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Dothan desktop motherboards appear en masse
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21055
AOPEN LAUNCHED the i855GMEm-FLS desktop board. The board is still based on the older 855GME chipset. But coupled with the newer Dothan Core, it produces an outstanding overclocking platform that fears no one.
Intel topples AMD on NOR flash sales
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21054
In the third quarter of last year, Intel regained the number one NOR ranking and its sales rose by 34.9 per cent last year. AMD's sales rose by 31 per cent.
Will Memory Crash?
http://www.overclockers.com/tips00721/
News Item: From an interview with a Kingston exec: "Over the last two years, the DRAM market has been in generally good health and has managed double-digit growth. In contrast, we expect a slower market in 2005. Perhaps we’ll see a resumption of price wars, and this could make it difficult for some of the smaller module makers to survive this year."
Combine the two together, and we may see some bargains later this year. A memory exec publicly saying, "perhaps we'll have a price war" is like a politician saying "perhaps I'll lose this election" or a movie star saying, "Perhaps my latest movie will flop." It's just not something you would normally want to say if you can avoid it, especially in public.
DRAM contract prices drop 10% on lackluster demand
http://digitimes.com/bits_chips/a20050203A4012.html
DRAM chipmakers anticipating stable February prices are in for a disappointment as contract prices are being negatively affected by a larger-than-expected drop in demand from international PC OEMs, and contract prices have fallen 10% since the latter part of January, sources said yesterday.
Kate,
Not my job (anymore).
Just a reminder.....
AFAIK, ANYBODY can report a TOS violation, or send a PM complaint to IH Admin Matt, not just the Moderator.
TOS Violation Reporting: Click this Report TOS Violation at the bottom of any opened post.
Contact IH Admin Matt: Go to the bottom of just about any iHub Screen, click Contact Us and there is a PM Link for Matt there.
Thanks
Both you and Semicon Eng are guilty of speculative wishful thinking.
SemiconEng is speculating aboout IBM 90nm Process's Yields/Binsplits. a crappy process
I wish both of you would stick to facts.
I reviewed the iHub Moderators Guide, as well as the TOS, and whether fortunate, or unfortunate, there is no TOS violation restricting a person from making a speculative post. The "wishful thinking" part is YOUR interpretation, not mine, and Certainly not supported by evidence, widely reported, in dozens of web articles, that IBM has been having 90nm Process issues, and that AMD's 90nm ramp IS NOT proceeding according to plan. Those are FACTS, that even the most die hard AMD fans do not deny. As long as a person doesn't personally attack an individual (as others have recently done, btw) I am entitled to "speculate", as to why that MIGHT be, as is Andy Grave, or anybody else, REGARDLESS if certain people, "wish" otherwise.
But please, feel free to submit my posting as a TOS Violation if you so wish. I have no issue whatsoever to you doing so.
SGI Offers Scali Software With Altix Cluster Solutions
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050201/sftu054_1.html
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI - News) today announced that software solutions from Scali, a leader in high-performance clustering solutions, will be a featured option for the new SGI(R) Altix(R) 1350 and SGI(R) Altix(R) Hybrid Cluster. With Scali Manage(TM) software running on Altix clusters, customers can simplify their cluster management and monitoring, even those that exist in heterogeneous computing environments and run a wide range of applications.....
SGI Brings Advantages of Altix to Mid-Range Clusters
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050201/sftu053_1.html
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Responding to growing demand for high-performance clusters that are cost-effective and easy to administer, Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI - News) today unveiled enhancements to its award-winning mid-range server line. Delivering the unparalleled price/performance and ease of use of SGI(R) Altix(R) server for a broad range of cluster implementations, the new SGI(R) Altix(R) 1350 and SGI(R) Altix(R) Hybrid Cluster bring exceptional flexibility and scalability to any computing environment.....
SGI Altix 1350: Scale Clusters at the Node
Based on the acclaimed SGI(R) Altix(R) 350 server, the new Altix 1350 is a factory-integrated cluster that matches superior Altix performance and functionality while reducing total cost of ownership. Altix 1350 cluster nodes scale up to 32 Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 processors on a single instance of the Linux(R) operating system. Having this ability to scale at the node -- rather than by adding new nodes for increased computing needs -- means that users have fewer nodes to connect, manage and provision. This also translated into spending far less on software licensing and networking.
