Scott Ferguson

Cray is looking to reestablish it reputation as one of the world’s top supercomputer makers. After several years of poor financial results and watching IBM and other vendors dominate the field, Cray is poised the regain its reputation for making highly specialized supercomputers that can handle a wide range of problems from climate modeling to […]

Advanced Micro Devices, which has been struggling to bring its quad-core microprocessors to market, is delaying the release of two new Phenom desktop chips until the second quarter. The AMD Phenom 9700 and 9900 chips were originally scheduled to ship this quarter to join the three other Phenom models AMD has already released. An AMD […]

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has opened an investigation into Intel’s business practices and is trying to determine whether the chip maker abused its market position by forcing customers to buy its microprocessors instead of those made by Advanced Micro Devices. The law enforcement agency announced Jan. 10 that it had issued a subpoena […]

Rackable Systems, best known for its high-density, x86 servers and storage products, is preparing to roll out several new systems that use Advanced Micro Devices’ quad-core Opteron processors. The company announced Jan. 10 that it will add a number of different Opteron processors to its line of Eco-Logical 1U (1.75-inch) systems. Rackable also plans to […]

LAS VEGAS—The Internet is about to become more personal and interactive, and Intel CEO Paul Otellini said that his company is beginning to overcome some of the obstacles that stand in the way for this new vision of the Web. At the 2008 International CES Jan. 7, Otellini described an Internet that will evolve in […]

Intel does not plan on leaving its enterprise customers out in the cold at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show Jan. 7 to 10 in Las Vegas. When the shows kicks off, the chip maker plans on rolling out 16 new, 45-nanometer microprocessors, including new Xeon models for servers as well as new laptop and […]

Whats Hot at the 2008 International CES This years International CES officially began Jan. 7 in Las Vegas, but Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates opened the show with a keynote address the night before. More than 140,000 attendees are expected to attend the four-day expo. Whats Hot at the 2008 International CES – Sony Ericsson W760 […]

LAS VEGAS—In what might have been his final keynote address at an International CES event, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates opened the 2008 expo with talk about entering a new “digital decade,” where his company plans to play a major role. Gates delivered his final keynote as the full-time leader of Microsoft to a standing-room-only crowd […]

The day after Intel announced that it would leave the One Laptop Per Child board, the nonprofit organization shot back that the chip giant had contributed little to help the project during its six months with the group. In a statement Jan. 4, the OLPC project claimed that Intel violated written agreements with the board […]

For the first time outside of China, Lenovo is launching a line of consumer desktops and laptops in a move to increase the companys global PC market share and expand its brand recognition beyond enterprise buyers and small businesses. At the International CES, which starts Jan. 7 in Las Vegas, Lenovo will officially launch its […]