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  • National Semiconductor beats 2Q earnings estimates

    AP – Thu Dec 10, 5:41 pm ET  

    WASHINGTON - Semiconductor maker National Semiconductor Corp. beat analysts' earnings and sales estimates for its fiscal 2010 second quarter. Full Story »

  • Intel May Give Larrabee Update in Late 2010, Analyst Says

    PC World – Thu Dec 10, 1:00 am ET  

    Intel is likely to give an update on plans for its delayed graphics chip during the third quarter of 2010, an industry analyst said Wednesday. Full Story »

  • Diodes boosts revenue outlook for 4Q

    AP – Wed Dec 9, 12:44 pm ET  

    DALLAS - Semiconductor parts maker Diodes Inc. on Wednesday said revenue for the fourth quarter will be stronger than expected, bolstered by strong demand from Asian customers. Full Story »

  • Chip Maker TSMC Buys Stake in Solar Cell Maker Motech

    PC World – Wed Dec 9, 5:30 am ET  

    Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) bought a 20 percent stake of solar cell maker Motech Industries for NT$6.2 billion (US$193 million), the companies said in a joint statement on Wednesday. Full Story »

  • Broadcom co-founder takes stand in fraud trial

    AP – Tue Dec 8, 9:36 pm ET  

    SANTA ANA, Calif. - Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli said Tuesday that his semiconductor company awarded thousands of stock option grants to employees in the years after the company's initial public offering, but he didn't think there was anything illegal or improper in the way it was done. Full Story »

  • Cisco Still Open to IBM Partnership

    PC World – Tue Dec 8, 9:00 pm ET  

    Cisco Systems tried to partner with major server vendors several years ago before coming out with its own blade servers earlier this year, and it's still open to a partnership with IBM, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said Tuesday. Full Story »

  • Intel's Upcoming Core I3 Chip Surfaces on Retail Site

    PC World – Tue Dec 8, 4:30 pm ET  

    An online retailer is taking orders for a new Clarkdale processor from Intel, providing early details of its next-generation desktop processor ahead of the product's official launch. Full Story »

  • Seagate Goes Solid State with Pulsar Drive

    PC World – Tue Dec 8, 9:59 am ET  

    Seagate tosses its hat into the solid state drive (SSD) market today with the unveiling of its Pulsar drive, a unit aimed at enterprise-level blade and server applications. The new drive stores up to 200GB of data in a 2.5-inch form factor with a SATA interface. With the Pulsar drive, Seagate lays claim to being "the first enterprise HDD vendor to deliver an enterprise-class SSD solution." Full Story »

  • Nvidia, AMD shares jump after Intel scraps chip

    AP – Mon Dec 7, 5:43 pm ET  

    SAN JOSE, Calif. - Shares of Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. jumped Monday after rival Intel Corp. scrapped plans to make a new graphics chip that would have challenged both companies. Full Story »

  • Intel Won't Give up on Larrabee, Analysts Say

    PC World – Mon Dec 7, 5:10 pm ET  

    Although Intel delayed its first stand-alone graphics processor, code-named Larrabee, the company could use elements of the chip's design and architecture in future products, analysts said on Monday. Full Story »

  • Intel Delays Larrabee Graphics Chip Amid FTC Probe

    NewsFactor – Mon Dec 7, 4:02 pm ET  

    Intel has delayed plans for an advanced graphics chip based on its Larrabee silicon and software development, and it may be because of a Federal Trade Commission investigation into alleged anticompetitive behavior. Larrabee is a complex, multi-year project focused on a new approach to graphics and high-performance computing, according to Intel. Full Story »

  • Larrabee: Intel's Bad News is Good News for Nvidia and AMD

    PC World – Mon Dec 7, 1:58 pm ET  

    Intel's decision to indefinitely delay its Larrabee graphics processor is a setback for the Linux community, delaying improved performance for users of open source operating systems. Competitors Nvidia and AMD, however, saw their share prices rise following the news. Full Story »

  • Intel scraps graphics chip based on Larrabee

    Reuters – Sun Dec 6, 6:03 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Intel Corp has scrapped plans to launch an advanced graphics chip based on its novel Larrabee design, after concluding that delays in the project would make it uncompetitive, a spokesman said on Sunday. Full Story »

  • Larrabee Project a Casualty of Intel's Legal Battles

    PC World – Sun Dec 6, 11:01 am ET  

    Intel announced that its initial foray into standalone graphics chips--the Larrabee Project--is delayed indefinitely. Intel cited developmental setbacks, but its hard not to connect the dots between the demise of the Larrabee Project and Intel's ongoing legal woes. Full Story »

  • Intel's 'Larrabee' Chip Is Dead, At Least as a Product

    PC Magazine – Sun Dec 6, 9:24 am ET  

    Intel has canceled at least the first product iteration of its graphics chip, code-named "Larrabee," company representatives confirmed. Full Story »

  • Intel Delays Larrabee Graphics Processor

    PC World – Fri Dec 4, 8:00 pm ET  

    Intel is delaying the commercial release of its Larrabee graphics processor, which had been due out next year, and is not providing a new launch date. Full Story »

  • Early Intel Core i9 Makes Its Way Onto Ebay

    PC World – Fri Dec 4, 7:38 pm ET  

    An early engineering sample of Intel's upcoming Core i9 chip has been spotted on eBay, way ahead of the processors' scheduled 2010 release date. Full Story »

  • Mentor Graphics posts smaller 3Q loss

    AP – Thu Dec 3, 6:01 pm ET  

    WILSONVILLE, Ore. - Mentor Graphics Corp., a provider of electronic hardware and software design products and services, on Thursday posted a smaller fiscal third-quarter loss and said it is seeing signs of recovery in the semiconductor market. Full Story »

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