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We’re So Ready to Sell Chips for Tablets, Intel COO Says

Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 14 at 6:42 am PT

Ready, willing and able. But who’s buying?

The Problem With Those Rumors of an AMD Buyout

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 16, 2011 at 7:30 am PT

Rumors are rumors, but the ones that emerged yesterday that chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices is ripe for a buyout don’t take into consideration the numerous complications that stand in the way of such a deal getting done. AMD’s relationship with Intel is a big one.

Aiming to Power Ever More Complex Graphics, Nvidia Plans Quad-Core Mobile Chip This Year

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 15, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT

Not content to rest on its dual-core laurels, Nvidia said it will have a chip out later this year that combines four processing cores and 12-graphics chip cores to power, among other things, video with far better than HD resolution.

Qualcomm Aims to Heat Up Phone Chip Race with Dual-Core, Quad-Core Chips

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 13, 2011 at 11:00 pm PT

Qualcomm is announcing a new series of chips including dual-core processors this year, with plans for a quad-core chip that will begin sampling next year. Although the company was a little late with dual-core chips, it sees an opening with the new processors, as well as by recent moves by Nokia and Microsoft.

Check It Out: Will.i.am Is Just One of Two Intel Pop-Music Partners (Video)

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 25, 2011 at 6:15 pm PT

The Black Eyed Peas front man says Intel chips amplify his creativity. Meanwhile, you can also find Intel’s hand in a video from a Korean girl-group sensation.

Full D@CES Interview Video: Nvidia's Jen-Hsun Huang

Kara Swisher in D at CES on January 21, 2011 at 3:44 pm PT

As promised, after posting highlights last week, here’s the full video from an interview with Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang at our D@CES event at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The chipmaker exec talked a lot about how mobile is about to see super-duper-duper smartphones and more.

D@CES Highlights Video: Nvidia’s Jen-Hsun Huang

Kara Swisher in D at CES on January 14, 2011 at 9:01 am PT

Our next highlights video from our D@CES event last week is of Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang. Huang talked about how mobile is about to see super-duper-duper smartphones and also touched on the chipmaker’s legal battle with Intel, which was settled earlier this week.

Intel Beats Earnings Expectations Despite Slower PC Market

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 13, 2011 at 1:29 pm PT

Earnings were up a record 48 percent, while PC revenues were flat and data center sales grew.

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang Describes Mobile's Powerful Future at D@CES

Peter Kafka in Media on January 7, 2011 at 4:21 pm PT

All of those tablets rolling out this week means lots of opportunity for chipmaker Nvidia, which used to specialize in graphics, but is now looking to power a whole new class of mobile devices. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang tells Mobilized’s Ina Fried how he sees the market shaking out, and what it means for his company and his competitors. We’ll also be looking for an update on Nvidia’s legal battle with Intel.