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Intel Revamps Xeon as the Server Chip for "Any Workload in the World"

in Enterprise on April 5, 2011 at 2:53 pm PT

In the market for “big iron” servers, Intel’s Xeon server chip will start bumping into its big brother, the Itanium, the chip Oracle made fun of last month. This can’t help but cause a complicated positioning and branding headache.

Intel Gains Chip Share, Hard-Drive Sales Surge, iSuppli Says

in Enterprise on December 15, 2010 at 9:35 am PT

The market for microprocessors is at what research firm iSuppli calls “a stalemate,” with Intel gaining slightly. And there’s good news for hard-drive makers: Shipment are up.

From Taiwan, Via Eyes China's Tech Sector

in News on November 16, 2009 at 2:00 pm PT

President Barack Obama has been spending considerable time on East-West trade agreements while in Asia, but for one chip maker, the negotiations between China and Taiwan are even more important.

The Tech 10: SoundExchange Cuts Deal, Yahoo Plans Video Makeover and Teen Geek Frees iPhone

in News on August 24, 2007 at 11:54 am PT

Note: John Paczkowski is on vacation and won’t be writing or posting videos until he returns Monday. To keep you abreast of tech news while he’s away, we’re compiling a daily digest of 10 must-read tech stories. We’re calling it the Tech 10 and it appears below.
  1. Music to their ears: SoundExchange, the recording-industry group that has been in a protracted battle with Internet radio companies, has reached a deal with them on royalties. The Associated Press reports that SoundExchange would cap fees at $50,000 a year for Webcasters offering more than 100 channels–down considerably from the much higher per-channel tax it had sought to impose.
  2. Playing catch-up with YouTube, Yahoo plans to revamp its video portal. Miguel Helft of the New York Times writes that Yahoo will consolidate the Internet site’s somewhat messy video interface into a more interactive one enabling users to view and share videos and compile playlists. Of the plans, Helft quotes Mike Folgner, general manager of Yahoo Video: “We’re going to make it a more cohesive experience. Video is going to be everywhere on Yahoo.”