John G. Spooner

Despite the recent recalls of millions of notebook battery packs, lithium-ion battery technology appears to be here to stay when it comes to powering portable PCs, experts say. Following similar actions by Apple Computer, Dell, Lenovo Group, Toshiba and others— companies that have recalled more than 7.5 million notebook battery packs since Dells Aug. 14 […]

Hewlett-Packard has no plans for a battery recall, despite efforts by several of its competitors to replace millions of notebook PC battery packs. The Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant said that, following a review, it did not see reason to replace notebook battery packs containing lithium-ion cells manufactured by Sony that were shipped with some […]

Intel plans to essentially offer two cores for free when it begins rolling out quad-core Xeon 5300 server processors in November. By offering quad-core chips, which contain four processor cores each, for roughly the same price as two-core versions, Intel expects its latest semiconductors will rapidly proliferate in the server space, company executives said here […]

Lenovo Group will voluntarily recall hundreds of thousands of notebook battery packs containing faulty Sony lithium-ion battery packs, citing a fire hazard, the Raleigh, N.C.-based company announced Sept. 28. Lenovo will offer to replace 526,000 ThinkPad battery packs, worldwide, in ThinkPad T Series, R Series and X Series notebooks, sold between Feb. 2005 and Sept. […]

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel literally has, in hand, the first prototype of a new type of nonvolatile memory chip that its executives think could someday supplant flash memory and thus change the face of the industries such as cellular phones, music players and possibly even PCs. Intel, as part of a lengthy joint venture with ST Microelectronics, […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Intel says that, no matter how you slice it, four processors cores are better than two. Intel executives laid out their strategy for migrating from dual-core chips containing two processor cores to quad-core chips containing four at the Intel Developer Forum here Sept. 26. The chip maker promises that the chips, which will start […]

SAN FRANCISCO—As part of Intels effort to be more open about its technology, the company plans to share how much it costs to power a PC or a server for a year. The chip maker at its Intel Developer Forum here announced a series of moves aimed at helping IT managers take stock of the […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Intel wants to put the mobile in ultramobile PC. The chip maker believes it can hit goals, set out earlier in 2006, of cutting power by ten times to release processors that uses about 1-watt of power, but which are still powerful enough to run a full version of Microsofts Windows operating system. The […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Quad-core processors are only the beginning of what a revitalized Intel has to offer, the companys top executives said here Sept. 26. The chip maker will deliver in November its first quad-core processors—chips that incorporate four processors each—for both desktops and servers, said CEO Paul Otellini here, in an opening keynote speech at the […]

Intel, after a series of moves designed to increase its efficiency, is attempting to get back down to business at its annual fall Intel Developer Forum on Sept. 26 in San Francisco. The Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker holds two such forums a year in the United States, sharing numerous details about its future plans. […]