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AMD: Intel Destroyed Evidence in Antitrust Case

Posted by: Hooz on: 03/06/2007 07:45 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

I picked this one up over at DailyTech:
In an unpublished statement to the U.S. District Court of Delaware, AMD alleges Intel allowed the destruction of evidence in pending antitrust litigation.

According to the opening letter of the AMD statement, "Through what appears to be a combination of gross communication failures, an ill-conceived plan of document retention and lackluster oversight by outside counsel, Intel has apparently allowed evidence to be destroyed."

Intel's current email system automatically purges emails sent or received by its employees every 35 days. Senior executive data is purged every 45 to 60 days. Additionally, Intel's backup system recycles every other cycle -- immediately overwriting any backup data during tape rotation.
Well... DUH!

Red Hat Responds to Microsoft/Novell "Collaboration" Effort

Posted by: Hooz on: 11/06/2006 09:04 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Red Hat general counsel, Mark Webbink has some pretty tough comments regarding last week's announcement of the Microsoft/Novell collaboration effort to promote interoperability and support between their respective platforms.
Between last week and this one, it is clear that the two largest software vendors in the world perceive Linux to be at least on the same plane as they are. [Microsoft and Novell] have got to respect what we have done.

Having said that, does Red Hat think either of them has taken the right approach, now that Microsoft and Novell have made 'Microvell'? They've gone off the road a bit, we think, but we are feeling good about the attention that has been brought to Linux.
That was actually a pretty tame quote. The "tough comments" I referenced earlier included things like "Red Hat will be the only Linux commercial vendor left standing, Microsoft support or not."

Definitely worth a read.

Where is the server industry headed?

Posted by: Hooz on: 11/01/2006 04:48 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

The HEXUS crew took a little time from their busy schedule to attend a recent Boston VIP server seminar. While not packed full of earth-shattering news, the article does provide some insight into where server technology, and the industry in general, is headed.
Interestingly, power considerations have now become paramount, with some data centres simply unable to add extra hardware due to an inability to supply the power required for both operation and associated cooling. As a worst-case scenario, Google, for example, has faced problems in ensuring adequate power to its server farms, so modern servers need to be as power-efficient as possible, a factor that hasn't been considered too closely before.
I think there was a misprint in the quoted power consumption for the test machines referenced in the power tests, but ignoring that, there is some good info the article.

Google to assimilate YouTube (for $1.65 Billion)

Posted by: Hooz on: 10/10/2006 01:46 PM [ Print | 1 comment(s) ]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., October 9, 2006 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has agreed to acquire YouTube, the consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos through a Web experience, for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. Following the acquisition, YouTube will operate independently to preserve its successful brand and passionate community.

The acquisition combines one of the largest and fastest growing online video entertainment communities with Google's expertise in organizing information and creating new models for advertising on the Internet. The combined companies will focus on providing a better, more comprehensive experience for users interested in uploading, watching and sharing videos, and will offer new opportunities for professional content owners to distribute their work to reach a vast new audience.

Full PR.

Intel and Nvidia: A "Strategic Partnership"

Posted by: Hooz on: 10/10/2006 01:42 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Recent rumors have suggested that Intel might be hot to buy Nvidia in an effort to minimize damaged that might be caused by AMD's purchase of ATI. DigiTimes seems to think that, rather than buying Nvidia outright, Intel will invest a little more heavily and work a little closer with the folks at Nvidia.
Instead, Intel, which currently holds about 8-10% of Nvidia shares, may seek to form a strategic alliance with Nvidia by raising its stake in the GPU (graphics processing unit) vendor, according to the sources.

IDF Day One

Posted by: Hooz on: 09/28/2006 02:06 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Tech Report's Scott "Dr. Damage" Wasson reported from IDF yesterday, and his report included some good info on quad-core, as well as a bit of insight into Intel's multi-core future.
In fact, Intel appears to be looking beyond simply adding additional x86 execution cores to future chips in order to take advatange of the ever-ballooning transistor budgets made possible by Moore's Law. One of the most dramatic (and yet oddly underplayed) facets of the opening IDF keynotes was the revelation of a new prototype chip with a tremendous amount of parallel floating-point computing power. Otellini mentioned the chip in his speech, but left it to CTO Justin Rattner to fill in the details.

