Mark Hachman

When Jerry Sanders bet the future of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on the 32-bit Athlon, he won. Now, for the companys current CEO, Hector de Ruiz, and the 64-bit Opteron, its double or nothing. AMD has spent much of the past three years or so discussing the “Hammer” X86-64 architecture, its advantages relative to Intels […]

Intersil has adapted part of the 802.11g draft standard to allow up to three times more throughput in 802.11g networks, the company said Tuesday. The companys Prism “Nitro” technology works with the companys line of Duette and GT components, which have been adopted by companies like Netgear and D-Link. The software is shipping now, although […]

Intel Corp. said it has developed a method of stacking flash memory five dice high, as a way of increasing the memory found within cell phones and PDAs. Intel has developed a technology called ultra-thin chip scale packaging, which will be used to develop 512-Mbit modules later this year, and 1-Gbit stacks by early next […]

Intel Corp. said it has developed a method of stacking flash memory five dice high, as a way of increasing the memory found within cell phones and PDAs. Intel has developed a technology called ultra-thin chip scale packaging, which will be used to develop 512-Mbit modules later this year, and 1-Gbit stacks by early next […]

As expected, Intel and a host of other wireless companies said they would more heavily promotoe the 802.16 metropolitan wireless standard through the WiMax industry group. The Forums members intend to set out to develop the 802.16 specification as a wireless alternative to DSL or cable modem. Unlike 802.11a, 802.1b, or 802.11g, the 802.16 technology […]

Long before Microsoft made “innovation” a legal argument, there was Hewlett-Packard. HPs emphasis on research may have been equaled by companies like Xerox, IBM, and Intel, but the companys roots remain in the labs, even after the tumultuous merger with Compaq in 2002. Every so often, the HP engineers invite reporters down to its Palo […]

Intel and a collection of other wireless component and equipment companies will announce on Tuesday an industry initiative to standardize and help push forward 802.16 broadband wireless. According to sources involved with the announcement, the standards body will be similar in nature to WECA, now called the WiFi Alliance. The Alliance, an independent body, promotes […]

Broadcom claimed it has begun shipping the first three-chip 802.11a/g hybrid chipsets, which Dell Computer will include in its line of Latitude notebooks. Although the “g” standard remains unfinished, vendors like Broadcom are satisfied that the IEEE committee has settled upon a technical implementation. Barring interference and channel limitations, an “a/g”-enabled notebook should run at […]

AMD will further separate itself from the flash business by forming FASL LLC, the evolution of its existing flash partnership with Fujitsu. FASL LLC, a new flash memory company partly owned by both companies, will begin operations in the third quarter, executives from the two companies said. By further separating itself from Fujitsu and AMD, […]

Seagate Technology has begun selling its Serial ATA-enhanced Barracuda drives at Best Buy, the first brick-and-mortar retailer to receive the new technology. While Seagate has been shipping the drives since late last year, the bulk of the companys shipments have been in parallel ATA drives. However, the industry has begun a slow shift to the […]

CyberKey has added digital-rights-management technology to its line of USB flash drives, an improvement which has attracted the attention of a major music label interested in distributing pirate-proof music. CyberKeys products are similar to the other small-form-factor USB drives made by tens of manufacturers around the world, with one difference: the manufacturer has added a […]

On Thursday, a task force of engineers began meeting in San Francisco to discuss the best methods of fighting spam. Engineers attending the meetings indicated that they prefer a comprehensive reworking of Internet systems designed to fight spam. How this will play out in the business world, however, is anybodys guess. Spam, the popular name […]