Scott Ferguson

SAN FRANCISCO-While the majority of the 2008 Intel Developer Forum here has focused on Intel’s Nehalem microarchitecture, the chip maker’s top executives also took time to emphasize Intel’s focus on consumer and business notebooks. During his keynote address Aug. 19, Dadi Perlmutter, an Intel executive vice president and general manager of the Mobile Platform Group, […]

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel lifted the curtain a little more on its upcoming lineup of processors based on the “Nehalem” microarchitecture, which will include new power management features and enhanced capabilities for virtualization. While the chip maker held back some critical information on the Nehalem-based processors, such as clock speeds and pricing, an Intel executive did announce […]

Sun Microsystems is looking to round out its server portfolio with new systems based on Intel processors and designed for high-performance computing and back-office applications such as databases. At the start of the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco Aug. 19, Sun will introduce a pair of servers that use Intel Xeon processors from the […]

MetaRAM is looking to team up with Intel to take advantage of new DDR3 (double data rate 3) memory standards and increase the system memory in servers and work stations. MetaRAM, a startup that released its first memory product earlier this year, will be demonstrating its new memory technology that works with DDR3 at this […]

SAN FRANCISCO ?ö?ç?? Intel Chairman Craig Barrett kicked off the 2008 Intel Developer Forum here Aug. 19 with a spirited and far-ranging discussion that focused on how technology can make improvements in education, micro-financing and health care. In his last few years as Intel chairman, Barrett has made the marriage of technology and education his […]

IBM and five research partners have announced that they have created a method for developing SRAM memory cells on a 22-nanometer manufacturing method that will eventually lead to the creation of 22-nm microprocessors. IBM and its five partners-Advanced Micro Devices, Freescale Semiconductor, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba, and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University […]

SAN FRANCISCO-Advanced Micro Devices is preparing to release a new server platform in the second half of 2009, now code-named Fiorano, which will take advantage of chip maker’s upcoming 45-nanometer processor called “Shanghai.” On the eve of the 2008 Intel Developer Forum here, AMD is trying to make some noise about its own product lineup, […]

Intel controlled about 80 percent of the worldwide x86 processor market in the second quarter of 2008, with notebook sales increasing the chip giant’s lead over Advanced Micro Devices, according to an Aug. 15 report from IDC. Overall, worldwide shipments of PC and server x86 processors increased 16.1 percent in the second quarter of 2008 […]

Advanced Micro Devices is making it clear that its upcoming 45-nanometer processor for servers-“Shanghai”-will compete against what Intel brings to market with its new line of processors based on the upcoming “Nehalem” microarchitecture. On the eve of the Intel Developer Forum, at an Aug. 15 press conference, AMD Senior Vice President Randy Allen said these […]

Lenovo is updating the cutting edge of its ThinkPad notebook line with the X301 laptop, which will include new, low-volt Intel processors and a larger solid-state drive option, and builds on the company’s much-talked-about ThinkPad X300 notebook. Lenovo released the original ThinkPad X300 laptop in February and the ultrathin notebook received a number of favorable […]