Michael Singer

Silicon Graphics (SGI) on Wednesday said it is considering selling Alias — its 3D graphics technology and services division as part of a corporate restructuring. The Mountain View, Calif., firm said it is involved in exclusive discussions with an unnamed private equity investment firm for the acquisition. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. […]

In a classic David vs. Goliath scenario, Patriot Scientific is adding Intel to its legal fight against five PC vendors. San Diego-based Patriot, which sells embedded microprocessors for automotive and scientific applications, Wednesday filed a multiple-count patent infringement lawsuit against the No. 1 chipmaker. Patriot claims Intel’s Pentium microprocessor contains “fundamental microprocessor technology,” which Patriot […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Tuesday said it is taking a fresh look at how its products can help secure networked systems. As part of a multi-tiered revamp of its product lines, the company signed a “strategic alliance” with digital security firm VeriSign . The goal, say execs, is to address the ongoing scourge of […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems has signed papers to acquire Kealia, a privately-held company based in Palo Alto, Calif. founded by Sun’s co-founder, Andy Bechtolsheim. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because before Bechtolsheim was president and CEO of Kealia, he was employee No. 1 at Sun, which he launched along with Bill Joy, Vinod […]

Intel Tuesday unveiled new software tools it says will help developers simplify writing the next big application running on its latest desktop and mobile chips. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant unveiled its Intel Integrated Performance Primitives (Intel IPP) version 4.0 and its Intel Threading Tools version 2.0 for its Intel Pentium 4 processors […]

Looking to expand its chipmaking empire, Intel Monday debuted a batch of optical transceivers it says will double the speed of Fibre Channel storage systems without costing much more than what is already out in the market. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant said its new Intel TXN31015 and TXN31115 transceivers are designed to […]

After taking a beating in the IT marketplace last year, Sun Microsystems is staging a comeback with an overhaul of its hardware and software lineups. As part of its quarterly mass product announcement ritual, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker Tuesday is expected to announce some 25 individual additions to its product with an […]

Hewlett-Packard execs are hoping to separate the company from the growing number of utility computing firms by promoting their industry standards. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based firm this week launched a multi-tiered strategy involving new servers, storage components, hardware support, and interconnects it said would help “broaden customer choices in standards-based computing.” The company is augmenting […]

Macromedia is setting its sights on the Web conferencing sector with an eye to the future of online communication — Voice over Internet protocol The San Francisco Web graphics software maker on Monday updated its “Breeze” platform with application sharing, live polls, whiteboards and file transfers. The upgrade results from Macromedia’s acquisition of Presedia and […]

Hewlett-Packard is standing firm on its support of Intel’s Itanium processor, but now may be having a change of heart about AMD’s Opteron chip. Representatives with the Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker told internetnews.com they are considering adopting AMD’s 64-bit extensions — commonly referred to as x86-64 — for use in its servers. […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems is hoping to use its 64-bit server systems to regain market share in 2004, but not running on the chip you might expect. Rajesh Shakkarwar, Sun’s newest director in the Volume Systems Group, who was appointed to lead the company’s x86 systems team, said the company is depending on AMD […]

In its latest bid to slow the Microsoft Office juggernaut, Sun Microsystems is offering a couple more reasons for enterprise users to jump to its StarOffice platform. The release comes on the heels of news that one of the largest insurers in India is replacing about 10,000 Microsoft Office desktops with StarOffice software. The Santa […]