Stories by Agam Shah

National Semiconductor's CEO Halla to retire

National Semiconductor on Friday said that CEO Brian Halla will step down from the position, with the reigns being handed over to the current president and chief operating officer.

Written by Agam Shah12 Oct. 09 17:32

Nvidia escalates patent-licensing battle with Intel

Nvidia has delayed the development of chipsets that work with Intel's microprocessors, citing "unfair business tactics" employed by Intel, the company said on Thursday.

Written by Agam Shah09 Oct. 09 08:01

AMD looks to new CFO to stall financial struggles

Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday appointed a former Qimonda executive as its new chief financial officer to pull the company out of its ailing financial state.

Written by Agam Shah09 Oct. 09 05:21

Intel looks to save $250M by consolidating data centers

Intel is maintaining a four-year refresh cycle for servers in data centers as it looks to save close to US$250 million in data center costs over an eight-year period, a company executive said on Tuesday.

Written by Agam Shah07 Oct. 09 11:53

Internet TV could boom in the next few years, study says

Internet-enabled TV sets could see wider adoption in the next few years as viewers get comfortable with the idea of running widgets on TV screens, according to a study released by Ernst & Young on Thursday.

Written by Agam Shah02 Oct. 09 07:26

Google expands search control with new options

Google is adding new functionality to a side panel that could provide quicker access to relevant search results, the company said on Thursday.

Written by Agam Shah02 Oct. 09 07:06

Arm chips make their way into commercial laptops

After comfortably residing for years in mobile devices like cell phones, chips based on the Arm design are finding their way into commercial laptops.

Written by Agam Shah30 Sept. 09 06:53

Intel to ship new Pineview netbook chips in Q4

Intel will ship a new line of Atom processors for netbooks and nettops during the fourth quarter of this year, a company official said late on Wednesday.

Written by Agam Shah25 Sept. 09 11:17

New notebook with four screens

Intel is showing off a prototype laptop this week that has four screens, increasing the display area so that multiple applications can be viewed simultaneously.

Written by Agam Shah25 Sept. 09 11:33

Intel targets homes with new processor for TVs

Intel's chips already go into many laptops, but it is now making a play for television sets and cable boxes through a new processor it released on Thursday.

Written by Agam Shah25 Sept. 09 06:07

Intel ports Linux netbook OS to desktops

Intel has expanded the scope of Linux-based Moblin by porting the OS from netbooks to mobile devices and desktops, where it could compete with Microsoft's Windows OS.

Written by Agam Shah25 Sept. 09 06:44

Intel releases fastest laptop chips to date

Intel on Wednesday released its fastest laptop processor to date, also setting the stage to release its next generation of chips for mainstream laptops.

Written by Agam Shah24 Sept. 09 08:36
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