AMD Places Multi-Unit Copper Metrology Order
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050201/15199_1.html
AMD Places Multi-Unit Copper Metrology Order with Philips Advanced Metrology Systems
NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2005--Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG - News) today announced that its metrology business unit, Philips Advanced Metrology Systems, Inc. (Philips AMS), has received a multi-unit order for its Series 3300 copper metrology tool from AMD Saxony LLC & Co. KG, Dresden (Germany), a subsidiary of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) in Sunnyvale, Calif. AMD will incorporate the Philips AMS equipment as a metal metrology tool for on-line production monitoring of the copper/low k process for both 200mm and 300mm fabs and has been running the Philips AMS Series 3300 at its Dresden fab for several months.
http://www.ams.philips.com/3300_press.html
Non-contact and non-destructive measurements of the thickness and uniformity of metal and dielectric features.
*** FYI, just for those that may not know, the term "Metrology" is used to describe Process Monitoring and/or tools associated with it. More commonly known as Measurement/Inspection. This tool apparently is used for Film Thickness and Uniformity measurements, and usually, the goal of Metrology, is to improve Yields and/or Bin Splits Hummmmmm..... WAG: Do you "suppose" that AMD is having difficulties with thier..... Ummmmmm..... I mean IBM's, 90nm Process's Yields/Binsplits? Maybe it's not the Measurement Tools, maybe it's just a crappy process.
The numbers I've heard quoted is 15% reduction in frequency = 50% reduction in power.
Hummmmm..... I don't think it would be "wise" for me to comment on any specific numbers I've heard....
That being said, I don't seem to be disagreeing with what you've heard. BTW, wouldn't those frequency reduction vs. Power reduction numbers, fit just about right, with the reported Smithfield introduction speeds, and intel's comments about Smithfield fitting within "The same thermal envelope" as current offerings?
Interesting, eh?
Coverage initiated on Intel by Moors & Cabot
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ud?s=INTC
1-Feb-05 Moors & Cabot Initiated Buy
VIA Technologies Formally Unveils New Intel Pentium 4 Chipsets.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/chipsets/display/20050131131306.html
Chipset designer VIA Technologies formally announced its new lineup of chipsets supporting the latest Intel Pentium 4 processors, PCI Express interconnection technology as well as DDR2 memory. While the chips from the Taiwanese designer come late, they carry feature-set not presently offered by companies like Intel Corp..
Intel dual-core Yonah to ship single core too
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/01/intel_mobile_roadmap_jan_05/
Roadmap Intel's 'Yonah' dual-core mobile processor, its first 65nm Pentium M, will support a 667MHz frontside bus clock when the part ships in volume in Q1 2006, the chip maker's latest roadmaps reveal.
Yonah's launch window has been public knowledge for some time - Intel itself has said that its first 65nm processors will arrive in limited volumes late Q4 2005.
Can a dual core celeron be that far away. A $241 dual core chip may be a hot item (pun intended) for the enthuasist crowd contrary to popular belief the overclocker crowd have no qoms about high power systems if they give them the performance in return. In any event I think this spells falling ASP's for AMD in the second half of 2005, not that they are not falling already.
I think there's a mis-conception about Dual Core power in general. It appears that there is a general opinion among the population, that if 1 core = 80watts, then 2 cores must = 160 watts. This is not so. AFAIK, a slight reduction in linked core clock speed, can result in huge reduction of power consumption, while still improving performance, so linking 2 cores together, and slightly reducing the clock speed, can be made to result in NO Additional Power consumption, over the original single chip/higher speed. I think the naysayers are going to be quite surprised at the power consumption numbers of dual core. Wait, you'll see
Intel Accelerates Dual-Core Introduction, Extends Reach
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20050130091317.html
Intel Corp. reportedly plans to accelerate its dual-core desktop roadmap by introducing its highly-anticipated Intel Pentium 4 800-series processors in the second quarter of the year, according to a report from a web-site. Additionally, the company may have plans to offer affordable dual-core chips which price is projected to start at $241.
