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AMD and Intel: It takes a platform

There's a story behind the story of AMD's Puma notebook PC platform, unveiled today. It's about behind-the-scenes collaboration. After hearing about Puma's development first hand, I believe that on both engineering and marketing levels, AMD has begun reshaping its approach to the PC market by taking advantage of the ability...

Tags: AMD, Intel, multicore processors, notebooks, Nvidia, Power conservation, semiconductors, Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-05-18

What's the plan, Hector?

Intel and AMD have unveiled their latest plans for the future. AMD’s aim is to return to profitability, the company’s top executives told its shareholders at a meeting held yesterday. The company is looking to its quad-core Barcelona Opteron chip, due this summer, to help it become more competitive...

Tags: Uncategorized, semiconductors, notebooks, multicore processors, Intel, Desktops, AMD

Blog posts 2007-05-04

AMD's hired guns

Here’s another thing to consider when evaluating AMD’s current position in the market: Outsourcing. AMD’s top executive, Hector Ruiz, hinted about a potential new directing for the chipmaker during its earnings call on April 19. (You can view the transcript courtesy of SeekingAlpha, here.) Ruiz indicated AMD was exploring...

Tags: Uncategorized, Servers, semiconductors, notebooks, multicore processors, Desktops, AMD

Blog posts 2007-05-02

Another take on AMD's debts

I have been looking at AMD’s cash flow situation, recently. While it’s true that the company will have a relatively high amount of debt after it issues its $2 billion in senior notes—that’s $2 billion, as you can see here (link: here) , plus extra $200 million set aside to...

Tags: AMD, Desktops, dual-core processors, notebooks, semiconductors, Servers, Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-05-01

Intel (and Microsoft) in your hip pocket

Intel could have UMPC Ultramobile PC news up its sleeve, or possibly in its hip pocket for next week. A number of news sources are reporting that the chipmaker is preparing to announce its latest UMPC ultramobile PC platform at its spring Intel Developer Forum, which will takes place in...

Tags: semiconductors, Uncategorized, UMPC, notebooks, Intel, consumer electronics

Blog posts 2007-04-13

AMD's perfect storm

Advanced Micro Devices appears to have sailed straight into a perfect storm. The chipmaker today updated its outlook for the first quarter. It’s an outlook that’s not good. AMD expects to post revenue of about $1.2 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. Thats a year-to-year decline of more than...

Tags: Uncategorized, semiconductors, processor price cuts, Nvidia, notebooks, multicore processors, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Desktops, Dell, AMD

Blog posts 2007-04-09

Adventures in wireless

This is a blog about hardware. But sometimes it’s the software that really gets in the way. I spent time last night setting up a wireless router for a friend who recently purchased two shiny new computers. One, his machine, is a MacBook Pro. The other—which we’ll call “hers”—is a...

Tags: Uncategorized, semiconductors, notebooks, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, dual-core processors, Apple, AMD

Blog posts 2007-04-02

Intel's good enough graphics

Intel has been working to convince computer buyers that the graphics capabilities present inside its latest PC chipset, the 965G, are good enough. That is good enough for all the tasks that most people would possibly throw at them, even including some level of gaming. The chipmaker has said much...

Tags: Chipsets, Games, Semiconductors, graphics, game, chipset, Intel Corp.

Blog posts 2007-03-09

Warning signals tough going for AMD

Advanced Micro Devices is learning that growing up is sometimes hard. The company said today that it has had difficulty reacting to a slowdown in purchases from its PC maker customers during the early part of the first quarter. Thus it has lowered its revenue expectation for the period. AMD...

Tags: dual-core processors, processor price cuts, quad-core processors, consumer electronics, Hewlett-Packard, semiconductors, multicore processors, notebooks, Dell, Semiconductor architecture, Desktops, AMD, Servers, Uncategorized, Intel

Blog posts 2007-03-05

Intel doesn't see much need to cut prices

Digitimes is reporting that Intel is preparing to drop the prices on its Pentium 4 and Pentium D processors by 5-10% in April. (Link here.) There’s no real surprise in this, given that Intel has begun phasing out these processors.What’s more interesting is the relative lack of information, recently, about...

Tags: AMD, Desktops, Intel, multicore processors, notebooks, processor price cuts, semiconductors, Servers, Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-02-28

Intel 45nm backed by fab four

Intel has had an up and down week of sorts when it comes to processor fabrication plants. The company’s ill-fated Austin, Texas, fab was demolished on Sunday morning. But on Monday afternoon it announced plans to refit its Fab11X in Rio Rancho, N.M. Fab 11X will become Intel’s fourth 45-nanometer...

Tags: Desktops, multicore processors, notebooks, semiconductors, Servers, Intel, Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-02-26

AMD fires new volley in chip core war

Advanced Micro Devices has begun laying the groundwork for its next battle with Intel. Collectively, we might call these the core wars. AMD on Dec. 14 unveiled more details behind Fusion, its vision for the future of the x86 processor, in an effort to get customers—both PC makers and end...

Tags: consumer electronics, semiconductors, notebooks, multicore processors, Semiconductor architecture, Servers, AMD, Intel, Uncategorized

Blog posts 2006-12-19

Additional Resources

Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux

Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...

Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Apple's coming notebook transition

Apple's coming notebook transitionBarking up the wrong tree?I think it might be something else.I think Hell may have frozen over again.What if this 'transition' is actually Apple making MacOS X available for the general PC public as a purchasable product?Think about it. Everyone said Apple would never use Intel....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Notebooks, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, notebook, OSX, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Apple's coming notebook transition

Apple is readying a major product transition. We know because they told us so. In the quarterly financial crime call chief financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer referred several times to a "...future product transition which I can't discuss today". That was interesting for two reasons. First, the...

Tags: Notebook, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Blu-ray, Product Transition, Portable Growth, Desktops, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Survey: Corporations hold out on Vista

Survey: Corporations hold out on VistaLarry isn't going to give it up...It's sad what passes for "journalism" these days. ZDNet and her "sister site" TechRepublic are so one sided it's laughable. Is this "survey" really supposed to be passed as truth? The survey was conducted by a company KACE that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, survey, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap

Amid all the chatter about Apple's fiscal third quarter results, which were strong, most concerns about the future revolve around two words: Gross margins. The big takeaway for technology buyers: Those lower margins hint at cheaper iPods and notebooks in the not-to-distant future. Following Apple's typical strong...

Tags: Notebook, Apple iPod, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Peter Oppenheimer, September, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Intel World Mural project - just what will the next 40 years bring?

Intel is turning 40 and while most of us by fast cars, take up motorcycling, or go bungee-jumping to deal with our mid-life crises, Intel asked 500 kids in 21 countries what they expected the next 40 years of computing to bring us. It's actually a great...

Tags: Computing, Computer, Intel Corp., Kid, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-20

Intel's second quarter delivers; Cheap laptop demand up

Updated: Intel on Tuesday reported second quarter earnings of $1.6 billion, or 28 cents a share, on revenue of $9.5 billion, up 9 percent from a year ago. The results topped Wall Street expectations. According to Thomson Financial, Intel was expected to report earnings of 25 cents...

Tags: Revenue, Paul Otellini, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Operational Accounting, Chipsets, Sales Strategy, Finance, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Intel rolls out Centrino 2 processor; Earnings on tap

Intel on Tuesday launched its Centrino 2 processor with integrated graphics for notebooks. This chip platform, formerly known as Montevina, was delayed by a few weeks due to technical and certification problems. The news (Techmeme, statement) comes as Intel preps its second quarter earnings, which will be...

Tags: Intel Centrino, Earnings, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-15