Fusion-io Brings Flash Madness to Workstations and Movies Like “Hugo”

Long focused primarily on servers, Fusion-io is now going after professional workstations, like the ones used by visual effects artists.
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HP Envy Spectre 14: A Premium Ultrabook, at a Premium Price

HP’s Ultrabook, the Envy Spectre 14, is a good-looking, fast laptop. Is it worth $1,400?
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News Byte

Micron Names Durcan CEO; Switz Chairman, After Appleton’s Death in Plane Crash

Memory-chip maker Micron Technology on Saturday named D. Mark Durcan as CEO and Robert E. Switz as chairman, following the death of Steven Appleton, who had long held those positions. Appleton died Friday in a plane crash in Boise. Sales executive Mark W. Adams was named president.

Fusion-io Shares Whacked, but the Flash Madness Club Has a New Member

Fusion-io investors freak out over tighter margins. But never mind that. Fusion has a new customer: Salesforce.com
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The World Is Overflowing With Memory Chips

The economy, the euro and Thailand have combined into a perfect storm that has caused memory chip inventories to pile up to extreme levels.
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A Guide for PC Buyers Not Looking for a Tablet

Walt’s annual fall laptop buyers’ guide offers tips for wading through the technobabble involved in buying a computer.
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Apple’s iPhone 4S Cracked Open, Money Spills Out

Research house IHS iSuppli has opened up Apple’s iPhone 4S to see who’s in and out among its suppliers and to estimate how much it cost to make.
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Who Would Buy Hewlett-Packard’s PC Business?

The list of potential suitors is quite long, argues Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu, starting with Samsung, and including — maybe — even Dell.
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More Flash Madness: Violin Memory Is Bulking Up Its Team

Violin Memory adds Jonathan Goldick as its CTO for software, and hires a new VP away from Hewlett-Packard. Will the flash madness never end?
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Voices

Russia to Invest in U.S. Memory Chip Firm

A Silicon Valley chip start-up is teaming up with a Russian government investment fund on a $300 million manufacturing venture, a boost for a novel memory technology and the country’s efforts to become a center of electronics production.

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2010 Was a Boom Year in Chip Sales