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Infineon up on talk of interest from Samsung, Intel (Reuters)
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.

RIM Gets 'Bold' With 3G BlackBerry 9000 (TechWeb)
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.

AMD Revamps Server Roadmap, Adds Cores (PC Magazine)
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.

AMD Must Rebuild Momentum, Despite Customer Loyalty (PC World)
PC World - Advanced Micro Devices must work hard to rebuild its momentum in the Asian server market, even though the chip maker managed...

AMD Introduces Energy-Efficient Server Chips (NewsFactor)
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.

HSBC admits to losing data of 159,000 account holders (Reuters)

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.

AMD Launches Low-Power Opterons (PC Magazine)
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.

Mac Clone Offered On eBay (TechWeb)
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.

AMD Unveils Five Energy-Efficient Server Processors (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The chips on average consume about 55 watts and are designed for two-, four-, and eight-way rack servers and blades.

AMD Plans 12-Core Server Chip In 2010 (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The chipmaker introduced its two-year product roadmap for servers and workstations on Wednesday.

South Korea's Hynix hopeful after WTO ruling on Japan tariff (AP)
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.

2 AMD executives out in restructuring amid slump (AP)
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.

Sprint-Clearwire WiMax Effort Gets $3.2 Bil, Big Partners (Investor's Business Daily)
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.

AMD Jumps to 12-core Chip, Skips 8-core Chip Plans (PC World)
PC World - Advanced Micro Devices plans to release processors with 12 cores, which changes its product road map and kills earlier plans...

Toshiba eyes doubled operating profit in 3 years (Reuters)

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.

AMD Names IBM Processor Designer As Lead Engineer (PC Magazine)
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

Google Plans To Use Intel SSD Storage In Servers (TechWeb)
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.

Microsoft Reveals SMB Software Pricing, Previews (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft on Tuesday revealed pricing details for a new server software bundle aimed at midsize companies and the next version...

AMD Refreshes Low-power Quad-Core Opterons Lineup (PC World)
PC World - Advanced Micro Devices is shipping B3 versions of its low-power Quad-Core Opteron processors.

AMD shares jump on restructuring optimism (Reuters)

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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