Michael Singer

Intel says it wants to update the majority of its semiconductor lineup by the end of 2004 to better reflect emerging know-how like nanotechnology . The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant said it would focus on 90-nanometer process technology to advance its next generation of processors like it’s next Pentium release – Prescott. “Our […]

Oracle Wednesday advanced its position in the database universe with a rollout of a new product and participation in a growing standards group. First up, the Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company said it has joined UCCnet‘s “Partners In Sync” Alliance Program. UCCnet is a subsidiary of the Uniform Code Council, which developed the UPC bar code […]

Advanced Micro Devices AMD Tuesday unveiled its chip strategy for its Alchemy chips for better navigation and entertainment systems in cars. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker released its AMD Alchemy Solutions Driver Information Reference Design Kit (RDK), which is based on the company’s Alchemy Solutions Au1500, MIPS32 technology-based system on a chip (SOC), processor and […]

Microsoft marked its entry Tuesday into the mobile phone market Tuesday with the debut of its Windows Smartphone OS for handsets. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant confirmed earlier reports of a partnership between itself and French-owned phone maker Orange. Microsoft said Orange will be the first mobile operator to bring Smartphone-based handsets with its Sound, […]

The U.S. Department of Energy Monday said it has inked a multiyear contract with computer maker Cray to build a new massively parallel processing (MPP) supercomputer at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The new $90 million project, named “Red Storm” will use upcoming Advanced Micro Devices AMD Opteron processors connected via a low-latency, […]

Hoping to capture a larger piece of the mobile pie, Samsung Electronics said it has signed an agreement to license the Symbian operating system for use in its smartphones. The idea is to use the technology for use in its worldwide 2.5G and 3G networks. Samsung’s first Symbian OS product will be a global data-enabled […]

Intel Monday said it is prepared to spend $150 million in the next two to three years to make sure that Wi-Fi technologies succeed. Wi-Fi, also called 802.11, is an emerging and increasingly popular technology that provides high-speed wireless Internet access in many locations around the world, including airports, cafes, corporate offices, universities, factories and […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — While the telecommunications industry is slumping along though its overbuild stage, it’s the semiconductor makers who may be paying the price in the near future, according to analysts with In-Stat/MDR. A outlook report issued at the Microprocessor Forum 2002 here last week shows 2002 should finish on a rather “flat note,” […]

The lizard crowd over at Mozilla Wednesday released its latest beta version of is open source Web browser. Version 1.2 is expected to add about a dozen changes and fixes including link “prefetching,” a native GTK theme and HTML form controls and Java compatibility with Mac OS 10.2 (Jaguar). The Mountain View, Calif.-based open-source project […]

Sun Microsystems Thursday said it would begin to hand out pink slips to 11 percent or 4,334 of its employees, consultants and contractors as a result of a slump in the tech economy. Back in October 2001 Sun cut 9 percent or 4,400 jobs – its first major layoffs since the company was formed. “A […]

While the battle over dominance in the Web services sector rages on, one standards group is looking to bring a so-called “balance to the Force.” The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) Thursday said its 150-membership has agreed to hold elections for two new board positions. The San Francisco-based organization said it is creating the positions […]

Most of the time they are bitter rivals, but four of the largest storage vendors Tuesday joined together under the umbrella of interoperability to announce support for some new storage area network standards. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA) members IBM , Sun Microsystems , Hitachi , Hitachi Data Systems and VERITAS Software […]