Michael Singer

When Nokia introduced its Visual Radio concept in October 2003, the company had yet to announce a serious partner to power the support platform. The demonstration showed mobile phone users receiving FM radio broadcasts synchronized with interactive visuals and text on their handsets. Now the Finland-based cell phone maker has teamed up with HP in […]

Intel’s patent settlement is cycling its way through the chip-making giant’s first quarter earnings results, which contained signs that worldwide IT spending is improving. Due in part to a $225 million settlement with Intergraph , Intel Tuesday posted a 7 percent dip in revenue to $8.1 billion from the prior quarter. However, the revenues were […]

A broad industry group is giving life to advanced features in Serial ATA II thanks to a new specification released this week. Intel Tuesday released the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) v1.0 final specification and license agreement. The spec was developed by the AHCI Contributor Group, a group of more than 40 members including Intel, […]

Intel Monday released two new Itanium 2 processors designed to fit in entry-level systems and compete with RISC-based chips. But the 1.60 gigahertz and 1.40GHz — both with 3MB or L3-cache — also mark another step in the company’s plans to blur the lines between Itanium and Xeon. Intel’s two server architectures make up some […]

Intel beefed up its mobile lineup Monday with the launch of its PXA27x family of processors, formerly code-named “Bulverde.” The Santa Clara, Calif., chip making giant said the chips handle multiple forms of wireless broadband access including 3G, GSM/GPRS, Wi-Fi, WiMAX and Bluetooth technologies. Also, the chips are the first in the XScale family to […]

AMD has become the latest computer parts manufacturer to settle its patent litigation with Intergraph. The two companies announced Monday that they would put aside their differences with regards to Huntsville, Ala.-based Intergraph’s Clipper System and Processor patents. The patents relate to computer system memory management technology. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD said it will pay Intergraph […]

Sun Microsystems said Friday that it will no longer pursue development on some of its next-generation UltraSPARC processors. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker said specifically that its UltraSPARC V (code-named Millennium) and Gemini (based on two UltraSPARC II cores) were being abandoned in favor of keeping an eye on the company’s shifting financial […]

In an attempt to get the lead out, three semiconductor manufacturers announced plans to reduce the amount of heavy metal in their chips by as much as 95 percent. Prompted by U.S. and European regulations, Silicon Valley-based Intel, AMD, and National Semiconductor all announced separate plans this week to alter product packaging with combinations of […]

Intel is under investigation by Japan’s Fair Trade Commission for its business practices in the area, the chipmaking company confirmed Friday. Investigators took documents in an unannounced visit from three offices in Tokyo Thursday. The government agency was not specific about its intent, but published reports suggest it wants to know if the chipmaking giant […]

Apparently there are no fence-sitters when it comes to Oracle’s $9.4 billion proposal to acquire PeopleSoft. The Attorneys General of Connecticut and Ohio filed a motion in federal District Court in San Francisco late Wednesday to intervene in the antitrust suit brought forward by the U.S. Justice Department. The government is seeking to block the […]

Broadband communications chipmaker Broadcom said it has agreed to purchase San Video for $77.5 million in stock and cash. The acquisition will help Broadcom, known for its system-on-a-chip (SoC) products for wireless, networking, VoIP and storage markets, develop video compression semiconductor technology for devices running high definition (HD) and video-on-demand content. Sand Video, a privately-held […]

AMD and Fujitsu Thursday debuted the first in a new line of Flash memory chips designed completely from their $3 billion joint partnership. Marketed under the “Spansion” name, the S29AL/GLxxxM device family is based on a MirrorBit architecture and was developed for embedded markets such as consumer electronics — including DVD players/recorders and set top […]