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• Chip startup seeks to lower electric bills in data centers

  A new startup funded by major chip makers and investment firms is taking aim at electricity bills, the biggest cost in data centers.

• Asian suppliers mum on Apple-kickback allegations

  Electronics component suppliers that allegedly paid kickbacks to gain business from Apple declined to comment on the allegations when contacted on Monday.

• Make Your Laptop Battery Last Longer: 3 Tips

  I never give the battery in my laptop much thought. I charge it when I need to and forget about it. That changed a couple of weeks ago when I couldn't get to the Web at home, and was reduced to working at an Internet café. Since there's lots of competition for seats with power outlets here in blogger-heavy San Francisco, I made sure my laptop was charged before I left the house.

• Intel ships new Atom processors small biz, home storage appliances

  Intel today introduced an update to its Atom processor-based platform for home and small business storage appliances.

• Nvidia licenses Rambus memory patents

  Nvidia has signed an agreement to license Rambus patents on memory controllers following a ruling against Nvidia at the U.S. International Trade Commission, the two companies announced.

• Faulty GPUs continue to burden Nvidia's profitability

  Nvidia on Thursday reported a loss for the second quarter of its 2011 fiscal year, caused partly by charges related to faulty laptop graphics processors the company sold more than two years ago.

• Details about Intel's upcoming smartphone chip emerge

  Details have emerged about Intel's upcoming Medfield chip platform for smartphones, which is due for release in 2011 and will succeed the company's existing Moorestown platform, which was originally announced in May.

• iPad, laptops drive integrated chip market

  Four out of five PC laptops that ship in 2014 are expected to use integrated graphics processors, according to a report released today.

• Oracle provides Sparc road map, but questions remain

  Oracle has sketched out a five-year road map for Sun's Sparc-based servers, hoping to reassure customers about the future of the platform and reverse a pattern of declining sales.

• iSuppli warns of looming DRAM shortage

  A shortage of the main memory chips used in personal computers could send prices of the chips higher in the second half of this year, market researcher iSuppli warned on Monday

• TI to ship dual-core chip for smartphones by year end

  Texas Instruments on Monday said it will start shipping a new dual-core chip for devices like smartphones and tablets later this year.

• Qualcomm to ship fastest chip for phones, tablets in Q4

  After delays, Qualcomm will start shipping its fastest Snapdragon dual-core chip for smartphones and tablets in the fourth quarter, with devices possibly launching by the end of this year, the company said on Monday.

• Intel has its eye on iPhone, smartphone market

  If you can't beat them, buy them. At least that's what executives at Intel Corp. seem to be thinking.

• SIA: Global chip sales jump on PC, cell phone demand

  Global chip sales jumped in the second quarter on robust demand for PCs and wireless handsets, the Semiconductor Industry Association said on Monday.

• Intel's legal issues help AMD gain in graphics market

  Record product shipments and Intel's legal issues helped Advanced Micro Devices gain share in the graphics market during the second quarter, market analysis firm Jon Peddie Research said on Friday.