An article over AnandTech web-site claims the world’s largest chipmaker Intel Corp. will bring the dual-core desktop chips originally code-named Smithfield a quarter earlier than expected – in the second quarter of 2005 – which may give the chip giant a competitive advantage over the arch-rival Advanced Micro Devices, who is expected to bring out its dual-core desktop products only in the second half of 2005. Furthermore, Intel’s dual-core products are claimed to be relatively affordable: $241, $316 or $530 – depending on the speed-bin and model – for 820 (2.80GHz), 830 (3.00GHz) or 840 (3.20GHz) chips respectively.
Intel, Nvidia were Q4's graphics chip winners
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/31/graphics_chips_q4_04/
Intel and Nvidia both grew their share of the graphics chip market during Q4 2004, but their gain came not from their chief rival, ATI, so much as the smaller players in the field, market watcher Jon Peddie Research (JPR) said today.
Even those companies who lost market share during the quarter could take some comfort from the fact that shipments rose in the period, up 1.5 per cent sequentially and 3.3 per cent on Q4 2003.
Via confirms Pentium PT, DualGFX Express chipsets
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21010
VIA HAS duly rolled out its PT Pentium 4 chipsets and its DualGFX multiple monitor products, confirming earlier stories here on the INQUIRER.
Richard Brown, senior VP at Via, Asia, said Via didn't believe it's a choice of offering either PCI Express or AGP - there's room for both sets of features. A certain graphics company is talking about SLI but the cost is very high, and we think supporting more monitors is more important.
Ex-AMD exec joins MIPS board
http://tinyurl.com/6eex3
SAN FRANCISCO — MIPS Technologies Inc. said Friday (Jan. 28) it has added a former Advanced Micro Devices Inc. executive to its board of directors.
MIPS (Mountain View, Calif.) said Rob Herb, a former AMD executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer, is being added to its board to assist with its stategic business development and partner initiatives.
Smooth, I'm really afraid that the whole push to dual-core will fall flat on its face, as once again the critics bash it for not making a difference on "current" desktop applications. I just don't see what "killer app" is demanding dual-core, at least in the consumer market where such Centrino-like platform strategies are targeted. It's a different story when it comes to servers, of course, and I suspect Otellini will try and craft a new kind of platform strategy targeted toward business and corporations. But as for the consumer market, I don't see anyone really screaming for dual-core at the moment.
Tenchu
WAG: I think that those who are "claiming" that Smithfield won't be a good performer are wrong. In any case, I think that intel should focus on promoting the power reduction of dual core. What reduction you ask? Well, although I don't have "hands on" acess to the data numbers, I've recently seen reports that indicate there is an unusual effect of linking 2 cores together. As I understand it, due to transistor physics, when dual cores are linked, a small reduction in clock speed, results in a huge reduction in power, as well as an almost doubling in performance.
I should have asked the question, if they meant 1.8x performance on "optimized" applications, but it didn't occur to me until later. I would guess that "optimized applications" was the case, but what if they meant "all applications"? In any case, the point is, it appears that 2 cores linked, with a slight decrease in clock speed, results in significant power reduction, while still increasing performance, on at least some applications. Perhaps that's why, as The Register reported, that Smithfield appears to be 2 cores, while being introduced at lower clock speeds, while at the same time, intel is claiming significant increased performance, "in the same thermal budget"..... And if that's true, It wouldn't even be too far fetched to decrease the clockspeed a little further, for Dual Core Mobile.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/14/intel_dual-core/
What all that will do for performance remains to be seen. Smith claimed by 2008, multi-core chips will offer ten times the performance of an "initial Pentium 4" processor, compared to the threefold gain today's HyperThreading chips provide. Next year, dual-core will see that improvement increase beyond 3x, but from we'll be well into 2006 and the 65nm node before multi-core gives a significant performance boost. Only then will dual-core offer a greater gain than HT alone will do by 2008.
Smith would only say that Smithfield contains "two execution cores", not whether they're on the same die or not. Separately, he admitted Smithfield's clock speed range would be lower than the top end of today's P4 CPUs, to ensure the new chips "operate in the same thermal budget". Intel's roadmaps put those speeds at 2.8-3.2GHz, well below today's 3.8GHz P4 570.
Report: Chips to gain virtual edge
http://tinyurl.com/5lpe4
Intel has published the first details about its forthcoming Vanderpool technology for hardware virtualisation on forthcoming desktop and server chips. This type of virtualisation enables a single computer to run multiple operating systems.
