Andy Patrizio

MetaRAM is expanding its increased memory capacity technology to Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) memory, to be used in Intel’s forthcoming Core i7 processors, formerly known as “Nehalem” — giving the company the opening into the Intel server market it had previously lacked. MetaRAM makes memory controller chips that go on a memory stick, called […]

Clearly AMD has no intention of giving Q4 over to Intel. The company announced that “Shanghai,” the first server chips made with the 45nm manufacturing process, will ship in the fourth quarter of this year, around the same time as Intel’s Core i7, a.k.a. “Nehalem” will hit the market. AMD had already said Shanghai would […]

Microsoft has launched a blog dedicated to its forthcoming operating system, called “Windows 7” at this point, to be hosted by two senior vice presidents who are leading the development effort. For now, the site just contains an introductory statement from Jon DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky, who will be heading up the development. They will […]

Pat Gelsinger is one of the most important tech executives at the world’s biggest chip company and may even head it some day. How he came to be in this position is a story of determination, faith and one very smart mind. In 1979, Intel recruiter Ron Smith was on his 12th interview of the […]

Even in the face of a traditionally soft quarter and an economic downturn in the United States, semiconductor sales rose to record levels in the second quarter (Q2) of 2008 according to figures from IDC. Worldwide, unit shipments for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, grew 3.1 percent over the prior quarter and 16.1 percent […]

Intel has announced the Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) draft specification, revision 0.9, is now available for review, making USB 3.0 one step closer to reality. The news comes just ahead of the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco next week. The USB 3.0 architecture was first demonstrated at last year’s IDF show and […]

Microsoft this week introduced service packs to two vital developer products just months after their initial release, but the bevy of new features in the releases may make them seem more like broad enhancements than the usual collection of patches. The company introduced .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1), which it has been beta […]

Security vendors have been warning for some time that the new gimmick among the malware and spammer communities is trying to latch on to legitimate sites and names and ride their credibility. In the past few weeks, a spam botnet called Rustock flooded the Internet with what looked to be CNN’s Top 10 news stories […]

A building housing research and development programs at Apple caught fire last night, producing thick black smoke due to the composition of the roof. In the end, it was the sprinkler systems that did the most damage to the building itself. The Santa Clara County fire department responded to a call shortly after 10 p.m. […]

One month into the two-year marriage many have made with an iPhone 3G, and the honeymoon is definitely over in some quarters. While I am not as angry as others, when I see this kind of bubbling frustration, it’s usually an indicator of one type of ending. Ever heard of Mt. Vesuvius? Within a day […]

Source: Dell SAN FRANCISCO — Dell today introduced four new lines of Latitude and Precision notebook computers, aimed at a wide variety of business users and featuring advancements in power management and security. Seven new notebook designs made their debut in all, ranging from the 12.1-inch, 2.2-pound Latitude E4200 to the high-end, 15.4-inch Latitude E6500 […]

Tough times are hitting BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer file-sharing network that is struggling to go legitimate despite the constant use of it for piracy. The company has had to make some rather drastic personnel cuts recently, but dismissed reports that the layoffs were fallout from the Comcast-FCC agreement. Comcast and BitTorrent announced in March that they […]