Michael Singer

Sun Microsystems will continue to enhance and develop its workstations with nVidia graphics processors, the company said Tuesday. The partnership extends the current relationship between the two Silicon Valley-based firms to now include Solaris in addition to supporting Sun’s Linux and Windows workstations. Financial terms of the pact were not disclosed, but nVidia said it […]

AMD has decided to cease production on its logic chips in favor of its memory processors, the company said Tuesday. The chipmaker said its Fab 25 facility will now be dedicated to producing, in partnership with Fujitsu, megabit and 128-megabit Spansion Flash memory devices using 110nm floating gate technology for wireless and other markets. The […]

Intel found its growth groove in its Pentium and Xeon businesses as part of its Q3 earnings report, the company said today. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant said its third-quarter revenue of $8.5 billion and net income of $1.9 billion were made possible by record server and mobile microprocessor shipments and gains in […]

Microsoft’s newest digital entertainment campaign got some play today, as the company announced its latest move into your home on the back of Windows XP Media Center 2005. During a launch party in Los Angeles, Chairman Bill Gates rolled out the software giant’s vision, which highlights the operating system previously code-named Symphony. The platform is […]

Sun Microsystems has taken the wraps off a new version of its Java Desktop System (JDS) running on its Solaris OS. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker, which made its JDS Release 2 software available this past weekend, said it has now ported the desktop environment to Solaris running Intel and AMD x86-based servers […]

Those who had the biggest impact in the PC world are looking to repeat their success in the Digital Home. Microsoft and Intel are expected to announce individual and joint plans they hope will establish both as the best link between PCs, high definition televisions and other consumer devices in homes. Bill Gates, Microsoft’s chairman, […]

Pushing its Oracle problem aside for a moment, PeopleSoft launched a new batch of software upgrades to its J.D. Edwards lineup to address its presence in supply chain markets. The improvements are part of the Pleasanton, Calif.-based firm’s latest release of PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne. Version 8.11 of the platform adds more than 250 enhancements to current […]

MontaVista Linux is launching a crusade to bring all commercial Real-Time Linux Projects under one roof. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based firm, known for its embedded OS distribution, is expected to announce its “Open Source Real-Time Linux Project” this Tuesday with a host of support and partner companies. MontaVista said it has contributed a reference implementation based […]

A federal judge has denied a request by AMD that Intel turn over internal documents, the latest development in a long-running legal battle. The case stems from a complaint filed by AMD four years ago, charging that Intel is abusing its position and violating anti-competitive rules (Article 82) in Europe. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD requested that […]

HP launched an initiative this week with an array of servers, services and hardware to tap into the burgeoning $219 billion communications industry. As an addition to its Adaptive Enterprise strategy, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker said its latest offering is a new framework it calls its Advanced Open Telecom Platform (AOTP). […]

The clock has again been reset for all sides in the proposed takeover of PeopleSoft . Late Thursday afternoon, Oracle announced it had extended its tender offer for all of the common stock of PeopleSoft to midnight Friday, October 22. The tender offer was previously set to expire on Friday, October 8. This marks more […]

Transmeta is setting up its next-generation Efficeon processors to run roughly at double the speed and half the wattage of its current designs. At the Fall Processor Forum in Silicon Valley this week, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker demonstrated two new 90-nanometer TM8800 (Efficeon) chips — 1.6 GHz and 2.0 GHz — that only use […]