David Needle

SAN FRANCISCO –- Intel unveiled a Wi–Fi/WiMAX radio chip and a mobile WiMAX PCMCIA card it plans to deliver in the second half of this year. Code-named Ofer, the Wi–Fi/WiMAX chip will offer notebook users the flexibility to connect to Wi–Fi or WiMAX networks worldwide, said Sean Maloney, vice president of Intel’s mobility group during […]

SAN FRANCISCO — What do you do when you’re losing market share to a feisty competitor and your best competitive response is months away from shipping? If you’re Intel, you emphasize better chips will be here “sooner than you think.” That was one of the themes during morning keynotes by Intel executives here at the […]

Intel now has the floor. Intel’s Developers Conference (IDF) opens in San Francisco Tuesday. The chip maker is expected to reveal more of its planned move to what it calls its Next Generation Micro Architecture in its mobile (code-name Merom), desktop (Conroe) and server (Woodcrest) product lines later this year. The IDF comes a week […]

AMD plans to announce new models of its dual-core Opteron processor for servers Monday, in a bit of timing that is likely not incidental. The news comes one day before Intel’s big Intel Developer Conference in San Francisco. AMD has been touting market share gains and performance-per-watt benchmarks that indicate an advantage versus Intel. “This […]

Intel reported less-than-stellar news ahead of the Intel Developers Conference next Tuesday in San Francisco. The chip giant issued a warning today that first-quarter revenue will come in below expectations. It is expected to be between $8.7 billion and $9.1 billion, as compared to its earlier forecast of between $9.1 billion and $9.7 billion. Intel […]

Is Google going gaga for AMD? A research report by Morgan Stanley claims it is. “Based on our various research efforts, we believe that most of Google’s near-term server purchases will use AMD’s Opteron for the first time,” wrote equity analyst Mark Edelstone in a research note. “We expect leading OEMs, such as HP, Lenovo, […]

A few days ahead of next week’s big Intel Developer’s Forum in San Francisco, the chip giant and its strongest (by far) Itanium partner HP are planning a heavily-promoted Webcast Thursday. Intel CEO Paul Otellini and HP CEO Mark Hurd will discuss the two companies’ long partnership in the enterprise space in a Webcast at […]

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a few of what he called “medium-scale” announcements at an event here at Apple’s headquarters. On the Macintosh side Apple added to its Intel-powered lineup with a Mac mini based on Intel’s Core Solo processor and also a version based on Intel’s dual-core Core […]

Sun Microsystems scored a major coup with the sale of over 27,000 Sun Ultra 20 workstations to the Mexican Ministry of Education. The $400 million deal includes five years of service and support. Systems have already begun shipping and are expected to be completed this spring. The aim is provide a computer in every fifth […]

One of Silicon Valley’s favorite games is guessing what Apple Computer  will do next. Ever since the Cupertino, Calif-based computer maker sent out a cryptic invitation to select media to “come see some fun new products from Apple” at its headquarters Tuesday, the game is on again. Apple rumor sites and pundits are abuzz about […]

PALO ALTO — HP celebrated the fortieth anniversary of its HP Labs facility by giving a small group of reporters a sneak peek at some of its cutting-edge research. One of the big areas of HP’s research is the so-called data center of the future that will include a utility computing model. John Sontag, director […]

Itanium is regularly slammed by competitors and dissed by some analysts as a processor with no future, but market research firm IDC sees solid growth ahead. Based on results of interviews with some 501 members of its Enterprise Server Customer Panel, IDC reports high customer satisfaction and solid intent-to-purchase ratings for Itanium-based systems. Also, more […]