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AMD, Intel Bringing More Cores to More Servers (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Tuesday's big chip news was the introduction of Intel's new six-core Xeon 5600 chip, along with new servers based on the chip from Dell, HP, and IBM. While the news itself wasn't surprising, what it will usher in in terms of server performance bears watching.
Intel shares jump on talk of strong earnings (Reuters)
Reuters - Intel Corp shares jumped 4 percent on Tuesday on speculation that the world's top chip maker is preparing to release a positive estimate of its current-quarter earnings.
Intel unveils new server chips ahead of AMD (Reuters)
Reuters - Intel Corp released its newest server chips on Tuesday, as it seeks to maintain its dominance over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc, and prepare for an expected rise in demand.
Low-Power Xeon 5600 Boosts Servers, Workstations (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Intel rolled out a new range of Xeon processor chips Tuesday that are based on the chipmaker's 32nm logic technology featuring second-generation high-k metal gate transistors. Called the Intel Xeon Processor 5600 series, the new server and workstation devices promise to decrease energy consumption in data-center applications even as they boost processing speeds.
Five Reasons to Embrace Intel Xeon 5600 Processors (PC World)
PC World - Intel unveiled an array of new Xeon 5600 server processors. Like the Core i7 980x desktop processors, the Xeon 5600 chips deliver up to six CPU cores on the more efficient 32nm architecture.
Ahead of the Bell: Chip demand still improving (AP)
AP - Driven by the personal computer, television and smart phone markets, demand for semiconductors continues to improve and is ahead of what's generally expected for this time of year, according to Oppenheimer analyst Rick Schafer.
InfoWorld review: Intel's Westmere struts its stuff (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - In the year since Intel released the Nehalem-EP quad-core Xeon CPU, all the hubbub surrounding that chip and its new design has proven accurate. Bigger, better, faster, more -- a whole lot more than anything that Intel had ever released before. But that was then, this is now, and as they say, what have you done for me lately?
Intel's New Xeon 5600 Chips Outperform Predecessors (PC World)
PC World - Intel introduced a line of Xeon server chips that operate up to 60 percent faster than previous server processors, the company said on Tuesday.
HP, IBM, Dell Launch Servers With New Intel Chips (PC World)
PC World - Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM rolled-out new servers on Tuesday based on Intel's latest Xeon 5600 microprocessors, which promise better performance and power consumption.
Intel Xeon 5600 Secures, Speeds Cloud Computing (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Nearly a year after the company launched its Nehalem processor into the Xeon space, Intel on Tuesday announced the Xeon 5600, the so-called "Westmere EP".
Pericom Semiconductor names financial chief (AP)
AP - Chip maker Pericom Semiconductor Corp. said Monday that Aaron Tachibana, former chief financial officer of Asyst Technologies Inc., will join the company as CFO.
MagnaChip Semiconductor planning IPO of $250M (AP)
AP - MagnaChip Semiconductor LLC, which recently emerged from bankruptcy protection, on Monday filed its intent to raise as much as $250 million in an initial public offering.
GlobalFoundries' New Singapore Arm Pays Down Debt (PC World)
PC World - GlobalFoundries, the former chip manufacturing arm spun off from Advanced Micro Devices, has moved fast to put its financial house in order after acquiring Singapore contract chip maker Chartered Semiconductor.
This Week in Geek: Caffeinated Cars, Six Cores, Games, and a Series of Tubes (PC World)
PC World - It's been a busy week for those of us in the Land of Geek, what with a new processor from Intel, a major trade show, plus more new tech and gadgetry than you can poke a stick at. Here are a few of the stories we covered over the past week or so.
Intel Core i7 Extreme Boosts Portable Workstations (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Intel this week offered a preview of platforms using its Core i7 Extreme Edition processor. Although the company is aiming the processor heavily at the gaming market, analysts said there are also clear business applications for the processor.
Intel Wins Top Spots in SSD Storage Drive Ranking (PC World)
PC World - Chip giant Intel won first place in a ranking of flash memory-based Solid State Drives (SSDs), in which the researcher, DRAMeXchange Technology, pilloried the industry over the wide disparity of quality among the storage devices.
Intel Invests in Social Media Incubator Betaworks (PC World)
PC World - Intel invested an undisclosed amount in social media incubator Betaworks to gain insight into real-time user behavior on social networks, the chip maker said on Thursday.
Intel Core i7 980x Brings Six-Core Power to Desktops (PC World)
PC World - Intel unveiled its newest flagship processor for the desktop market, the Core i7 980x Extreme. The CPU pushes the envelope by including six physical cores, and hyperthreading technology to virtualize twelve cores--its almost like having twelve computers in one.
Intel's 'Gulftown' Tops Desktop PC Processors (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Intel on Thursday formally announced that the Core i7-980X Extreme processor - the 6-core chip code-named "Gulftown" manufactured on the company's 32nm process - are up this morning, and the results are pretty much what you'd expect. But AMD is waiting in the wings.
OTOY, AMD To Ship Remote-Gaming Servers in Q2 (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - OTOY, a remote-gaming rival to OnLive, said Wednesday that the AMD-powered Fusion Render Cloud Servers, upon which its service is built, will come to market sometime in the second quarter of 2010.

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