Interest in virtualisation is growing because the business case for it is so compelling. Computer hardware is now so powerful that one operating system and one application rarely consume more than a few percent of the available system resources. Virtualisation enables firms to make more efficient use of their server hardware. For example, an IT manager recently told us his company now has 65 virtual servers running on a single eight-way server.
Some Answers, Some New Questions
http://www.overclockers.com/tips00719/
We've gotten a look at that recent AMD roadmap which is apparently now circulating. It basically says the following:
1) We'll definitely see AMD eventually go to DDR2, and use a new socket to do so. Tentative date is sometime early in 2006.....
2) The roadmap says there isn't going to be a 90nm "real" socket 754 Hammer. Only Semprons will have a 90nm incarnation.....
3) The roadmap says that the next major revision of the Hammer product line will include SSE3 across the board..... The roadmap just says that "samples" of CPUs codenamed "San Diego" "Venice" and "Palermo" will be available the first half of 2005. This implies a delay, because the processors were supposed to be out 2Q 2005.....
A start-up founded by a group of ex-HP executives, including the chief architect behind Itanium, officially debuted Monday and announced plans to ship software this summer that promises to boost the speed and security of Web applications on Itanium servers.
Hummmm..... Apparently "The Chief HP Architect Behind Itanium" does not seem to believe the Droid contention that Itanium is Dead.....
I guess he hasn't been listening to the "Expert" DougSF30..... ummmm I mean Doug..... ummmmm I mean UPC...... ummmmm I mean Chipdesigner. Gee, I wonder who's right, the former chief architect, or the AMDroid
this bothers me. If there was a market for these devices the equipment makers would be rushing to develop trying to secure profits. Intel had to push a manfacturer to pursue. Intel must think it has a vision for a product that no one else can see and is willing to invest to get a product to market. not really customer / demand driven.
*** Maybe..... since intel is taking the money from The Intel Capital Team, then that is the charter of the team, to seek out promising ideas, and new technologies.....
http://www.intel.com/capital/portfolio/overview.htm
With an overall strategy to stimulate advances in computing and communications, the Intel Capital team seeks out and invests in promising companies worldwide working together to establish new and innovative technologies, develop industry standard solutions, drive global Internet growth, enable new usage models, and advance the computing and communications platforms.
*** Here is the intel Press release, which indicates that it's actually a "Bond Sale", which at the Bond's maturity, "could be" converted into Onkyo Common Stock (at intel's discretion). Doesn't a Bond sale mean that if the technology flops, then intel could just cash in the Bond at "maturity", and get their money back?
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20050124corp.htm
Onkyo To Issue 760 Million Yen Convertible Bond To Intel Capital
TOKYO , Jan. 24, 2005 -- Onkyo Corporation announced today that its board of directors has approved the sale to Intel Capital of a convertible bond having a face value of approximately ¥760 million (approximately US$7.4 million at present exchange rates). The bond, which would be issued in February, subject to compliance with regulatory procedures and other customary conditions, would mature in March 2009 and would be convertible at Intel's option into Onkyo common stock. The proceeds would be used to extend Onkyo's home theatre technologies by developing and commercializing advanced audio and visual systems that complement Intel's digital home solutions.
The bond would be purchased using resources from Intel Capital's $200 million Intel Digital Home Fund, which supports Intel's initiatives to enable people to enjoy digital content –including music, photos, games and video – on multiple devices in the home and beyond.
Intel to bring 64-bit to P4, Celerons in Q2
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/26/intel_roadmap_em64t/
Roadmap Intel plans to upgrade its current LGA-775 Pentium 4 line-up with its AMD64-like EM64T 64-bit addressing technology next quarter, the company's latest roadmap update reveals.
Intel also plans to add the technology to its top-end Celeron processors.
Battery life extender gives 18% boost
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20916
BATTERYLIFE, which makes the Activator for lithium ion and lithium polymer rechargeable batteries, said that an independent group has verified that the gizmo improves capacity by 18 per cent. The €9.99 foil measures 50mm by 35mm. Battery Life said it will bring another bigger foil to market in March for use with notebook machines.
Slightly OT: Semiconductor Factory Automation
Very interesting article explaining state of the art 200mm and 300mm Fab Automation
http://www.reed-electronics.com/semiconductor/article/CA483805'
Automation in a Semiconductor FabAutomation is commonly defined as the hardware and software systems that are integrated into the manufacturing process to reduce the level of manual operation. Automation can be subdivided into two parts — information automation and material automation.....
