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AMD and IBM announced a collaborative breakthrough in processor technology today, marking the first use of two new techniques that advance speed and performance without requiring more power. Chip giant Intel has already produced processors with so-called strained silicon technology that offsets powe...

Although it is poised to bring some competition to the mobile gaming world with the PlayStation Portable (PSP), Sony seems more intensely focused on its PlayStation console and the silicon for the next-generation PlayStation3. With IBM and Toshiba, Sony announced a new electronics chip codenamed "Ce...

Muscling into territory previously controlled by rising competitor AMD, Intel has struck a broad cross-licensing agreement with graphics chip maker nVidia. The result of the multi-year deal will be that nVidia can design its graphics chipsets to work with Intel processors. NVidia has seen its market...

Intel announced today that it will slash prices on its processors used in mobile computers by up to one-third. The move comes as the holiday season approaches without any sign that consumer demand will grow or even remain steady, analysts said. "They realize they're competing pretty heavily for ever...

Pushing the number of transistors it can cram onto silicon, chip giant Intel announced a step forward in its advance to the 65-nanometer manufacturing process, a move toward further miniaturization to boost chip efficiency and performance. In a sign it is on course to begin manufacturing computer ch...

Intel today expanded the Intel Pentium M processor and Intel Celeron M processor families with products aimed at the notebook, subnotebook and tablet PC segments that represent small mobile PCs typically weighing around three pounds. Intel's new offerings include the Intel Pentium M processor Low Vo...

Computer chip challenger AMD unveiled a new family of value processors this week, named Sempron, aiming for the budget desktop and notebook markets that are growing worldwide, and also to allow its Athlon processors to serve higher-end markets. The Sunnyvale, California, company said the processors ...

Intel and rival National Semiconductor this week announced they are going green with their manufacturing processes. Santa Clara, California-based Intel said it will, later this fiscal year, begin shipping new chips that have 95 percent less lead than its current offerings. Cross-town competitor Nati...

Computer chip king Intel has committed to producing a 4-GHz processor by the end of next year as it adopts an aggressive push toward smaller, faster 90-nanometer chips that cost less for the company to make. The official announcement of plans to hit the 4-GHz mark in 2004 might be less significant t...

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