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IBM announces chip for Internet devices
Big Blue says its new chip is designed for consumer-electronics devices connected to the Internet, continuing its push into what it calls "pervasive computing."
April 12, 2001
ARM shares rise on profit growth
Shares of the European chip designer rise after the company reports growth in earnings, boosted by new licensing agreements.
April 12, 2001
MIPS nips new licenses for chips
Wrestling with front-runner ARM Holdings, the chip designer announces licensing agreements with Agilent Technologies, Adaptec and Philips Semiconductor.
April 12, 2001
Litigation costs take bite out of Rambus
Escalating legal bills deflate profits for the chip designer, and its financial picture will likely only worsen.
April 12, 2001
Commentary: Faster chips a ways off
The real question is not whether chipmakers can break through physical limits but whether the technologies they use to do so will produce competitive products.
April 12, 2001
Linux squeezes into embedded devices
Linux newcomers are becoming part of the mainstream effort to create software for non-PC "embedded" computing devices, as indicated by a host of trade show announcements.
April 12, 2001
Japanese firms team on new chips
A consortium of 11 Japanese chipmakers and one South Korean company unveil a $675 million research project to develop new technologies for semiconductor circuitry.
April 12, 2001
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Analog Devices warns of lower profits
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The maker of chips used in cell phones and other handheld gadgets says second-quarter earnings will be lower than expected because of canceled orders.
April 12, 2001
Chipmaker LSI to close Colorado plant
LSI Logic, which makes computer chips for Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems and Sony, shuts a Colorado plant because clients canceled orders.
April 12, 2001
DVR market set to fast-forward
Customers for digital video recorders are out there--more than 20 million by the end of 2005, according to a report from The Yankee Group.
April 12, 2001
Coalition shows off process for faster chips
Chipmakers and labs show off a prototype of a machine that will let the industry keep making faster chips for another decade, but work on the project is just beginning.
April 11, 2001
Fujitsu, Sun releasing new slim servers
Fujitsu Technology Solutions, a subsidiary trying to reproduce Sun's success with servers, has begun selling a new slim server--but its competitor plans to move a step ahead.
April 11, 2001
Intel climbs into the driver's seat
The chip giant enlists the help of five software companies to commercialize in-car computers that offer hands-free cell phone calls, mapping and entertainment systems.
April 11, 2001
Intel, others fund Freenet creator's start-up
Uprizer, a peer-to-peer infrastructure company co-founded by Freenet creator Ian Clarke, receives a $4 million investment from Intel and others.
April 11, 2001
Sun bends rules for nimbler Java
Java is spreading into one of the last, most demanding frontiers of computing--but getting it there has required some compromises.
April 11, 2001
Chip stocks boost Nasdaq
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Kind words from Salomon Smith Barney analyst John Joseph help keep the Nasdaq's brief winning streak intact.
April 11, 2001
Analyst sees green in chip carnage
Salomon Smith Barney's Jonathan Joseph is the first chip analyst to advise investors to get back into the sector. He was also the first to tell them to get out near its peak.
April 11, 2001
Former FCC head nominated for Intel board
The company nominates former Federal Communications Chairman Reed Hundt for election to its board to replace chip industry icon and company co-founder Gordon Moore.
April 11, 2001
Chip analysts duel over prospects for sector
Salomon Smith Barney analyst John Joseph upgrades the chip sector, countering Lehman Brothers analyst Dan Niles' gloomy view.
April 11, 2001
Intel CEO rakes in bonus chips
The chipmaker says that chief executive Craig Barrett earned $3.8 million last year in a package that included his salary, bonus and other compensation.
April 11, 2001
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