The microelectronics lifespan might come to an end much sooner than some expect. All-optical chips (up to 1 MM higher speed then their microelectronics counterparts, and low noise) will replace them. The electrical wires inside the chip will be replaced by waveguides (the electrons will be replaced by photons).
The first elements (optical switches, and optical amplifiers, and so on) of this future trend are already here. See a sample below.
Mike
Maybe, and optical is very interesting technology IMO, but from what I've seen so far, in order to make optical chips mainstream, these guys are leaving out 2 very important concerns, that may be significant roadblocks.....
Manufacturablity: From what I hear, intel has been doing quite a bit of work in optical, but what I've started to realize recently, is getting new ideas out of the development lab, and into manufacturing, is a much larger issue then I use to think it was. Taking Low volume R&D of 1, 2, or even 5 wafer lots, with a handful of funtional die, and turning it into the yield numbers required for High Volume Manufacturing is MUCH more difficult then I was aware of..... 6 months ago
Cost: I'm also beginning to realize, although I guess it should have been intuitive, but in an R&D environment, nobody pretty much cares what it costs to get the technology to work. Nobody really even talks about the "Per Die Cost" in the meetings, which is very different then..... my previous experience. Sure optical works, but what's it going to cost? My guess is, that people might not want to hold their breath, expecting optical to even come close to parity costwise with current technology anytime soon, because holding their breath waiting for that, might cause suffocation
Don't forget, in the beginning, everyone was saying Gallium Arsenide was going to be the death of Silicon
Windows 64 to arrive in April
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20874
SOURCES CLAIMED Microsoft is planning to introduce its 64 bit operating system for Intel and AMD processors on the 29th of April. The sources are close to Microsoft..... Quite coincidentally, Intel will finally be ready with its full line of 64 bit capable CPUs, including Celeron 64s, close to that date.....
New Centrino renders Christmas laptops redundant
http://tinyurl.com/628wl
The new Intel mobile platform is about to render notebooks bought at Christmas out of date.
The next-generation Centrino architecture, codenamed Sonoma and originally slated to ship last year, uses a new 915GM chipset that brings the PCI Express bus to mobiles.
Sitting on this bus is the new Express Card slot, which is smaller and faster than the familiar PC Card slot and is expected to supersede it. PC Cards will not fit into the new slot and it is not yet clear whether notebooks will carry both versions.
Onkyo to develop Net-capable audiovisual products with Intel fund
http://tinyurl.com/7xrw3
OSAKA, Jan 24, 2005 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- Audio equipment maker Onkyo Corp. said Monday it will obtain some 760 million yen from major U.S. semiconductor maker Intel Corp. to develop audiovisual products capable of accessing the Internet.
AMD to launch dual-core Toledo to counter the Intel Smithfield
http://www.digitimes.com/bits_chips/a20050125A7033.html
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will take on Intel’s dual-core desktop Smithfield processor by introducing a dual-core counter version, codenamed Toledo, in the third quarter of this year, according to market sources.
However, Intel may dominate the dual-core notebook CPU segment by introducing six versions of its dual-core Yohan processors in the first quarter of 2006, the sources said, adding that the Yonah CPUs are likely to be marketed under the X20, X30, X38 (low voltage), X40, X48 (low voltage) and X50 designations, with the first letter of the model name to be decided later.
Shaking Up Intel's Insides
http://yahoo.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_05/b3918074_mz011.htm
Long before announcing a sweeping reorganization of Intel Corp.'s (INTC ) operating divisions on Jan. 17, CEO-designate Paul S. Otellini had been telling the world about a major shift in the chipmaker's strategy. Gone were the days, he said, when the company could get by with a single-minded focus on microprocessor design. Intel would instead focus more on bringing together chips and software into so-called platforms designed to perform specific tasks, such as showing movies on home PCs or keeping corporate computers virus-free. "For the first three decades of the company, we made mostly discrete chips. But they weren't designed to be used together...and they weren't marketed together," Otellini told BusinessWeek in November.
