David Needle

PALO ALTO, Calif. — “Glacier Bay” sounds like a scenic national park. In fact, it is, but that doesn’t mean that’s what most people are looking for when they type the words into a search engine. That’s why you have to look at the clickstream. “You learn from what people are looking for and we […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -– Intel herded over 500 press, analysts and customers into an air-conditioned tent at its headquarters here for a splashy rollout of its Core 2 Duo line. The event marked the formal launch of five versions each of Core 2 Duo for the desktop and mobile markets. The last time Intel chose […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The wait for Intel is over. At an event at the company’s headquarters today, it will formally unveil its Core 2 Duo family for desktop and mobile systems. Intel started talking about its next-generation processor, codenamed Conroe, in April when it launched its vPro business brand. The desktop chip has already […]

PALO ALTO, CALIF. — When open source developers gather on a panel to discuss whether “all software will go open source,” you can expect the sentiment to tip that way, only with lots of arguments. A larger question under scrutiny at the AlwaysOn Innovation Summit on the Stanford University campus here was whether it might […]

Here’s a twist. IBM said it tapped its videogame expertise to arrive at a performance breakthrough in the new System p5-595, a 64-core high end Unix system, the most powerful member of its p Series line to date. A 32-way p5-590 was also announced. Both systems are slated to be available in August 11. IBM […]

PC sales are slowing a bit faster than expected leading research firm IDC to revise its figures downward. In a report released earlier this week, IDC estimates worldwide shipments increased only 9.7 percent from the same quarter a year ago. IDC had earlier forecast PC growth of over 10 percent for the next several years. […]

Battered from a price war with Intel, particularly in sales of desktop computer chips, AMD  missed its projected sales numbers for the second quarter. AMD’s gross margin dipped from 58.5 percent in the first quarter to 56.8 in the second quarter, which the company largely attributed to a lower average selling price for desktop processors. […]

Intel  loves to tout the benefits of having two computer cores (dual-core) on its latest microprocessors, but on the management side it looks like two is not always better than one. Today Intel confirmed a significant shakeup in its top management ranks that indicates a move away from the co-manager model. The announcement follows Intel’s […]

Intel isn’t out of the woods yet. The chip giant, which has been on a new product blitz that’s expected to continue through the summer, reported lower earnings for the second quarter today. During today’s earnings call, CEO Paul Otellini acknowledged increased competition and excess inventory for the decline. Intel’s  earnings of 15 cents a […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Intel’s partners rolled out lots of big iron for the unveiling of the latest Itanium processor. The long-awaited dual-core version of Itanium was announced at a media event here where seven systems from different vendors shared the stage, representing some eight tons of computer hardware. Intel  showed off its new Itanium2 9000 […]

Intel is set to unveil the dual-core “Montecito” version of its troubled Itanium processor line at an event in San Francisco today. Originally set for release last year, Intel has been forced to delay its release more than once. Positioned for the high performance computing market, Intel  and its primary Itanium supporter, Hewlett-Packard,  continue to […]

Cast Iron Systems took its first steps into more application-specific markets for its integration hardware with the announcement of a version of the company’s integration appliance has been designed specifically for Salesforce.com users. The decision to target fast-growing salesforce.com, the leading proponent of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) movement, fits well with Cast Iron’s new pricing model. […]