Mark Hachman

Memory chip technology company Rambus has filed an antitrust lawsuit against four DRAM manufacturers, whom it has accused of colluding against using its products. The suit, which Rambus Inc. filed Wednesday in Superior Court in San Francisco, charges Micron Technology Inc. and its subsidiary Micron Semiconductor Inc.; Siemens AG and Siemens Corp.; Infineon Technologies AG […]

SEATTLE—Welcome to the home—and the office—of the future. Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft Corp. will use a Windows hardware conference in Seattle this week to unveil updated concepts of consumer and business PCs, plus a glimpse into the future of the Media PC. Although observers expected the Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference (WinHEC) here to discuss Microsofts […]

Intel Corp. introduced a new 10-Gbit Ethernet adapter for data centers on Monday that should cost about 40 percent less than a previous model. The Intel PRO/10GbE SR Server Adapter is available now for $4,770. The “SR” prefix means that the adapter is designed for short-range distances of less than 300 meters; Intel will launch […]

Although its difficult to find just one hardware company with a love-hate relationship with Microsoft Corp., one candidate might be Advanced Micro Devices Inc. A vast number of chip and device companies depend on Microsoft to build a framework for device drivers to connect to, to develop the drivers itself or to bundle the third-party […]

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Seagate Technology LLC made unrelated management moves late Thursday and early Friday, restructuring their executive offices. Seagate replaced Steve Luczo as chief executive, shifting Luczo to his existing role as chairman of the Scotts Valley, Calif., disk-drive maker. Bill Watkins, currently Seagates president and chief operating officer and head of […]

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Friday that it has begun a previously planned trial rollout of RFID tags at eight sites in Texas. Both cases and pallets at Wal-Marts Dallas-Fort Worth distribution center and at seven retail stores will be scanned for passive, embedded RFID tags. The merchandise at first will be distributed only within Texas […]

Maxtor Corp. on Tuesday announced it will ship an external hard drive specifically designed to connect to personal video recorders. Although the Maxtor QuickView Expander hard drive will eventually make its way into the retail channel, the drive will initially be preformatted for use with satellite and cable set-top boxes, a Maxtor spokeswoman said. The […]

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices said Thursday that it plans to establish a chip design center in Bangalore, India, for use in next-generation designs. AMD, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., plans to invest approximately $5 million over the next three years to establish the center and ramp up operations, which will initially employ 40 engineers but […]

Patriot Scientific Corp. said Friday that it had notified more than 150 additional companies of potential patent infringement of a patent Patriot holds on microprocessor clocks. Patriot, based in San Diego, is already embroiled in a legal fight with Intel Corp. over patent No. 5,809,336, titled “High-performance microprocessor having variable-speed system clock.” Patriot has already […]

The PCI Special Interest Group (PCI SIG) quietly released the third generation of the PCI standard this week, which removes support for the oldest PCI cards. The new revision requires motherboard and PC card suppliers to eliminate support for 5-volt-only PCI cards. The new specification should have little impact on the industry, one analyst said, […]

The participants in the next-generation Internet2 project this week will recognize a team of companies and research institutions that set a new “land speed” record in data transfers. Using the Internet2 network, a high-speed backbone connecting various universities and think tanks, a small collection of technology companies and research institutions in February transferred 6.25G bps […]

Technology developed by MeshNetworks Inc. will link thousands of kiosks at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the company plans to announce Monday. Capinfo Co. Ltd., the designated provider of telecommunications solutions for the Beijing Olympics, will announce Monday that the mesh technology will be used to connect as many as 5,000 informational kiosks at […]