Jeff Burt

The painful and company-wide restructuring and job cuts at Cisco Systems, brought on by several disappointing financial quarters, will prove to be a competitive advantage for the networking giant going forward, according to CEO John Chambers. Speaking to analysts and journalists Aug. 10 while announcing the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter financial numbers, Chambers noted that rivals […]

Intel Capital, the investment arm of the giant chip maker, will invest $300 million over the next three to four years in companies that build hardware and software technologies for Intel’s ultrabook mobile computing initiative. Intel Capital announced $300 Million Ultrabook Fund Aug. 10, the latest push in Intel’s aggressive campaign to create a new […]

Advanced Micro Devices has no plans to follow Intel’s lead and compete against ARM Holdings in the booming smartphone market. AMD, instead, will take what executives see as the strengths of its x86-based chip portfolio-high performance, strong graphics and energy efficiency-in other directions, including tablets, according to reports. Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general […]

Advanced Micro Devices is rolling out a software development kit for its Fusion processors, giving developers access to its new chips that integrate high-level graphics and the CPU on the same piece of silicon. AMD’s APP (Accelerated Parallel Processing) SDK v 2.5, released Aug. 8, enables developers to leverage the technology found in the chip […]

Since Intel officials first introduced their ultrabook concept of ultra-thin and ultra-light notebooks in May, a key concern among systems makers about the form-factor has been cost. Systems makers reportedly have been concerned about being able to keep the price of the ultrabooks under $1,000, an important number given that Apple’s new MacBook Air comes […]

The next generation of Advanced Micro Devices’ Opteron processors, based on the upcoming “Bulldozer” core, could be released later next month, according to a report. AMD’s new Opteron 4200 Series “Valencia” Opterons-which will offer six to eight cores-and 6200 Series “Interlagos”-with 12 to 16 cores-will be released Sept. 26, according to an anonymous source quoted […]

Intel’s $30 million investment in two new research centers that will focus on cloud computing and embedded technology is the latest in a string of facilities that are run in conjunction with academic institutions. The new centers, announced Aug. 3, are part of a larger plan outlined by Intel Labs executives in January to invest […]

Dell’s acquisition of networking vendor Force 10 Networks will be a boon for all parts of the company’s efforts to build out its data center solution offerings, according to Dell’s top server executive. In an interview with eWEEK, Forrest Norrod, vice president and general manager of Dell’s Server Platforms business, said Force 10 will add […]

Three companies that had accused IBM of anticompetitive behavior in its mainframe business are dropping the complaints they had filed with the European Union. According to a recent regulatory filing by IBM, two of the companies-T3 Technologies and Neon Enterprise Software-either have or will withdraw their complaints with European regulators. Meanwhile, officials with a third […]

IDC analysts are reducing their projections for processor growth this year, due in large part to slowing consumer demand for PCs fueled by problematic economic issues in mature markets such as the United States and Europe. In a report Aug. 2, IDC analysts said they now expect shipments of PC microprocessors-which include chips for mobile […]

Citrix Systems is finally bringing high-definition video conferencing capabilities to its GoToMeeting online collaboration offering, a move that will bring it into closer competition with the likes of Cisco Systems and Polycom. Citrix officials on Aug. 2 announced the general availability of GoToMeeting with HDFaces, which will enable video collaboration for up to six attendees […]

Advanced Micro Devices and Hewlett-Packard are teaming with the state of New York and Clarkson University on a research project to figure how best to use renewable energy to power containerized data centers. Specifically, the researchers want to determine not only whether the data centers-such as HP’s PODS (Performance-Optimized Data Centers) can be run solely […]