(NASDAQ: INTC) INTEL SCREWED UP the best thing about Light Peak, the name, calling it by the marketing name ‘Thunderbolt’. Other than that, the only thing that changed is they lost the optical part, leaving nothing more than an expensive …
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ACER IS JUMPING back into the server market in a big way with the launch of six separate lines of products and a comprehensive support network. This is not just a simple launch, Acer is taking the server market very seriously, intending to mirror their success in laptops and desktops.
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AT CES, HITACHI GST was showing off some unique enterprise SSDs, both in terms of form factor and interface. Like most others at CES, Hitachi also showed off a 3TB 7200RPM Deskstar, proving that magnetic drives are still alive and kicking.
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INTEL IS FINALLY starting to talk about the upcoming Poulson chip, the first real update to the Itanium architecture in years. While the chip may be huge and technically complex, it is hard to see anyone other than die-hard HP big iron shops actually caring.
Update: Die size corrected
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NVIDIA JUST FINISHED their fiscal Q4/2011 conference call, and it was mercifully short and content free. That said, there was one thing that stuck out, GPU margins.
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SEMIACCURATE’S MOLES TOLD us the dirty little secret of Windows Phone 7, no one pays for it. Yes, to compete with Google’s price for Android, free, MS is charging the same price, just not directly.
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AS SOON AS a chipmaker announces a new chip, the OEMs and ODMs come out with new products to support that part. In this case, Tyan has a new board and barebones system for the refreshed Opteron 6100 chips.
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THE BIGGEST LOSER in the tie up between Microsoft and Nokia is none other than Intel. While they may try to put a brave face on the matter, the simple fact remains that their Atom line is now without a future.
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AMD PUT OUT a speed bump for the Magny-Cours CPUs today, five new chips in all. They aren’t anything huge, just a slight speed increase for the top end Opteron 6100 line.
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AMD JUST LOST two more executives, COO Bob Rivet and VP of Corporate Strategy Marty Seyer. There is no official word as to why they left, and neither will be departing immediately.
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DELL HAS REFRESHED 24 computers in it’s Latitude, Precision, and Optiplex lines, adding Sandy Bridge CPUs, a bunch of new features, a new look, and a lot of subtleties. The only real question remaining is when they will ship, but that isn’t really in Dell’s hands now.
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TOSHIBA IS DOING something unusual with their laptops, branching out into far more niche-y product lines. They also showed off a bunch of glasses-free 3D TVs at CES as well, although these were far from impressive.
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THE ACT MIGHT have made headlines for different reasons, but last week, voluntarily destroyed their one valuable asset. It was a subtle thing, and no one seemed to notice, but could it be the reason that Eric Schmidt left?
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HATS OFF TO Intel for pulling one of the most devious PR spin and coverups of the year with their chipset problems explanation. While it may be a desperate and masterful obfuscation job, if you poke a little under the surface, you can see how badly they screwed up, and how little of the truth actually came out.
Updated: Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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AFTER THE KEYNOTES of the three Common Platform partners, Samsung, Global Foundries, and IBM, three customers took turns at the podium. The first one up was ARM, and the talk centered around familiar themes, power and integration.
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