Posts Tagged ‘Processor’

November 3rd, 2008

Intel’s Atom Chip Propels Worldwide Processor Market in the Third Quarter

By Scott Ferguson
A new report from IDC finds that Intel’s Atom processor, a chip designed to create a whole new market of low-cost desktop and notebooks, helped propel the entire microprocessor market in the third quarter of 2008. The results meant that Intel kept its dominance in the overall market. AMD, meanwhile, watched as its [...]

August 21st, 2008

Intel, Yahoo Partner on Internet-TV Set-Top Boxes

By Mark Hachman
Intel and Yahoo unveiled a combination of the Intel Media Processor CE3100 (”Canmore”) and the Yahoo open widget-based platform for TV and an initiative to embed applications - and ads - directly on your HDTV. The Intel-Yaho partnership either will require a set-top box, or the Canmore platform integrated directly into the TV. [...]

August 18th, 2008

AMD’s ‘Shanghai’ Processor Looks to Counter Intel’s Nehalem

By Scott Ferguson
On the eve of the Intel Developer Forum, AMD executives said the company’s 45-nanometer Shanghai processor will enter the market by the fourth quarter of 2008. The AMD processor is designed to compete against the Intel Nehalem processor, especially in the volume two-socket server market.
Advanced Micro Devices is making it clear that its [...]