Warning signals tough going for AMD
AMD's earnings warning shows it has entered difficult times
AMD's earnings warning shows it has entered difficult times
The chipmaker plans to release a 2.4GHz version of its Xeon chip for one- and two-processor servers during its developer conference today in Taiwan
AMD and Broadcom will attempt to draw some of the attention away from the Intel Developer Conference next week with major announcements of their own
The first public discussions of its fastest chips will headline the semiannual Intel Developer Forum. AMD plans to chip in, too
Last week's PDC was about more than just Microsoft's new cloud initiative (Windows Azure) and the next version of Windows (Windows 7). It also concentrated on what Microsoft is doing to assist programmers to tackle the big shift to multi-core computers. Harnessing the power of multi-threaded programming will be critical to achieving higher software performance in future.
While in San Francisco to participate at Adobe's Engage event yesterday and do some work at CNET's headquarters (CNET is the parent company to ZDNet), I stumbled up an AMD press conference at the W Hotel.
Intel has long led the way, but as it gets increasingly harder for the industry to follow Moore's Law, there has been a lot of debate about whether its lead is growing too large. With wireless customers clamoring for the latest technology for mobile processors, semiconductor foundries are suddenly shaking things up.
While Intel struggles to get their 80-core processor to work, a company you've probably never heard of has been quietly shipping systems with hundreds of cores. Last year at JavaOne I attended a presentation by Cliff Click of Azul Systems on scaling up an application that used to take weeks to run so that it could finish in minutes. After the Intel announcement, I tracked down Cliff to get his thoughts on multicore hardware and software.
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Apple CEO takes the wraps off new iBooks and PowerBooks and bumps up the speed of the Power Mac G4 line