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AMD to buy graphics vendor ATI for $5.4 billion, 07/24/06
Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to buy Canadian graphics chip vendor ATI Technologies for around $5.4 billion in cash and stock, the companies announced Monday.
Network World’s You Issue 2006, 07/24/06Network World’s annual look at your work, your salary, your aspirations and what you enjoy doing in your time off …
We feature Greg Ganger, director of the Data Center Observatory at Carnegie Mellon University. How does he balance research on data center issues and teaching of his favorite subject (storage)?
You Issue: Carnegie Mellon’s storage guru, 07/24/06
Greg Ganger, reigns over Carnegie Mellon University’s Data Center Observatory, where new modes of storage will be born.
You Issue: First Tee’s IT pro, 07/24/06
At First Tee, an organization focused on teaching kids lessons in leadership and integrity through golf, one would think the day is filled with thoughts of drivers, pitching wedges and putters. But the chief concern of IS Director Raul Ramos is …
Force10 blade brings SONET support, 07/24/06
Force10 Networks this week is expected to launch its first packet-over-SONET blade, aimed at large companies that need to connect to legacy WAN infrastructures but want to avoid deploying stand-alone SONET gear at the network edge.
Dell, HP make government’s list of green computers, 07/21/06
Dell and HP hope to gain millions of dollars in government contracts now that they have listed dozens of their desktops, laptops and monitors in a database of environmentally sustainable IT products, the companies said Friday.
Servers Newsletter: Intel rolls out long-awaited dual-core Itanium, 07/20/06
Intel this week released its long-awaited dual-core Itanium chipset.
AMD misses earnings target despite Opteron sales, 07/20/06
Growing demand for its Opteron server chips pushed Advanced Micro Devices to greater second quarter profits, but the company failed to meet financial analyst expectations.
Intel earnings plunge on soft chip sales, 07/19/06
Reeling from recent layoffs and a slowdown in the growth of worldwide PC sales, Intel on Wednesday posted profits of $885 million for the second quarter, less than half of the $2 billion it earned in the same period last year.
Infineon designs dual-band, single-chip UWB system, 07/19/06
German chip maker Infineon Technologies AG has designed a core transceiver for a new generation of system-on-chip semiconductors that will allow consumer electronic devices, such as mobile phones and PCs, to send or receive data at high speeds over …
IBM rides software revenue to Q2 profit, 07/18/06
Led by strong performance in its software business, IBM on Tuesday posted second quarter profits up nine percent from last year.
Intel unveils Itanium 2 server chip, 07/18/06
Intel launched its “Montecito” dual-core Itanium chip on Tuesday, in an effort to improve its third-place position in the high-end server market.
Servers Newsletter: Sun researches into energy saving data centers, 07/18/06
Sun launched an interesting data center experiment last month.
Virtual machines help with disaster recovery, 07/18/06
Nemertes Research just published the second volume of its research into data centers. In our research, we found that one of the top five …
Nortel’s latest branch device targets storage, file sharing, acceleration, 07/18/06
Data and applications are becoming more centralized at the data center. And more of the employees who need to access the data and …
A year after HP user group folded, only memories remain, 07/18/06
One year ago on Tuesday, Interex, the independent HP user group — swamped by $4 million of debt — shut its doors and disappeared. Today, Interex exists only as an ongoing bankruptcy case and a memory for its members.
