Scott Ferguson

Dell is adding Advanced Micro Device’s quad-core chip to its server lineup. The OEM now has four versions of its PowerEdge SC1435 system listed on its Web site that offer the AMD quad-core Opteron processor-known better as Barcelona-with starting prices ranging from $249 to $699. The Dell site also lists several other servers, including the […]

A strong demand for servers and notebooks helped drive Intel’s earnings in the first quarter of 2008 and CEO Paul Otellini told analysts that the slowdown in the U.S. economy has not had a significant impact on Intel’s core chip business. Intel, which is considered a bellwether of the technology industry, reported its first-quarter 2008 […]

IBM and a group of six other technology companies are inching closer to developing 32-nanometer microprocessors for the commercial market that will use a high-k metal gate technology to reduce power consumption while increasing performance. Big Blue is leading the effort to develop 32-nm chips, along with Charted Semiconductor, Freescale, Infineon Technologies, Samsung, STMicroelectronics and […]

Hewlett-Packard is giving the display market a splash of color. At the National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas, HP, along with DreamWorks Animation, will detail a new technology called DreamColor, which will enable content creators and other enterprise users to distinguish up to a billion different colors within an LED-backlit LCD display. Click […]

When Intel and Advanced Micro Devices detail their first-quarter 2008 financial numbers later this week, industry watchers will be looking for more than just sales figures and updates to their chip road maps. The two companies are the largest producers of x86 processors for servers, desktops and laptops, and both are seen as bellwethers of […]

Startup Pano Logic is looking to bring its desktop virtualization to the next level. The Menlo Park, Calif., company, which began selling its small desktop device and server-based software in 2007, is expanding its software suite-Pano Virtual Desktop Solution 2.0-for the first time to included new support for VMware’s Virtual Desktop Manager as well as […]

Phil Hester, chief technology officer and a senior vice president at Advanced Micro Devices, is leaving the company April 11 and the chip maker has no plans to fill his position. The news of Hester’s departure comes at the end of difficult week for AMD, which announced that its first-quarter sales were down and that […]

Dell is preparing to enter the low-cost notebook market later this year. In a statement, the Round Rock, Texas, PC maker announced that it would enter the emerging market for low-cost notebooks, confirming rumors that had been swirling for weeks. “Dell plans to enter the market with products that are smaller and lighter and address […]

Advanced Micro Devices’ quad-core Opteron processor, better known as “Barcelona,” is now widely available, with Hewlett-Packard and several other smaller vendors making the chip available in a number of systems. The chip maker announced that the much maligned processor is now shipping in volume and has support from several of AMD’s vendor partners, although most […]

Via Technologies is looking to make some noise in the growing low-cost PC market. When Hewlett-Packard announced its $499 Mini-Note PC for the education market April 8, it did not turn to Intel, which has been touting its line of Atom processors for these low-cost notebooks, but to Taiwan-based Via. While Via controls less than […]