John G. Spooner

Apple may choose Intels Pentium M to become the first Intel chip inside a new generation of portables and small desktop computers. The computer maker, which on Monday announced plans to move to Intel processors starting in 2006, is expected to make the Pentium M its first stop, analysts say. The Pentium Ms mix of […]

Intel Corp. is looking to developments in an emerging branch of science for the potential to improve future generations of its processors. The chip maker is stepping up its research on carbon nanotubes, tiny tubes of rolled-up carbon hexagons, one product of the science of nanotechnology. Intel, IBM and others are exploring nanotechnology as a […]

Apple got the worlds attention on Monday, saying it will move to Intel processors. Apple Computer Inc. will begin moving its systems to Intel Corp. processors by June 2006 and will finish the transition by June 2007, Steve Jobs, Apples CEO, said in a keynote address at the companys Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco. […]

Gateway is getting down to business. The Irvine, Calif., PC maker, which absorbed eMachines Inc. in 2004, is has been reshaping its notebook, server and desktop lines in an effort to boost sales to small and medium businesses as well as government and education customers. “Weve said, in some respects, we are a new company…and […]

Power Macs and PowerBooks could gain new power plants in the near future, analysts say. IBMs chip group has been mum on details relating to its PowerPC processor line of late, but analysts expect it to deliver a dual-core PowerPC 970 and possibly a single-core sibling with less of a power appetite. Apple Computer Inc., […]

Intel has a twofold plan to increase notebook performance. The chip maker, at a presentation to press and analysts on Thursday, disclosed several new details of “Yonah,” the first dual-core version of its Pentium M, a company spokesperson said. As the portable computers increase in popularity—notebook adoption has been growing among a number of consumer […]

Intel is taking a smaller view of the desktop. The chip giant, in an unusual move, is touting miniature desktops that use its Pentium M notebook processors at Computex Taipei, an enormous computer trade show taking place in Taiwan this week. There, Intel is showing off two prototype small Pentium M-based desktops. During a keynote […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. aims to offer a duo of dual-core processors in its business desktop line this year. Starting this fall, the Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant plans to offer AMDs Athlon 64 X2 processor, officially introduced Tuesday, as an option for its HP Compaq Business Desktop dx5150, said Brian Schmitz, worldwide product marketing manager for […]

Chip giant Intel is looking to developments in a tiny new form of science for the potential to lift future generations of its processors. The chip maker is stepping up its research on carbon nanotubes, tiny tubes of rolled-up carbon hexagons, one field of the emerging science of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology, which aims to use smallness […]

PC makers are making management decisions when it comes to building new desktops around Intel Corp.s latest business PC platform. Starting on Thursday, two of the three largest business PC makers will tout desktops based on Intels Professional Business Platform 2005 hardware, a new chip bundle centered on the Intel Extreme 945X chip set, as […]

AMD has published the details behind Pacifica, its hardware-based virtualization technology for PCs and servers. The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker on Wednesday said it posted specifics behind the technology on its Web site in an effort to encourage software makers to begin writing applications that take advantage of Pacificas ability create separate partitions for different […]

New York—Researchers see nanotechnology in the future as a bridge to truly ubiquitous communications. Jeffrey Jaffe, the president of Lucent Technologies Inc.s Bell Labs Research and Advanced Technologies operation, spoke at the NanoBusiness Conference, a gathering of nanotechnology researchers, venture capitalists and Wall Street analysts in Manhattan. During his keynote address, Jaffe said that the […]