to 45-nanometer (nm) range, with Intel targeting 32nm for next year. IBM is going one step further, announcing plans for its move to 22nm. Both companies have similar road maps. Intel intends further die-size shrinks, from 45nm to 32nm, 22nm, 14 or 15nm and eventually 10nm. […]

This mass-market high performance computer is the size of a small refrigerator and packs nearly a teraflop of computing power. Best of all, it won’t cost seven — or even six — figures. All you want for Christmas is a supercomputer? Thanks to Cray, that’s now possible. The CX1 is the venerable supercomputer vendor’s first […]

Hewlett-Packard today announced plans to begin the process of integrating EDS as its fourth business group, but the integration is not going to be painless. The company announced 24,600 people, 7.5 percent of the total 320,000-person workforce of the two combined firms, are headed for unemployment. If there’s a silver lining for those who will […]

Today marks the end of the road for the Penryn technology line, and with it, the frontside bus (FSB) and external memory controller used by Intel processors. With the release of Dunnington, the six-core Xeon chip officially known as the Xeon 7400, Intel moves to the Nehalem architecture. Services will not be held for the […]

Against a background of crisis on Wall Street as more big names in finance fall to the credit crunch, a report by FBR Capital Markets indicates Intel and the PC hardware space may be headed for a slowdown of its own. The culprit? The U.S.’s economic downturn is now involving more than just the U.S., […]

As promised, Apple today released the iPhone 2.1 software update, available to download for iPhone customers by connecting their iPhone to the computer, launching iTunes and selecting “Check For Update.” Many of the features are centered around improving 3G performance and longer battery life, the two biggest knocks on Apple’s otherwise well-received mobile device. Initial […]

Publicly, Microsoft has said Windows 7, the successor operating system to the firm’s much maligned Windows Vista, will not ship until early 2010, but its internal calendar has June 3, 2009 as the planned release date, InternetNews.com has learned. Also, Microsoft will use its Professional Developer’s Conference in late October as the launch platform for […]

The blogosphere had a field day with this image below. It was the industrial metal band Nine Inch Nails performing with what appeared to be a Windows blue screen of death crash on the backdrop screens. Everyone was calling it “NINE INCH FAIL,” as the word “Fail” has come into vogue for being used as […]

SAN FRANCISCO — In case you didn’t get the memo, the Web is coming to your mobile phone, and both Research in Motion (RIM) and Adobe Systems used the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment conference to drive home the point. Both Jim Balsillie, co-CEO at RIM, and Adobe’s chief, Shantanu Narayen, made it clear during […]

After all the hype surrounding Google’s Chrome browser – which we are as guilty of as anyone else – how much market share do you think it has after week one? If you guessed less than one percent, come on down and claim your prize. The tracking service Net Applications reports that Chrome usage has […]

Dell sure has embraced EqualLogic, the storage vendor provider it acquired in January, with gusto. The company has announced new offerings under the EqualLogic brand as well as new blade systems built with storage in mind, rather than as an add-on service. Overall, the product mix represents a strategy shift for Dell. The PowerEdge M805 […]

Apple CEO Steve JobsSource: Reuters SAN FRANCISCO — For a man widely rumored to be in poor health, Apple boss Steve Jobs was all jokester. How did the CEO handle the accidental publication of his obituary last month? By walking on stage, here at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, with the famous Mark […]