Mark Hachman

Wisair said Wednesday that it had released its first UWB chipset, lacking only a media access controller to begin enabling OEMs to ship the technology in final form. Wisair is part of the Multiband OFDM Alliance, a consortium of companies aligned around a particular ultrawideband standard. The Wisair solution, which includes the physical baseband chip […]

According to analysts, Intel Corp.s transition between single-core and dual-core processors should be gradual, a boon to the generally conservative server market. At Gartner Inc.s Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Fla., Intel CEO Craig Barrett said the companys decision to move to a multicore architecture for its next-generation CPUs is a recognition that the computer industry is […]

Intel Corp. trimmed the prices of its mobile processor lines on Sunday, lowering the prices of both its Pentium M microprocessors and members of its Centrino platform. Intel, of Santa Clara, Calif., lowered the prices of its Pentium M chips between 13 percent and 34 percent, and trimmed the prices of its Centrino bundles by […]

Market researcher iSuppli Corp. said Monday that it had slightly increased its PC forecast for 2004, although it had adjusted projected revenue lower due to declining ASPs. El Segundo, Calif.-based iSupplis new PC forecast predicts that worldwide PC shipments will rise to 191.4 million units in 2004, up 13.4 percent from 168.8 million in 2003, […]

Intel has decided not to bring to market a 4-GHz single-core Pentium 4 after all, following a July decision to push the chip out to the first quarter of 2005. As Intel executives explained previously, the decision is based on the companys desire to accelerate the ramp of its various microprocessor technologies, including Vanderpool, its […]

LOS ANGELES—Microsoft Corp. here on Tuesday quietly launched its new shopping portal for hardware and software, which the company claims will not be used to promote its own products. Instead, the Windows Marketplace will serve as a “virtual storefront” for hardware and software, said Dee Dee Walsh, director of the site for Microsoft. More than […]

LOS ANGELES—Microsoft formally unveiled its “Digital Entertainment Anywhere” strategy here on Tuesday, part of the companys plan to manage multimedia content at home, on the road and in portable devices. As expected, the linchpin of the announcement was Windows XP Media Center 2005, together with a Media Center Expander Device that will push a homes […]

The Wi-Fi Alliance on Monday drew a line in the sand for so-called “pre-standard products,” stating that it would not certify early 802.11n products before the standard is certified by the IEEE standards body. Moreover, the organization said, the Alliance will strip certification claims from those companies that claim 802.11n compatibility but whose products impede […]

InterDigital Communications Corp. has developed an antenna that “locks in” on a signal, refusing to waste power in radiating information in all directions. Although the company is eyeing mobile cellular devices, the initial use of the technology will be used in wireless LANs. Once the antenna “learns” the source of the signal, it spends all […]

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Thursday reported lower revenues than in the previous quarter, although profits climbed on increased 64-bit sales into the server market. The company also said it would phase out its 32-bit AthlonXP processor earlier than some analysts expected. AMD, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., reported net income of $44 million on sales […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—ClearSpeed, a specialized chip co-processor company designed to drastically accelerate applications used in supercomputer environments, has announced a shift to the 64-bit generation. ClearSpeed announced the CSX600 co-processor here at the Fall Processor Forum, which approximately doubles the performance of the previous chip, the CS301. ClearSpeed officials said that they needed to shift […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. officials disclosed Tuesday that the UltraSparc IV+ “Panther” chip will offer twice the performance of the UltraSparc IV. At the Fall Processor Forum here, Sun executives gave details of the last UltraSparc processor before Sun and Fujitsu Ltd. team up for a new generation of “throughput computing processors.” Officials said […]