Mark Hachman

SanDisk Corp. said it would begin shipping a Secure Digital card combining flash memory and Wi-Fi connectivity beginning next month. The SanDisk Combination SD Card requires a Secure Digital I/O slot as well as either the Windows Pocket PC 2002, 2003, or Windows Mobile 2003 operating system, meaning that the technology will almost exclusively be […]

Intel has picked up several design teams from Elbrus MCST, the legendary microprocessor design house that at one time set its sights on the Itanium processor. Intel Corp. officials on Monday confirmed reports in Russian-language newspapers that the American chip giant had hired about 500 engineers and related staff from the Elbrus MCST, a state-sponsored […]

Cornice has added a smaller, 1GB capacity to its line of “storage elements” in a more direct attack on the flash market. The addition means that Cornice Inc. now offers 1GB, 1.5GB, and 2GB capacity points within its Storage Element line, which takes a 1-inch hard-disk-like device and strips it down to reduce cost. Cornices […]

Intel will ship its Grantsdale chip set this summer with the wireless features turned off by default in an attempt to prevent the spread of unsecured access points. One of the features of Grantsdale is its integrated access point, which turns an ordinary PC into a gateway for other devices to connect to the network. […]

Intel Corp. is returning to a period of “rational growth” driven by sound investment in new technologies, executives said Thursday. At the companys analyst meeting with Wall Street analysts in New York City, Intel chairman Craig Barrett said that the company is using technologies like 90-nm manufacturing and 300-mm wafers to cut costs. Executives also […]

The “slate” version of the Tablet PC platform that Microsoft Corp. and its partners pioneered is being increasingly marginalized, a victim of a desire to bring “electronic ink” technologies into notebook PCs, analysts and vendors said. Furthermore, the fate of the Windows XP Tablet Edition OS itself seems to be in question. Last week at […]

Mike Fister, who ran Intel Corp.s Enterprise Platforms Group and oversaw the launch of the Itanium microprocessor, has left the company to take over as chief executive of design tools maker Cadence Design Systems. Fister will be replaced by Abhijit (Abhi) Y. Talwalkar, who has been named vice president and general manager of the Enterprise […]

Microsoft Corp. will sell through its line of broadband wireless access products, after which the technology will be phased out. Products like the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Kit will still be sold and supported, a Microsoft representative said, and Microsoft will continue to honor its warranties. But stocks of the entire 802.11g wireless product line, consisting […]

The Trusted Computing Group said Monday that it is working on a specification to ensure that wireless clients connecting to a network wont serve as a back door to worms and crackers. Officials within the TCG, based in Portland, Ore., said the industry standards body is developing a “Trusted Network Connect” specification, designed to audit […]

Rambus Inc. has begun marketing double-data-rate memory interfaces to potential licensees, the same technology Rambus is prosecuting in court. The interfaces also contain an “optional controller mode” which will allow licensees to connect to XDR DRAM, the next-generation memory technology Rambus is developing. Since the late 1990s, Rambus has developed and attempted to enforce patents […]

SEATTLE—Microsoft on Wednesday gave WinHEC attendees a behind-the-scenes peek at future technologies the company is preparing for mobile PCs. Darin Fish, business development manager in Microsoft Corp.s mobile platforms division, described the disclosure as a “work in progress.” Furthermore, Fish said no final decision has been made whether there will be a mobile version of […]

Advanced Micro Devices took aim at the thin-and-light notebook market Thursday, releasing two new microprocessors for the slimmed-down PCs. Advanced Micro Devices Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., said mobile versions of the Athlon64 chip in 2800+ and 2700+ speed grades are now shipping. Acer Inc. will be the first vendor to use the new chips, shipping […]