Xbox 360 HD DVD in November (in Japan)!

Posted by: Hooz on: 09/20/2006 04:35 PM [ Print | 3 comment(s) ]

Like a lot of people, I've been sitting back watching the HD DVD/Blu-ray war unfold. I've been reluctant to jump on any one bandwagon or the other for fear of wasting a LOT of money on a modern version of the Betamax, but I have been eyeing the HD DVD format pretty closely. I think this announcement may just be enough to push me over the edge:The land that forgot the Xbox are first to have their HD DVD add-on announced, due to hit overseas streets on November 17th for

AOL's Duh-oh! Moment

Posted by: admin on: 08/14/2006 01:25 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

AOL users have been punked. Not by Ashton Kutcher, but by AOL itself. Apparently, after spending years telling users that it collects demographically based information for demographic purposes, AOL broke that trust by secretly collecting info on what each user searches for and tailoring advertisements to your searches.

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Dell to use AMD CPUs in Laptops?

Posted by: admin on: 08/09/2006 05:51 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

According to The Inquirer, Dell will soon be debuting laptops running AMD processors.
According to CNET Taiwan, the lappies will use AMD's Sempron and Turion 64x2 processors. They will appear on models equipped with 15.4-inch displays.
More information is available here.

AMD nabs 25% of Server Market?

Posted by: admin on: 08/01/2006 03:32 PM [ Print | 17 comment(s) ]

Just to expand on the quote from the previous post, News.com is reporting that AMD is now claiming that they have 25% of the server market.
AMD on Monday said it increased its share of the x86 server processor market to 25.9 percent, a number confirmed by Mercury Research's Dean McCarron, who tracks market share figures. Intel now holds 72.9 percent of the overall market for x86 processors, while AMD has 21.6 percent.
AMD has certainly come along way thanks in large part to the Opteron processor. Feel free to comment! Read more.

IBM set to roll out 5 more Opteron Servers

Posted by: admin on: 08/01/2006 03:29 PM [ Print | 1 comment(s) ]

The Inquirer also brings us news that IBM will be adding five additional Opteron servers.
Two of IBM's new servers will be blade configurations, according to the Journal. AMD claimed yesterday that it now holds 25 per cent of the server market.
More information is available here.

Intel Quad-Cores likely to use 1333FSB

Posted by: admin on: 08/01/2006 03:27 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

The Inquirer is speculating that Intel's quad-core processors will likely use a 1333MHz FSB.
We heard that 1333FSB was a 'stretch goal', and it is looking more and more like they are going to do it.

Engineering folk tell me no, managerial types tell me yes, but that is the first official yes I have heard. If they end up on 1333 before the Seaburg chipset refresh, well, don't be too surprised.
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Firefox 1.5.0.5 Released

Posted by: admin on: 07/27/2006 01:30 PM [ Print | 1 comment(s) ]

A new version of Firefox is now available for download (or auto-update), 1.5.0.5.

For the most part, this is a security update. There have also been improvements to product stability.

Download the update

Intel confirms Core 2 Duo rollout

Posted by: admin on: 07/27/2006 01:24 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

The Inquirer has posted about a confirmation from Intel regarding the rollout of 10 Core 2 Duo processors.
Intel said it has over 550 customer system designs underway, with the CPUs built on 65 nanometre technology.

Five of the family are aimed for desktops, five for notebook and mobile users. The products were formally codenamed "Cointreau" and "Merom".
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RWT Notes on the Montecito Launch

Posted by: admin on: 07/27/2006 01:20 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

David Kanter, from RWT, brings some analysis of Intel

AMD to buy ATI for US $5.4B

Posted by: admin on: 07/24/2006 02:04 PM [ Print | 23 comment(s) ]

ZDNet has the scoop on a major acquisition by AMD, who have decided to purchase ATI.
The combination aims to create a "processing powerhouse" by bringing AMD's technology leadership in microprocessors together with ATI's strengths in graphics, chipsets and consumer electronics, AMD said in a statement.

