Nvidia Shares Soar on Earnings Beat, Bullish Outlook

Nvidia shares are flying high after strong earnings; a positive outlook surprises analysts.
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Microsoft Says Hola to Windows 8 Beta in Barcelona

The company is set to release a “consumer preview” version of its next OS at Mobile World Congress. Check now for a Windows 8 primer.
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Tilera’s Server Chip Challenges Intel, Sort Of

A start-up called Tilera has a server chip that can do roughly the same work that a server chip from Intel does, but uses less power.
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HP Offers Customers Path Away From Maligned Chip

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.

Intel’s Plan to Remain the Supercomputing King

Today the company is disclosing some new advances that will help it maintain its role as the chip supplier of choice to the supercomputing elite.
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In First Interview Since Joining Oracle, Hurd Talks Hardware

In his first interview since joining Oracle, Mark Hurd talks about that company’s surprising strength in Europe and the plans for its relatively new hardware business.
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Oracle Shares Taking Off After a Strong Quarter

With the economy flagging, you’d think that companies would be cutting back what they spend on things like enterprise software, right? Oracle proved the conventional wisdom wrong.
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Windows 8 Forces Some Compromises After All

Systems running Intel and AMD chips will be able to run Windows apps both new and old. However, systems using ARM-based processors will primarily be able to run only new-style Windows programs.
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Oracle Ceases Development For Intel's Itanium Chip

In so doing, Oracle has reminded the world that the 64-bit server chip upon which Intel once pinned such great hopes still exists.

You've Heard About Windows for ARM Chips; Now Meet ARM

There’s been a lot of attention in recent days paid to Microsoft’s creation of a version of Windows for ARM chips from TI, Qualcomm and Nvidia. But what do you know about ARM, the company behind all those chips designs?

Microsoft talks ARM at CES

Apple COO: Leave AT&T Alone

Google’s Chrome OS: “It Just Works”

Ellison: By MySQL, I Mean Larry’s SQL