
Reuters - Shares in Infineon (IFXGn.DE) rose more than 7 percent on Tuesday as traders cited market talk that Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and Intel could be interested in the German chipmaker.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The latest handset features Wi-Fi, QWERTY keyboard, Intel XScale 624 MHz processor, microSD external card slots, and can sync with Apple's iTunes.
PC Magazine - AMD said Wednesday that it has revamped its server and workstation processor roadmap, but has also committed to supporting the current architecture through several years.
PC World - Advanced Micro Devices must work hard to rebuild its momentum in the Asian server market, even though the chip maker managed...
NewsFactor - Advanced Micro Devices has taken the wraps off its first energy-efficient x86 server chips featuring four processing cores and a low 55-watt thermal envelope. The five new Opteron HE processors for blade and rack systems are all targeted at the enterprise data center, noted Randy Allen, AMD's server and workstation division manager.
Reuters - Global banking group HSBC (0005.HK) has admitted to losing a computer server holding transaction data of 159,000 account holders in a Hong Kong branch office. The bank said in a statement issued late on Wednesday that it lost track of the server during renovation work at a Kwun Tong district branch on April 26.
PC Magazine - Advanced Micro Devices launched a low-power version of its Opteron processor on Monday, targeting customers who are hoping to save a few watts in the data center.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The unauthorized Apple desktop was flaunted with an Intel Core 2 Duo chip, 2 GB of memory, a 250-GB 7200 RPM serial ATA hard drive, and an Intel 3-D graphics chip.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The chips on average consume about 55 watts and are designed for two-, four-, and eight-way rack servers and blades.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The chipmaker introduced its two-year product roadmap for servers and workstations on Wednesday.
AP - Hynix Semiconductor Inc. of South Korea said Wednesday it expects to sell more dynamic random access memory chips in Japan after a World Trade Organization ruling.
AP - Two executives have left Advanced Micro Devices Inc., including the head of the slumping chip maker's microprocessor division, as the company tries to engineer a dramatic turnaround to fend off larger rival Intel Corp.
Investor's Business Daily - Sprint Nextel and Clearwire breathed new life into their wireless broadband alliance Wednesday, securing $3.2 billion in much-needed financing from three cable TV companies, Web search firm Google and chipmaker Intel.
PC World - Advanced Micro Devices plans to release processors with 12 cores, which changes its product road map and kills earlier plans...
Reuters - Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp (6502.T) said it expects its operating profit to more than double over the next three years as it cuts costs, ramps up capacity for its semiconductors and seeks nuclear plant orders.
PC Magazine - AMD drastically revamped its engineering management team on Monday, in a carousel of departures and new arrivals. New to the team: Chekib Akrout, who worked on IBM's implementation of the 'Cell' processor at IBM, among others
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The company's adoption of solid state drives will reportedly save energy, speed search, and potentially lead to a shortage of 16-GB and 32-GB NAND flash chips.
PC World - Microsoft on Tuesday revealed pricing details for a new server software bundle aimed at midsize companies and the next version...
PC World - Advanced Micro Devices is shipping B3 versions of its low-power Quad-Core Opteron processors.
Reuters - Advanced Micro Devices Inc shares jumped more than 12 percent on Tuesday on investor optimism that the beleaguered chipmaker could soon announce its long-awaited strategy to revamp manufacturing to cut costs.
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