AMD Chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz said in a statement: "Bringing these two great companies together will allow us to transcend what we have accomplished as individual businesses and reinvent our industry as the technology leader and partner of choice."
More information is available in this AMD Press Release.

Intel quad-core chips arriving in 2006

Posted by: admin on: 07/20/2006 01:35 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

News.com has another post up regarding Intel's future quad-core processors.
Intel quad-core server and desktop processors will arrive this year instead of next, Chief Executive Paul Otellini said Wednesday, firing a new competitive volley against rival Advanced Micro Devices.

"We notified customers we're pulling in both the desktop and server (launch) of the first quad-core processors into the fourth quarter of this year from the first half of 2007," Otellini said. Intel's quad-core Xeon server processor is code-named Clovertown, and its desktop processor Kentsfield.
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Intel Launches Major Re-Org

Posted by: admin on: 07/20/2006 01:33 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

News.com has posted about a new Intel initiative... a major reorganization.
After two difficult financial quarters, Intel on Wednesday dramatically revamped its upper management, CNET News.com has learned.

Sales and marketing in particular has been shaken up, sources familiar with the changes said. The two previous co-general managers, Anand Chandrasekher and Eric Kim, have been moved to lead different divisions, while Sean Maloney is the sole new leader.
More information is available here.

AMD's Design Center Bait and Switch

Posted by: admin on: 07/17/2006 07:14 PM [ Print | 3 comment(s) ]

Earlier this year, Real World Tech broke the news that a portion of the Itanium design team in Fort Collins, including an Intel Fellow, had left and joined AMD.

Now they bring you more tidings about the fate of AMD's Longmont facility, and the new Fort Collins center.

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Supermicro Condenses 2U into 1U

Posted by: admin on: 07/11/2006 05:16 PM [ Print | 1 comment(s) ]

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 10, 2006

Freescale first to market with MRAM memory chips

Posted by: admin on: 07/11/2006 02:11 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Macworld has a post up regarding Freescale being the first to market with MRAM memory chips. MRAM also could replace some other types of memory like flash and EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM) that suffer from limited endurance, he said. Those technologies use an insulator within the chip that sustains damage through use and so the chips can only support reprogramming a limited number of times, he said. MRAM, however, doesn

Intel's long-awaited Montecito set for debut

Posted by: Jim on: 07/10/2006 02:03 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

News.com has an article up about the pending Montecito release from Intel.
Intel will launch its "Montecito" version of Itanium, the first dual-core version of the processor, on July 18, sources familiar with the event said... The gargantuan chip, with 1.7 billion transistors, will be the new flagship of Intel's sometime-stumbling effort to extend the influence it's achieved with Xeon and Pentium to the high-end server market, where Sun Microsystems' Sparc and IBM's Power chips are more widely used.
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Power5+ systems follow Montecito, Sun

Posted by: Jim on: 07/10/2006 02:04 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

The Inquirer has posted an article about upcoming Power5+ systems from IBM. IBM WILL shadow Intel

Tyan introduces Typhoon PSC personal supercomputer

Posted by: admin on: 07/04/2006 01:36 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

Tyan Computer, a specialist high-end motherboard and system maker, has introduced the Typhoon PSC personal supercomputer range, delivering supercomputer power in a mobile, desk-side unit.

Typhoon models can accommodate up to eight processors and 64GB of memory, delivering up to 70 Gigaflops performance in a unit no bigger than two desktop PCs, according to the company.

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Ten things you need to know about Intel's Core 2 Duo

Posted by: admin on: 07/04/2006 01:34 PM [ Print | 1 comment(s) ]

This summer, Core 2 Duo is coming to a PC near you and it's fast. Here are ten things you need to know about it, such as all three variations (Conroe, Merom, and Woodcrest) will provide more computing power and use less energy to extend a laptop's battery life.

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