Mark Hachman

Intel Corp. formally launched its next-generation “Prescott” microprocessor on Sunday, providing slight performance increases over the previous Pentium 4. Intel executives also declined to put to rest rumors of Prescotts 64-bit capabilities. As previously indicated, Prescott will ship in 3.2GHz, 3.0GHz and 2.8GHz speed grades beginning on Monday, with supplies of the 3.4GHz low enough […]

Despite the hubbub surrounding 64-bit computing in the market, Intel Corp. will assert that the world still operates on 32-bit cores with the Monday launch of its code-name “Prescott” processor. OEMs on Thursday reported that Intel the next-generation Pentium architecture will be pitched as a 32-bit chip and not a bridge to 64-bit computing. Intels […]

Adaptec Inc. on Wednesday, announced several new storage products aimed at helping enterprises shift toward cost-effective fabric-attached storage networks. The Milpitas, Calif. company announced an external iSCSI-to-Serial ATA storage array; a Fibre Channel-to-Serial ATA RAID storage system and accompanying enclosure, as well as a pair of 8- and 16-port RAID cards. The Adaptec iSA1500 iSCSI […]

Storage vendor Adaptec Inc. agreed to acquire Elipsan Ltd. Monday afternoon for an undisclosed amount, part of Adaptecs push into enterprise storage area networking. At the same time, the company reported a $3 million loss for its latest fiscal quarter. Elipsan, a Bristol, U.K.-based designer of storage-virtualization software, represents the next step for Adaptec in […]

Has stability returned to the disk-drive market? For the most part, according to analysts, but they warn that companies like Seagate and other storage manufacturers still show tendencies to stuff the reseller channel when times get tight. Seagate Technology LLC , Maxtor Corp. and Western Digital Corp. all reported earnings this week, and all three […]

Although Maxtor Corp. reported both increased sales and revenue compared with a year ago, company executives said channel resellers apparently held onto inventory to negotiate better deals. During a conference call Wednesday, Maxtor executives stopped short of accusing its resellers of any impropriety and did not name specific firms. But company executives said their tests […]

TransDimension Corp. has licensed its USB On-The-Go wireless technology to NEC Electronics Corp., which said it will use the technology in a forthcoming chip powering its future 3G phones. The agreement represents the third major wireless supplier that has said it will use the technology, although TransDimension has yet to strike deals with either Nokia […]

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. returned to profitability during the fourth quarter of 2003, as strong sales across all segments nearly doubled the companys revenue versus the same period a year ago. For the companys fourth quarter, AMD reported net income of $43 million on revenue of $1.206 billion, a monumental 76 percent improvement compared with […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. recently discovered and patched a potential vulnerability in its Tru64 Unix operating system that could have resulted in unauthorized access or a denial-of-service attack. The patch, released Jan. 7, surfaced in the following week though a security bulletin published by HP. The bulletin, referenced as “SSRT3629A/B,” concerns HP Tru64 Unix Version 5.1B PK2 […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. overtook Dell Computer Corp. in fourth-quarter PC shipments, analysts concluded Wednesday, although their figures have Dell coming out on top for 2003 as a whole. Reports released by both International Data Corp., of Framingham, Mass., and Gartner Inc., of Stamford, Conn., indicate the HP squeaked past Dell late in the year. IDC reported […]

Transmeta Corp. continued its trek toward profitability by reporting a narrower loss for the fourth quarter. The company on Thursday said that revenue, however, shrank from the year-ago period. Transmeta, known for is low-power Crusoe and Efficeon microprocessors, reported a net loss of $21.6 million on revenue of $3.6 million for the fourth quarter. During […]

Intel Corp. has begun to ship its next-generation 802.11b/g dual-band module, catching up to competitors such as Broadcom Corp. which began shipping hybrid silicon early last year. However, Intel doesnt see it that way. According to executives at the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company, the early Wi-Fi client silicon supporting the “g” standard was unsupported by […]