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Intel unveils Itanium 9500 processors for Unix, mainframe OSes

The Itanium 9500 series is touted as the most sophisticated Intel processor to date with a new micro-architecture design.

November 8, 2012 by Rachel King

Intel ready to sign deal to acquire Fulcrum Microsystems

Intel is close to inking a deal to acquire Fulcrum Microsystems Inc., a private fabless semiconductor company that is self-dubbed as the "leader in Ethernet fabrics."

July 19, 2011 by Rachel King

Intel outs design flaw in Sandy Bridge

If you just purchased a system powered by Intel's Core i5 or i7 chipset, get ready for a return or repair. Intel has a chipset issue that affects the launch of Sandy Bridge.

January 31, 2011 by Larry Dignan

Multi-core Intel chips to be used in handhelds and supercomputers?

Intel's "Larrabee" family of multi-core chips, originally aimed at the personal-computer graphics market, may now see action in "an increasingly broad spectrum of the computing world, from Windows and Macintosh desktop personal computers to handhelds and even supercomputers," reports the New York Times.

August 4, 2008 by Andrew Nusca

AMD to remove deceptive Barcelona benchmarks on website

[Update 8/17/2007 - AMD caught passing junked benchmarks red handed]  [UPDATE 7/6/2007 - AMD intends to drag their feet on removing the deceptive benchmarks]A day after I blasted AMD for posting deceptive benchmarks on Barcelona, AMD is promising to release "honest Barcelona benchmarks".  As of Thursday afternoon 7/5/2007 the misleading Barcelona numbers are still posted on AMD's website but AMD is promising to release updated numbers in the coming weeks with Barcelona 2.

July 5, 2007 by George Ou

Did Intel rig test or out engineer AMD/ATI?

When Humphrey Cheung at TG Daily wrote a glowing review of Intel's G965 embedded graphics chipset beating an AMD/ATI X1600 dedicated graphics board on a video playback quality test, AMD cried foul, and other journalists echoed some concerns with the massively one-sided test. That prompted Cheung to write a follow-up article, "Did Intel rig its integrated graphics chip demo against AMD?

March 13, 2007 by George Ou

Multiply is in. But will Viiv do fractions?

Intel's new marketing slogan: Multiply! Chipmaker to release a big ad campaign to promote dual-core processors.

September 17, 2006 by Michael Kanellos

Does Centrino ploy put Intel in hotspot?

David Berlind, in his article, "Intel wags mangy Centrino dog by Boeing's tail" , makes it clear how he feels about Intel's deceptive Centrino marketing campaign. However, I have to wonder why David is so surprised.

August 11, 2005 by Marc Wagner

Intel shelves plans for Wi-Fi access point

Due to lack of demand, the chipmaker postpones plans to build Wi-Fi access points into desktop PCs this year.

September 24, 2004 by Richard Shim

Intel Australia plays down chip flaw

Intel is playing down the impact of the company's decision to recall its 915GP and 925GX chipsets following the discovery late last week of a flaw affecting desktop PCs.The company said it was in the process of contacting its direct customers to notify them of possible customer complaints.

June 27, 2004 by Abby Dinham