July 7, 2010 - Industry News
Supply Chain for iPhone Highlights Costs in China
Last month, while enthusiastic consumers were playing with their new Apple iPhone 4, researchers in Silicon Valley were engaged in something more ...
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June 30, 2010 - Industry News
Sun's Lost Intel-Chip Killer
It's tales like these that really make me miss Sun Microsystems. Before being swallowed by Oracle, Sun had plotted its most daring chip ...
The New York Times
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June 1, 2010 - Technology News
Chinese Supercomputer Is Ranked World’s 2nd-Fastest, Challenging U.S. Dominance
A Chinese supercomputer has been ranked as the world's second-fastest machine, surpassing European and Japanese systems and underscoring ...
The New York Times
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May 24, 2010 - Technology News
Surveillance Suspected as Spacecraft’s Main Role
A team of amateur sky watchers has pierced the veil of secrecy surrounding the debut flight of the nation’s first robotic spaceplane ...
The New York Times
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May 18, 2010 - Industry News
E.U. Set to Fine Computer Chip Makers for Price Fixing
European Union regulators are expected to fine nine makers of memory chips, including Samsung Electronics, Infineon and Hynix Semiconductor, ...
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April 30, 2010 - Industry News
How the Destinies of Motorola and Palm Grew Apart
For much of this decade, the fates of Palm and Motorola were intertwined. Both were early innovators in the mobile phone industry, but neither had ...
The New York Times
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April 21, 2010 - Industry News
For Apple, Lost iPhone Is a Big Deal
For anyone who has ever lost a cellphone, remember this: it could be worse. You could be the person who left his phone in a bar in ...
The New York Times
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April 9, 2010 - Top Story News
H.P. Sees a Revolution in Memory Chip
Hewlett-Packard scientists are to report advances in the design of a new class of diminutive switches capable of replacing transistors as ...
The New York Times
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April 8, 2010 - Technology News
H.P. Sees a Revolution in Memory Chip
Hewlett-Packard scientists are to report advances in the design of a new class of diminutive switches capable of replacing transistors as computer ...
The New York Times
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February 23, 2010 - Top Story News
For Chip Makers, the Next Battle Is in Smartphones
The semiconductor industry has long been a game for titans. The going rate for a state-of-the-art chip factory is about $3 billion. The plants ...
New York Times
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February 12, 2010 - Industry News
Report Warns Silicon Valley Could Lose Its Edge
Silicon Valley’s economy is sputtering and risks permanently stalling, according to an annual report by a group of researchers in the region, ...
New York Times
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January 18, 2010 - Industry News
Intel’s Bet on Innovation Pays Off in Faster Chips
At about this time last year, Intel's board decided to invest $7 billion in new chip plants in Oregon, Arizona and New Mexico. With the global ...
New York Times
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December 8, 2009 - Industry News
Intel Gets Graphic with Chip Delay
Shares of Nvida and Advanced Micro Devices jumped higher after the companies' mighty foe Intel revealed a lengthy product delay. Intel had ...
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November 18, 2009 - Industry News
A Decade Later, Intel’s Itanium Chip Makes a Profit
Intel’s much-maligned and often ridiculed Itanium chip has finally started paying for itself. In 1999, Intel slapped the Itanium moniker on the ...
New York Times
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November 12, 2009 - Industry News
Hewlett-Packard to Acquire 3Com
Hewlett-Packard said it had reached an agreement to acquire 3Com, a provider of computer network equipment, in a deal that H.P. plans as a ...
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November 12, 2009 - Industry News
Intel Sells Its Own Reader for the Health Care Market
Intel’s push into the health care arena has the company going some unusual places. On Tuesday, the chip maker unveiled the Intel Reader, a handheld ...
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October 29, 2009 - Industry News
Tilera Taunts Intel With a 100-Core Chip
If you’re a chip start-up, one of the last things you want to do is draw the attention of Intel. It’s usually best to nibble around the areas ...
New York Times
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October 29, 2009 - Industry News
Microchips and Monopolies
Following a 16-month-long formal investigation, and years of dithering during the Bush administration, the Federal Trade Commission is ...
New York Times
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October 29, 2009 - Industry News
Old Trick Threatens the Newest Weapons
Despite a six-year effort to build trusted computer chips for military systems, the Pentagon now manufactures in secure facilities run by American ...
New York Times
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September 18, 2009 - Technology News
Text-to-Speech Technology Reaches an Inflection Point
Moore’s Law is a funny thing. Computing gear ticks along, getting faster and often cheaper at a steady rate. But, every now and then, we hit an ...
New York Times
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September 14, 2009 - Industry News
Goodbye, Gobbledygook
For the last 30 years, the computer industry has bragged about its achievements. And when the industry was excited about a breakthrough, ...
The New York Times
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September 11, 2009 - Industry News
Abu Dhabi’s $10 Billion Chip Gamble
Forget the $64,000 question. For the chip industry, we’re up to the $10 billion question. That’s just about how much money the government of Abu ...
New York Times
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September 1, 2009 - Technology News
After the Transistor, a Leap Into the Microcosm
Gaze into the electron microscope display in Frances Ross’s laboratory here and it is possible to persuade yourself that Dr. Ross, a 21st-century ...
New York Times
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July 16, 2009 - Industry News
Intel’s Results Give Hope to Industry
The darkest time in the personal computer industry’s history may have ended. In the last few months, hardware makers like Intel, ...
New York Times
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June 26, 2009 - Technology News
Decoding Battery Life for Laptops
Oh, and also laptop battery-life benchmarks. Two things about battery-life measurements for laptops: First, they usually bear little relationship ...
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