Michael Singer

SAN JOSE, Calif. — According to Intel , Web traffic has doubled on a yearly basis for the last few years while spending on IT products has leveled off — and there seems to be no signs of letting up. Seeing an opportunity to sell a thirsty man a glass of water, the No. 1 […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) Wednesday assembled its various members for a demonstration of interoperability with an eye towards the enterprise. The Portland, Ore.-based group of more than 190 companies is focused on bringing balance to data centers with shift to a switched fabric- based I/O architecture that it claims speeds […]

Three handheld device players Wednesday announced a deal that will let users download full applications, demo versions, ringtones and graphics onto any Palm Powered handheld or smartphone through a beaming kiosk. Dubbed the “Beam-Me-App” program, the partnership is the brainchild of Santa Clara, Calif.-based PalmSource , Hurst, Texas-based Handango and San Francisco-based WideRay. As part […]

Low-power semiconductor maker Transmeta Wednesday said it has been selected to supply chips for yet another Tablet PC. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said its 933 MHz Crusoe TM5800 processor has been selected by Viglen for its eXaro Tablet PC, which is debuting today in the United Kingdom. The mobile device carries Microsoft WindowsXP Tablet […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Intel served up a taste of its digital future with several announcements focused on client products. Building on CEO Craig Barrett’s theme of convergence between its semiconductors and communication devices, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm said it is focused mostly on four things that its customers say they want – improved […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Intel Tuesday said it will spend $2 billion to convert its 200-mm wafer fabrication facility located in Chandler, Arizona to a 300-mm wafer fab. The renovations are expected to begin in the first half of 2004 with production scheduled to begin in late 2005. The converted fab will start up production […]

Hewlett-Packard Wednesday said it has expanded its relationship with Cisco Systems to bolster adoption of its Utility Data Center (UDC). Originally launched back in November 2001, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker is currently revising this area of its Grid Computing strategy to combat the onslaught of rival networking management offerings such as […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — When Intel CEO Craig Barrett talks about the great convergence, he says he’s thinking in terms of microprocessors and macro applications. “I want you to think of convergence as any aspect of our technology coming together,” Barrett preached to the crowd at the Intel Developer Forum here. “The desire for technology […]

Once a champion of a pure CDMA2000 world, wireless concern QUALCOMM has been shifting its strategy of late. The San Diego-based firm is preparing to conduct technology trials with China Unicom to develop its hybrid CDMA version of GSM technology — GSM1x. GSM1x is QUALCOMM’s CDMA2000 1X solution for GSM operators in any band to […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In its quest for speeding up information, computer memory design firm Rambus Monday announced a new parallel bus logic interface family – codenamed Redwood. The products offer a per pin data rate of 400MHz to 6.4GHz; backwards compatibility with existing LVDS-based standards such as HyperTransport, SPI-4 and RapidIO; low-voltage differential signaling; […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — So much for the PA-RISC. After its long run as the company’s dominant server processor architecture, Hewlett-Packard said it products based on “Reduced Instruction Set Computer” probably won’t last another decade. Brian Cox, Product Line Manager of HP Business Critical Systems Group group told internetnews.com life for HP’s RISC chips is […]

Looking to boost its ProLiant product line and presence in the server room, Hewlett-Packard Monday took the wraps off of two new servers that rely heavily on its relationship with Intel . The Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker said its new HP ProLiant DL740 and the second-generation HP ProLiant DL760, are the latest […]