Sales of Mobile Computers Lifted PC Sales in 2004 – Gartner.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20050124032708.html
Leading market research firm Gartner Inc. believes worldwide PC shipments in 2004 increased 11.8% from 2003, due to strong mobile PC sales, according to preliminary results of the company’s study.
Global PC Market Grows 11.8%
“Overall fourth quarter 2004 PC sales were in line with projections, despite some weakness in the US and EMEA consumer markets. Lower prices, better performance and wireless accessibility accelerated mobile sales,” said Charles Smulders, vice president of Gartner's Computing Platforms Worldwide Group.
Intel Montecito dual core chip slated for fourth quarter
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20885
INTEL CONTINUES to keep its nose to the grindstone on its re-positioned Itanium microprocessor, with a number of introductions of upgrades slated for this year. The chip company will introduce an Itanium 2 with 9MB of cache in the third quarter and using the 667MHz front side bus (FSB), according to recent roadmaps seen by the INQ.
DDR2 great says Crucial: AMD disagrees
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20888
The Tracer line of Ballistix modules from Crucial, a division of Micron, features top-specced RAM with funky flashing LEDs on top. The RAM is low latency, making it perfect for overclockers looking to squeeze every last drop of performance out of their system. That's what Crucial reckons, anyhoo.
Of course, Intel says that DDR2 uses less power and is clearly the road to the future. It, no doubt, would suggest that AMD is lagging behind in technology leadership.
We know that AMD's chips have been a better choice for the hardcore overclocker over the last 6 months, the market that this new 667MHz Crucial memory is aimed at. We wonder if an AMD announcement about DDR2 might be forthcoming over the next couple of weeks.
Intel's Otellini will fight back, and hard
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20891
WHEN INTEL has its back to the wall, it fights and it fights hard. Despite the fact that Paul Otellini, who will become CEO of Intel in May, doesn't have a background in chip design, we believe that no-one should underestimate his abilities.
Intel undoubtedly continues to face problems on the microprocessor front during 2005, but there are solid indications that the firm has addressed these over the last six to nine months. We'll find out how well Otellini and Intel have addressed these challenges during the next six to nine months. And while that may mean hard decisions, we've no doubt that Otellini is more than prepared to take them head on. µ
Absolutely superb and Conroe should be a 64 bit 4-issue 4Mb 65nm monster derivative with probably another FP unit. Intel would have been screwed in the future without the P-M design although P4 has served them well when PIII stumbled. Tag team action obviously .
And why stop with Conroe? Go even further..... Let's say, for example, what do you suppose the result might be.... hypothetically, if intel took the PM core design concept, and in the future, dumped the P4 design, and instead, spread the PM design across the entire product line? That would be a pretty smart thing to do, wouldn't it?
Just speculation, of course
PGA Awards has chip giant on shoulder
http://tinyurl.com/4bwwa
The Producers Guild of America has announced expansion of its year-old strategic relationship with computer-chip giant Intel Corp.
The org said Saturday's 16th annual PGA Awards at Culver Studios will be hosted for the first time by Intel. As part of the evening's program, Revelations Entertainment partners Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary will present a video presentation of the recently debuted "Open House."
Shaking Up Intel's Insides
http://biz.yahoo.com/bizwk/050121/b3918074mz011_1.html
Long before announcing a sweeping reorganization of Intel Corp.'s (NasdaqNM:INTC - News) operating divisions on Jan. 17, CEO-designate Paul S. Otellini had been telling the world about a major shift in the chipmaker's strategy. Gone were the days, he said, when the company could get by with a single-minded focus on microprocessor design. Intel would instead focus more on bringing together chips and software into so-called platforms designed to perform specific tasks, such as showing movies on home PCs or keeping corporate computers virus-free. "For the first three decades of the company, we made mostly discrete chips. But they weren't designed to be used together...and they weren't marketed together," Otellini told BusinessWeek in November.
Samsung Ramps Up Mobile DDR2 Production
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/memory/display/20050121103227.html
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker of mainboards, said this week it had ramped up production of its DDR2 SO-DIMM modules earlier this month in order to be in position to support high-volume production of notebooks powered by Intel’s recently announced Sonoma mobile platform.
Samsung Ramps Up DDR2 Output
“Earlier this month, Samsung increased production output of its DDR2 SO-DIMM (small outline, dual inline memory module) for notebook and laptop computers by an additional 45%,” Samsung Electronics said in its statement.