The Senate just agreed $52 billion to boost US chip making. It's going to take a lot more
The US wants to fix the semiconductor supply chain, and it will require a big budget. But $52 billion might not be enough to tackle every challenge.
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Qualcomm wins injunction against iPhones in China
A Chinese court has sided with Qualcomm in its patent infringement case against Apple, ordering four Apple subsidiaries in China to stop selling various versions of the iPhone.
Build-Your-Own "Ultimate" Adobe Photoshop CS6 PC
Photoshop is a big, heavy application that, when pushed hard, can bring even a high-end system to its knees. For hardcore graphics designers, a dedicated piece of kit is essential.
Post-PC: Why Intel Can No Longer Live in Denial
So have we entered a Post-PC era? Yes, without question. The x86 has absolutely been issued its walking papers.
Need for speed: AMD touts carbon-shrinking potential of new chip
Talk about great (unexpected) timing for a marketing campaign. As Intel grapples with a chipset design flaw, arch-rival Advanced Micro Devices is touting the ability of its new AMD E-350 Accelerated Processsing Unit (APU) technology to generate a serious reduction in carbon footprint impact compared with previous generations of its technology.
Lenovo reveals dazzling Windows 7 IdeaPad, IdeaCentre lineup
Lenovo on Monday officially unveiled its Windows 7-powered lineup of IdeaPad laptops and IdeaCentre desktops, and the company is clearly upping the ante in the visual department.
SIA: Global chip sales showing sequential growth, hints of recovery
The latest efforts to "Go Green," along with the rise of netbook computers, helped boost global chip sales in August by 5 percent, compared to the previous month - a common way for companies to gauge their recession-recovery efforts.On a year-over-year basis, sales were down 16 percent and, on a year-to-date basis, sales were down more than 21 percent, compared to year-to-date figures the same time last year, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.
Benchmarks: AMD's 45nm 'Shanghai' Opteron
AMD's 'Shanghai' processors are the company's first chips to exploit the improved performance and efficiency of 45nm technology. ZDNet's tests show that they have made up important ground on Intel's Xeons.
Green client tech for non-desktop environments
Most of the time, I tend to pick up green tech information as it relates to products focused on the typical enterprise productivity worker or small business owners. Someone, like me, who probably is the only person using his or her "client" computer.
Texas Instruments strives to make power management more intuitive, deep within its processors
Before I get into the guts of this post, a special thank-you to the team at Texas Instruments (Bill Krenik, CTO of the wireless business unit, and Dave Freeman, Texas Instruments Fellow, Analog & Digital Power Control Products) who were patient enough to brief me weeks and weeks and weeks ago about the various ways that the company is addressing the call for reduced energy consumption across a spectrum of technology products.
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