Semiconductor Industry & Servers

BOULDER, Colo. - A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming. Full Story »

OfficeMax has the HP Pavilion dm3 laptop for $525 with free shipping, which is $125 off the retail price for this configuration and $50 lower than what competing vendors charge. This ultraportable laptop has a 1.6GHz AMD Athlon Neo X2 dual-core processor, an ATI Radeon HD 3200 discrete graphics card, a 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display, 4GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, a 6-cell battery, and Windows 7 preinstalled. Full Story »

Intel's Core i9 chips won't hit the market for a few more months, but that hasn't stopped Polish site PCLab from putting the new 32-nanometer processor through its paces in a recent series of benchmark tests. Full Story »

NORWOOD, Mass. - Chipmaker Analog Devices Inc. said Monday its net income fell 27 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter, as demand declined for semiconductors in its industrial and communications business. Full Story »

BANGALORE (Reuters) - Semiconductor stocks fell sharply after BofA Merrill Lynch turned bearish on the industry and downgraded several chipmakers, including Intel Corp , citing a modest rise in inventories. Full Story »

(Reuters) - BofA Merrill Lynch lowered its 2010 growth forecast for global semiconductor industry and downgraded ten chipmakers, including Intel Corp , turning more cautious on the group on expectations of a modest overshoot in global supply chain inventories. Full Story »

CAMARILLO, Calif. - Semiconductor maker Semtech Corp. on Wednesday reported a third-quarter loss due to a charge related to its acquisition of Sierra Monolithics Inc. Full Story »

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Semiconductor maker Marvell Technology Group Ltd. said Wednesday that it named Ta-lin Hsu to its board. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO - Semiconductor maker Semtech Corp. said Wednesday that it agreed to buy fellow chipmaker Sierra Monolithics Inc. for $180 million in cash. Full Story »

The Asus 1201 is the first Ion-based netbook that bundles a dual-core Intel Atom processor. Full Story »

With the release of the Office 2010 beta, the general public finally gets to check out how Microsoft plans to deliver on its promises for the next edition of its flagship productivity suite--namely, close integration with lightweight Web versions of core apps (Excel and PowerPoint Web are the first to debut for consumers via Windows Live, with Word and OneNote available only in the business-oriented SharePoint 2010 server beta), better multimedia support, a subtle interface refresh, and a slew of features designed to make document creation and sharing easier. But there's some news too, most notably support within Outlook for tracking feeds from social networks. Full Story »

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Ombudsman rebuked European Union regulators on Wednesday for procedural errors in their antitrust probe of Intel but the censure will not affect a 1.06 billion euro ($1.58 billion) fine against the U.S. chipmaker. Full Story »

Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini said on Tuesday the semiconductor industry may experience possible "pinch points" in the PC production chain as manufacturers ramp up to meet higher demand next year. Full Story »

The European Ombudsman rebuked European Union regulators on Wednesday for procedural errors in their antitrust probe of Intel but the censure will not affect a 1.06 billion euro ($1.58 billion) fine against the U.S. chipmaker. Full Story »

Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of the world's largest chip maker, Tuesday detailed seven new investments worth around US$25 million in total, in addition to an investment in U.S. WiMax operator Clearwire. Full Story »

An updated cross-licensing agreement between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices expands their rights to use third-party chip makers to manufacture x86 chips under certain conditions. Full Story »

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Reuters) - Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini said on Tuesday the semiconductor industry may experience possible "pinch points" in the PC production chain as manufacturers ramp up to meet higher demand next year. Full Story »

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Tuesday it has named Nicholas M. Donofrio, 64, to the its board of directors. Full Story »