Jeff Burt

Analysts are still trying to get a gauge on how the unfolding disaster in Japan, which has moved from last week’s earthquake and tsunamis and now focuses on nuclear reactor concerns, will impact the supply chain for the various computer components manufactured on the island nation. What’s becoming increasingly clear is that there will be […]

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, already seeing manufacturers of ARM-based processors taking aim at the server space currently dominated by x86-based systems, may soon have another competitor in the field: China. According to a recent report in the Chinese news service People’s Daily Online, thecountry’s Tianhe-1A, currently at the top of the Top500 list of […]

Intel is continuing to grow its mobile ambitions, most recently with the acquisition of Egyptian company SySDSoft, which makes wireless-networking software, particularly in the area of 4G. Intel, through its independent subsidiary Intel Mobile Communications, announced the deal March 14. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The SySDSoft deal is the latest move […]

Early versions of Calxeda’s ARM-based server chips will be reaching OEMs later this year, and some early systems sporting the chips could appear on the market soon after that, according to Calxeda executives. Calxeda engineers “are still cranking on code,” according to Karl Freund, the former Hewlett-Packard and IBM executive who now is the startup’s […]

The massive earthquake and tsunamis that tore through Japan March 11 and rippled throughout the Pacific region could have significant near-term effects on the semiconductor industry, according to analysts. Japan and Taiwan make up a huge amount of the global semiconductor manufacturing, and even the smallest amount of downtime could have a large impact on […]

Hewlett-Packard officials have moved quickly to stamp out rumors that the company was planning to sell its PC business. In a terse two-paragraph statement issued March 10, Bill Wohl, HP’s senior vice president and chief communications officer, said the rumors were unfounded and illogical, and took aim at the source of the rumors. “Irresponsible reporting […]

BOSTON-SAP is promising an aggressive 2011 roadmap for new applications that leverage its in-memory technology as well as a new release of its HANA system that company officials say enterprises could use instead of traditional databases from rivals such as IBM, Microsoft and Oracle. At a daylong event here March 9, SAP executives outlined 10 […]

Nokia Siemens Networks and Juniper Networks are demonstrating a 100G bps Ethernet interface this week during the OFC/NFOEC 2011 conference in Los Angeles. The companies recently successfully tested 100G bps interoperability between Nokia’s OTN (Optical Transport Network) and Juniper’s T1600 core router. They conducted the test at Nokia Siemens’ facility in Munich, Germany. They now […]

Cisco Systems officials, who faced criticism over the cost of the company’s Umi consumer video conferencing offering when it launched in October 2010, are now driving down the cost and expanding the options of the platform as they look to grow the business. Cisco on March 7 announced a price cut of $100 for the […]

Intel is rolling out its newest business PC processors, the Core vPro, that combine the chip maker’s “Sandy Bridge” architecture with the latest generation of its on-board management and security capabilities. Intel unveiled the 2nd Generation Core vPro i5 and i7 processors March 17, with Rick Echevarria, vice president of the Intel Architecture Group and […]

Chip makers Advanced Micro Devices and Via Technologies are looking to drive their x86-based processors deeper into the embedded market. At the Embedded World 2011 shows in Nuremberg, Germany, both vendors unveiled their latest offerings designed to increase performance and reliability while driving down costs. AMD announced its latest G-Series embedded APUs (accelerated processing units), […]

A week after announcing its wide-ranging $100 million QFabric networking initiative, Juniper Networks officials are unveiling a new switching architecture designed to offer faster speeds than current IP switches while driving down costs for service providers. Juniper officials describe their Converged Supercore, announced March 3 at the company’s Analyst Day event, as a complete packet-transfer […]