Michael Singer

Texas Instruments Tuesday filed a counter suit in Delaware Chancery Court against QUALCOMM saying the wireless giant breached a contract between the two companies. The claim is a direct reply to a QUALCOMM suit filed against TI on July 25 in the same court over the issue of confidentiality of the agreement. On September 8, […]

SAN FRANCISCO — After years of planning and months of delays, AMD Tuesday officially took the wraps off of its desktop Athlon 64 processor family. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker is debuting three chips here as part of its worldwide rollout: an Athlon 64 3200+ and a 3000+ topping speeds of 2GHz and an Athlon […]

Once the domain of its server chips, Intel Tuesday said it is bringing its Hyper-Threading technology to its Mobile Pentium 4 family. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant said four of its upcoming P4 mobile chips — 3.20 GHz, 3.06 GHz, 2.80 GHz and 2.66 GHz — are being earmarked for portable notebook PCs, […]

Two consumer tech giants Monday outlined plans to join forces in the optical-disk-drive business. Tokyo-based Toshiba and Seoul, Korea-based Samsung Electronics signed a memorandum of terms that will combine their respective optical divisions into one new concern. The two are now in the incorporation planning process. The new joint venture will bring together product and […]

The man behind the ReplayTV digital video recorder is making a comeback of sorts. After reassigning himself to strategic consulting position at SONICblue last year, Anthony Wood Monday began hawking a new digital media player with a new company – both called Roku (Japanese for “six”). The Palo Alto, Calif.-based privately held company’s first offering […]

Looking to stem the rising tide of Microsoft-powered devices, Borland Software and PalmSource Monday announced a development deal to mix and match their respective software and operating systems. As part of the partnership, Scotts Valley, Calif.-based Borland says it has licensed the PalmSource software development kits (SDKs) and will support Palm OS development in its […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Intel outlined its upcoming server and networking processors this week, setting its development course for the next few years. Surveying its roadmap during the Intel Developers Forum here, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip company said its workhorse Xeon lineup and blossoming Itanium family will focus on making boxes run bigger, faster […]

Motorola said late Friday that chairman and CEO Chris Galvin has decided to retire. Galvin has agreed to remain as chairman and CEO of the world’s No. 2 cell-phone manufacturer and a top tier semiconductor maker until his successor is named. Grandson of the company’s founder, Galvin joined the company in the summer of 1967 […]

Computer manufacturers waiting to stock up on memory for the Christmas sales blitz may find themselves with a case of sticker shock next month, according to analysts and other indicators. A spot check of the DRAM market this week found most prices stayed put. The exceptions are SDRAM and RDRAM, which are up in price […]

AMD Thursday outlined improvements to its transistor technology, which it says should hit volume production as early as 2007. A primary working parts of a microchip, transistors are microscopic switches that turn the flow of electrical current on and off. The better the transistor performance, the better microprocessor performance or so the popular thinking goes. […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Consider the following comparison: The telegram is to Marconi’s radio as the Internet is to… Well, if you said Radio Free Intel , you’d be on the right track. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant wrapped up its Intel Developer’s Forum by plotting its course for the next decade or […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — It’s 23 years old. It’s the last major legacy component of a system. It contains all the code required to control the keyboard, display screen, disk drives, serial communications, and a number of miscellaneous functions. And Intel says it’s about time somebody did something to improve it. We’re talking about the […]