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A Private Dell and the Public Markets

After taking his namesake company private in a hotly contested $25 billion buyout in 2013, CEO Michael Dell was outspoken in his happiness about...

AMD, Dell Partner on ‘Oculus-Ready’ PCs

Advanced Micro Devices officials earlier this year said that immersive computing was one the growth markets they expected will help push the chip maker...

Nokia Will Create 4 Business Groups After Alcatel-Lucent Deal

Nokia will split its networking business into four business units after the acquisition of rival Alcatel-Lucent closes, part of the larger organizational and executive...

IBM Uses Nvidia GPU Accelerators in Linux Power Systems

IBM officials for the past few years have been working with Nvidia to bring GPU accelerators to some of Big Blue's Power-based servers used...

Cisco Drives Investments in Network Chip Startup

Networking chip maker Aquantia has raised another $37 million in funding thanks to the continued backing of Cisco Systems and new investors like chip...

Qualcomm to Invest $150 Million in India Startups

Mobile chip maker Qualcomm will invest $150 million in startups in India as it looks to expand its presence in the highly important emerging...

Michigan Sues HP for $49 Million Over Failed Project

Hewlett-Packard is being sued by the state of Michigan for $49 million for not completing a project to replace an aging computer system in...

Intel Invests $67 Million in 8 Chinese Tech Companies

Intel is continuing to ramp up its efforts in the China market, with the latest move being $67 million in investments in eight Chinese...

AMD Chip Architect Jim Keller Departs

Advanced Micro Devices, which is making an aggressive push in both high-end PCs and the data center in an effort to gain market share...

SDN Vendor Plexxi Raises $35 Million

Plexxi, one of a broad array of smaller startups in the growing network virtualization space, has raised another $35 million in funding that will...