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After announcing that it would spin off its fabs into a new joint venture, AMD plans to move ahead to deliver the first 45-nm “Shanghai” processor in a few weeks to compete against Intel’s six-core Xeon processors and the upcoming chips based on the new Nehalem architecture. In addition to keeping the Shanghai processor production on schedule, AMD has big plans for the new manufacturing company, including competing against Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing for processor business.
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AMD is now offering details of on its much anticipated “asset smart” plan, which will allow the chip maker to spin off its processor manufacturing facilities into a new company. The plans will allow AMD to trim its payroll, concentrate on engineering and designing new processors and graphics chips for PCs and server systems, and allow AMD to better compete with Intel.
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Intel is selling off its telco carrier-grade and network server division to Kontron AG, a German company that specializes in making embedded systems and other computer products, especially for the telecommunications industry. Kontron will continue to use Intel processors with the new servers the company develops. Since the start of 2008, Intel has looked to rid itself of some of its divisions, including spinning off its NOR flash memory business.
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Hewlett-Packard and Dell were tops when it comes to notebook and desktop shipments in the second quarter of 2008, according to the latest report from research company iSuppli. The other three global top five PC vendors were Acer, Lenovo and Toshiba, iSuppli says. The iSuppli report also finds that despite the Wall Street financial crisis, PC shipments came in higher than previous forecasts.
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In the aftermath of all the news about the U.S. credit crunch and Wall Street’s financial crisis, a new report shows that sales of semiconductors grew more than 5 percent in August thanks to help from cell phone and consumer desktop and notebook sales. However, the report warns that a bailout from Congress is needed to continue the sales growth. The report precedes upcoming quarterly reports from Intel and AMD that should give better guidance.
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Stocks were set to fall at the open on Thursday as a freeze in the credit markets and caution about the fate of the $700 billion financial sector rescue plan kept investors on edge before a House of Representatives vote.
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IBM is looking to increase the appeal of its BladeCenter S by adding a shared-storage option and will integrate a SAN (storage area network) into the blade chassis. With this shared data storage option, IBM is looking to offer a competitive product to take on HP’s c3000 blade enclosure offering. Both the IBM and HP blade enclosures are designed for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and remote offices.
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Purchases of IT hardware such as desktops, notebooks, servers and networking gear are among the budget items to be slashed in tough times. As problems with the U.S. credit market and Wall Street's crisis of confidence continue, IT managers might have to start making cuts in their budgets by the end of 2008. History tells us that means cutting hardware expenses such as desktops, notebooks, servers and networking gear. While cutting hardware and infrastructure costs remains a common approach, a lot hinges on a company's overall financial health and its priorities.
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For $360 million, HP purchases a pioneer in second-generation, virtualization-ready data storage area networks (SANs) for midmarket customers. Will IBM follow suit with a similar acquisition? Many experts in the industry seem to think so.
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AMD, which struggled to correct the problems associated with its quad-core Opteron processors known as Barcelona, is now starting to ship its new 45-nanometer Shanghai processor to partners. In interviews, AMD executives say it was important to get Shanghai into the hands of its partners early to avoid the errors that crippled the launch of Barcelona in 2007. Some of the first Shanghai-based servers should hit the market by late 2008 and will challenge the latest Intel processors, according to AMD.
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In this IT Link podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, the CEO of Galorath Inc., Dan Galorath, says most IT projects are late and over budget because IT organizations lack the necessary tools to learn from past experiences.
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Sun Microsystems is adding Intel Xeon processors to its line of carrier-grade Sun Netra server systems. In addition, Sun will also expand its Netra server line with new systems that use its UltraSPARC T2 Plus processors. These Sun servers are specifically designed for the telecommunications industry and offer specifications designed for more rugged environments.
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Panasonic is looking to upgrade its line of Toughbook notebooks to encompass several new laptops, including a new ultraportable PC and a tablet all based on new Intel processors. While not as prominent as HP, Dell or Lenovo, Panasonic has been trying to position its Toughbook notebooks as an alternative laptop for everyday business use as well as for vertical markets such as government and health care.
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Samsung must convince U.S. regulators that its proposed purchase of SanDisk won't hurt competition. SanDisk is the largest U.S. retailer of flash memory cards and Samsung has 42 percent of the global market for NAND flash memory chips.
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The Dell Precision M6400 mobile workstation, which Dell introduced in August during its Latitude E series launch, will use Intel’s Core 2 Quad QX9300 processor. The Dell Precision M6400 mobile workstation will now go on sale and include a range of features and options including solid state drives capable of storing 64GB of data.
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