Jeff Burt

IBM will spend $3 billion over the next five years in projects that not only will help to continue to shrink current processor architecture to at least 7 nanometers, but also to fund more research into what will replace the traditional silicon chip architecture when it reaches its physical limitations. Chip makers like IBM and […]

Bell Labs scientists are saying they have hit data transmission speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second over traditional copper telephone lines, a development that could result in service providers bringing gigabit speed to broadband networks without the high cost of having to replace copper wires with fiber inside the buildings. In an announcement […]

Windstream is the latest company to offer cloud-based unified communications services. The Arkansas-based network communications vendor, which partners with a range of other companies such as Cisco Systems, Avaya, Mitel and ShoreTel, is rolling out its suite of unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) solutions aimed at enterprises and midsize businesses. The services are hosted in Windstream data […]

The announcement by Intel, Dell, Samsung and others of another consortium aimed at creating an open standard for the Internet of things could add to the fragmentation in a burgeoning market where interoperability will play an increasingly important role. It also could illustrate the high level of competition among chip makers as they look to […]

Lenovo’s $2.3 billion deal to buy IBM’s x86 server business, which already is getting close scrutiny from U.S. regulators, got a boost when the Chinese government gave its approval to the acquisition. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce, an anti-monopoly agency within the government, gave its approval to the deal July 4, just two days after […]

A startup that kicked off its efforts last year to create an open operating system for the Internet of things through a Kickstarter campaign that raised $567,968 is getting another $4.9 million from capital venture firms and other investors. Spark Labs officials announced the Series A funding July 8, with the leading investors being Lion […]

Atmel is expanding its capabilities in the growing Internet of things space with the acquisition of Newport Media, which makes wireless chip solutions. Atmel is spending $140 million for Newport Media in an effort to bring greater wireless capabilities to its array of chips—including microcontrollers and memory—for such machines as cars and home appliances, which […]

Intel is growing its burgeoning chip foundry business by agreeing to manufacture 14-nanometer systems-on-a-chip for audio-visual equipment for Panasonic. Officials with the giant chip maker said July 7 that the manufacturing agreement is with Panasonic’s System LSI Business Division, which makes products for the audio-visual market. With the agreement, Intel will leverage its new 14nm […]

The PC market will continue to contract this year, and by next year, tablet shipments will outpace PCs, according to analysts from Gartner. However, despite the falling number of shipments in 2014, the outlook for PCs in the near-term looks good, the analysts said in a report July 7. The PC market sustained a significant […]

HOUSTON, Texas—Hunt Hodge, a distinguished technologist with Hewlett-Packard, paced in front of more than three-dozen journalists and analysts. After few minutes of talking, Hodge walked a few feet to his left, stepped on an ElitePad tablet and stood there. Hodge said he could do this because, after the brutal testing that HP puts its systems […]

Advanced Micro Devices has released the latest addition to its A-Series fourth-generation accelerated processing units, a chip with up to 12 cores that can be paired with the vendor’s Mantle technology for gamers. The AMD A10-7800 accelerated processing unit (APU) is launching July 3 in Japan and will be available worldwide by the end of […]

HP Destroys PCs, Tablets to Make Them Better, Stronger by Jeffrey Burt Entering Into the HP Labs The daylong tour started at the one of the several buildings on the campus that house the various labs. HP Patents on Display Prominently displayed on a wall in one of the buildings are the various patents that […]