Don Clark

Intel Awaits Microsoft’s Next Number

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on January 9 at 5:00 am PT

Microsoft Corp. sent shock waves through the tech sector a year ago with a radical shift in strategy, a plan to develop a next generation of software that relies less exclusively on 30-year partner Intel Corp.

Google Says LG, Samsung, Vizio, Sony Planning Google TVs

Shara Tibken and Don Clark, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 5 at 4:44 pm PT

Google Inc., seeking to reboot its flagging efforts in television, said consumers will soon have a broader choice of TV sets using its software — with lower prices also a likely outcome.

Intel Antitrust Case Heads to State Court

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on December 26, 2011 at 4:05 pm PT

Intel Corp.’s last major antitrust fight, against New York state officials, appears headed to state court after rulings by a federal judge in Delaware.

AMD Claims Major Gains in Graphics Chips

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on December 22, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Advanced Micro Devices hasn’t had much to brag about lately, amid layoffs, management changes and chips associated more closely with low price than impressive performance. But one part of the company is downright jazzed.

HP Offers Customers Path Away From Maligned Chip

Ben Worthen and Don Clark, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Enterprise on November 23, 2011 at 3:45 am PT

Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday offered help to customers who want to shift away from systems that use a microprocessor called Itanium. But HP insists it is not dumping the chip, nor reacting to a nasty dispute with Oracle over the technology.

Rambus Loses Antitrust Case

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 16, 2011 at 12:57 pm PT

A jury delivered a major legal defeat to Rambus Inc. in a closely watched antitrust case against Micron Technology Inc. and Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

HTML5: A Look Behind the Technology Changing the Web

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on November 11, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

A year and a half after Steve Jobs endorsed it in an unusual essay, a set of programming techniques called HTML5 is rapidly winning over the Web.

Qualcomm’s Net Rises 22 Percent

Don Clark and Shara Tibken, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Enterprise on November 2, 2011 at 4:29 pm PT

Chip maker Qualcomm Inc., continuing to benefit from sales of smartphones, issued strong fourth-quarter results and upbeat projections that sent its stock price sharply higher.

China Supercomputer Uses Homegrown Chips

Don Clark in News on October 29, 2011 at 12:00 pm PT

China has for the first time unveiled a supercomputer using domestically developed microprocessor chips, the latest in a series of developments showing the country’s new competitiveness in a field long dominated by U.S. technology.

Ray Lane’s High-Profile Tech Friends Don’t Necessarily Stay Best Friends Forever

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 23, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Ray Lane hasn’t been shy about supporting high-profile friends in the tech world — or sharply revising his opinions as conditions changed. Thursday the leader of Hewlett-Packard Co.’s board reversed his position on Leo Apotheker, a man Mr. Lane has known for 20 years and last fall called “ideally suited” to run H-P.