Mark Hachman

Verizon Wireless confirmed plans to roll out a 2.4 Mbit/s wireless network in two markets in the third quarter, combining mobility with broadband speeds. After testing its 1xEV-DO technology in Washington D.C. with Lucent Technologies and in San Diego with Nortel Networks, Verizon announced that it would roll the technology out to both markets in […]

Nvidia Corp. and ATI Technologies moved further ahead in the mobile graphics space, adapting their desktop graphics cores for use in notebook PCs. Nvidia shifted its GeForceFX 5200 and 5600 cores into the mobile market, improving the video core while using new power-management techniques to reduce power consumption. ATI, meanwhile, is expected to announce its […]

Hewlett-Packard this week said it will adopt 802.11 wireless silicon from Texas Instruments in a push to make its PCs easier to relocate. Although 802.11 is generally thought of as a technology to allow notebook users to roam among wired networks, HP intends to include it in commercial desktops to cut down on wiring costs […]

Advanced Micro Devices attempted to steal a march from Intel Corp.s Banias launch Wednesday by announcing the mobile Athlon XP. In all, AMD launched twelve new processors under the “Athlon XP-M” brand name. The new chips will extend AMDs reach into both the thin-and-light and full-size notebooks segment, which the company has served with the […]

Dell Computer appears to be playing both sides in the mobile wireless arena, supporting both Intels Centrino as well as new wireless options. Dells new D-Series Latitude notebooks have been advertised as “Centrino” devices, meaning that they use Intels PRO Wireless component. Intels marketing program will foot part of the advertising bill for OEMs who […]

Aura Semiconductor is heading for a collision with Bluetooth, and its chief executive knows it. Aura, a startup with offices in Wilmington, Mass., and Hong Kong, manufactures devices based on magnetic-resonance technology, a short-range, high-speed communications technique. Aura is trying to promote its technology as a competitor to Bluetooth, but it wont be easy. Auras […]

Intuit has announced results of its own tests which show the companys TurboTax software and the accompanying SafeCast copy-protection software from Macrovision do not negatively affect a users PC. Intuit-funded tests conducted by PCTest Corp., generally confirmed testing performed by ExtremeTech, with a notable exception. Intuits results found that the SafeCast software used within the […]

Officials at Intuit said Monday that theyre working with Macrovision to develop a new, less invasive version of its SafeCast software for the next revision of TurboTax. ExtremeTech tests have shown that the Macrovision SafeCast software writes to protected sectors of the hard drive used when a PC boots, and can also remain on a […]

SAN JOSE–PCI Express will make its formal debut next year, together with yet another new I/O card format for the PC, “NewCard”. The new standard will serve to bridge the gap between notebooks and desktops, redesigning the aging PC Card in the process, a group of Intel executives told attendees at the Intel Developer Forum […]

On Wednesday, Intel will formally unveil details of its desktop Springdale chipset, as well as the mobile Banias platforms that will officially launch next month. Intel senior executives also declined to comment on the LaGrande security technology that Intel president Paul Otellini discussed a year ago. Lower-level officials hastily filled in some details to avert […]

Rambus formally launched its chip-to-chip interconnect, code-named “Redwood”, and has positioned it as the physical interface over which next-generation buses will be run. Rambus provided an overview of the technology last month, when the company disclosed that Sony would be using the technology in next-generation entertainment products, without specifically naming the PlayStation. However, Rambus executives […]

Moores Law, an axiom that has taken on the force of law in the semiconductor industry, must continue to overcome technical hurdles to survive, its creator said Monday. But Gordon Moore, the chairman emeritus of Intel, said he believes it can last another ten years, the same period of time Moore encapsulated his original thesis, […]