Michael Singer

After years of disputing their patents, two chipmaking rivals are burying the hatchet. In a joint statement issued Monday, Broadcom said it has dropped all outstanding patent and antitrust litigation against Microtune . Instead, the two companies have entered into a separate patent cross-license agreement worth $22.5 million, “whereby patents claiming priority prior to the […]

Hewlett-Packard is hoping to leverage its multi-platform strategy in a bid to attract more customers to its ProCurve family of products. With that in mind, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker released new hardware, software and services to support its AdaptiveEDGE architecture and run as a direct and less expensive option to Cisco […]

Dell lives and thrives in the enterprise, but it has gotten its feet in the door of the so-called “Digital Home” and has no plans on leaving anytime soon. The Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker will launch a series of initiatives throughout the rest of the year that it said would make its products more […]

Intel is spending a little more time and money on the generic computer space known as the “white box” sector. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip-making giant is launching a new initiative this week called the Intel Enterprise Server Acceleration Alliance (ESAA). The program is designed to pre-certify Intel-architecture server platforms with its partnering independent hardware […]

A federal Judge is expected to unseal corporate documents in a trial that could determine if Oracle can proceed with its $7.7 billion takeover bid for PeopleSoft . As part of a previous pre-trial agreement, only Oracle’s legal team and the U.S. Department of Justice have been privy to several documents that contain detailed data […]

Apple Computer is currently testing new video compression software that will eventually improve its QuickTime Player. The company said the technology, known as MPEG-4 part 10 or H.264/AVC, is the next-generation video compression technology in the MPEG-4 standard. Already ratified by both the ITU and ISO MPEG, Frank Casanova, Apple Senior Director, QuickTime Product Marketing, […]

After its famed ballyhoo with China over wireless standards, Intel has mustered two development deals to advance its position in broadband wireless technology. In a statement Thursday, the Santa Clara, Calif.,-based chip making giant said it has signed a memoranda of understanding with the municipal governments in Dalian and Chengdu to install WiMAX (also known […]

Despite the best efforts of the Bush administration, the U.S. semiconductor industry will still need a $1.5 billion shot in the arm to succeed in nanotechnology . The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today called for the creation of a Nanoelectronics Research Institute (NRI) to direct and coordinate a massive research effort and assure continued U.S. […]

With a corporate PC refresh in full swing, one industry trade group is improving its three-year forecast for the semiconductor industry. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said it is anticipating sales of $214 billion in 2004, $223 billion in 2005, $221 billion in 2006, and close to $250 billion in 2007. The results forecast stronger-than-expected […]

Apple Computer said it is shifting its top-end Power Mac family to support only dual 64-bit PowerPC G5 processors in an effort to bolster its presence in the professional marketplace. The Cupertino, Calif.,-based computer maker introduced the three new Power Macs Wednesday. The fastest features two 2.5 GHz processors and a 1.25 GHz per processor […]

Carly Fiorina is touting HP’s acquisition strategy – such as its fabled merger with Compaq – as key to propelling the company to its current status in the IT marketplace. “We cannot say absolutely every step has been perfect, but we can say with confidence we are where we intended to be,” Fiorina said during […]

European antitrust regulators are again asking questions about Intel’s alleged bully tactics with PC makers, the company said Tuesday. The new inquiry piggy-backs on reports in April 2004 that seven countries — Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands — ignored a European Commission (EC)-mandated, open-bidding process in favor of exclusively purchasing Intel-based […]