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| AMD beats Intel in launching 64bits processor |
9/23/2003 |
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The new entry by AMD beats rival Intel to the punch. Semiconductor giant Intel's CTO Patrick Gelsinger last week at the Intel Developers Forum told reporters that 64-bit processing would not be needed at the PC level for several more years. According to Intel officials, PC operating systems and applications aren't yet ready for the technology.
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| NEC-Toshiba develope fuel cells to power notebook |
9/23/2003 |
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NEC Corp. and Toshiba Corp. last week showed prototypes of fuel cells that they said would find their way into notebook computers before the end of next year. The direct-methanol fuel cells weigh in at about 900 grams each and can power a system for five hours.
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| TI's Engibous looks at China electronics industry |
9/23/2003 |
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"Chinese firms were mostly run by Taiwanese. All but two of the CEOs were Taiwanese," he said. "That's when I learned very quickly that the electronics market over there is heavily influenced by companies here and I don't think that will change."
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| SIS to depart from fab operation |
9/22/2003 |
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The move will allow the Taiwanese company to focus on IC design related technology development while SiS Microelectronics targets manufacturing to expand its production items after this division.
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| Intel to put MMX into its Xscale processor |
9/22/2003 |
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"If you're running ARM code on an Xscale running at 400MHz and get 50 frames per second, with MMX it will be 75 MHz. What you want is to do it at 200MHz and stay at 50 frames per second. You're saving a lot of power," he said.
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| AMD aim for 45nm by 2007 |
9/19/2003 |
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AMD took further steps toward the 45nm node today announcing at the International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials technology.
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| Intel adds more cache on Pentium 4 |
9/18/2003 |
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Intel announced the launch of a new version of the Pentium 4 processor with an extra dose of cache on Tuesday, in a move to counter the launch of the Athlon64 from AMD.
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| Internet Tax Ban Endorsed |
9/18/2003 |
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A permanent ban on taxes unique to the Internet has taken another step toward reality, with House approval of legislation that next goes to the Senate
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| Intel unveiled new Mobile Processor |
9/18/2003 |
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Intel announced the new Centrino Pentium M mobile processor, code-named Dothan, and two new chipsets to increase integrated graphics performance and conserve power.
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| Hynix get license from Intel |
9/17/2003 |
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Hynix Semiconductor’s 512Mb DDR2 SDRAM sample chips passed Intel Corp.’s licensing test, said the Korean chipmaker
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| Altera outlined next generation FPGA |
9/16/2003 |
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Altera outlined plans for a handful of next generation products, including FPGAs manufactured on TSMC's 90-nm process – Stratix II and Cyclone II -- and the next in its CPLD family, MAX II.
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