AMD details speed, power saving features of Fusion
Advanced Micro Devices offered more details about its forthcoming Fusion processor, including the speed, power consumption and plans to begin shipping samples in the first half of this year. Read more...

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After delays, Intel rolls out Tukwila chip

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AMD aims for GPUs in mainstream servers starting 2012

IBM details world's fastest graphene transistor

Intel preparing six-core chips for desktops, servers

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Intel ships next-generation Itanium chip

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EU says OK to Oracle-Sun, Rambus-Samsung deal
The European Union gave the green light to Oracle's plan to buy Sun Microsystems. We expect one of next week's top story entries will be about Oracle's plans for Sun. Otherwise this week, Rambus and Samsung settled a legal dispute and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that her department will unveil initiatives to fight Internet censorship, which provoked ire from China. And, of course, there were more rumor rumblings and reports based on anonymous sources regarding Apple's tablet, which could well take top billing in next week's IT news.

2010 CPU forecast: What's coming for desktop and mobile PCs
What will be the big news in the desktop and mobile PC chip markets this year? From mighty six-core desktop chips to minuscule smartbook processors, here's a look at what's in the CPU cards this year.

Arm CEO: Intel far behind in smartphone market
For more than a decade Arm Holdings has designed chips that have powered mobile handsets and smartphones like Apple's iPhone. The company now faces a challenger in Intel, which recently demonstrated a smartphone, LG Electronics' GW990, based on its upcoming Moorestown platform.

New year kicks off with CES, Google's Nexus One
The new year in IT news kicked off this week with the annual gadget-and-gear extravaganza, the Consumer Electronics Show. Apart from CES, Google got in on the news action, announcing its Nexus One smartphone, which provided (yet) another lesson about why it's not a good idea to get all hyped about rumors and speculation around new products that may or may not be all that when they are officially announced. Unless, of course, those products are from Apple.

Intel's 2010 'Arrandale' Laptop CPUs
Intel has unveiled 11 new mobile processors for 2010 -- five Core i7s, four Core i5s, and two Core i3s. The chief difference between these processors and their predecessors is the brand new architecture, which couples the 32nm processor and a 45nm integrated graphics controller onto a single chip.

Restore Data After Motherboard Death
Peter's motherboard died. How can he retrieve the data on his hard drive?

New Intel Chip for Netbooks? Like It Matters
Way, way, way too much is being made of the supposed impact Intel's new Atom N450 chip will have on the netbook and, by extension, laptop markets.

Review: Lenovo IdeaPad S12 adds Ion for strong graphics
Lenovo has added Nvidia's Ion chipset to its IdeaPad S12 Multimedia mini for good performance in a lightweight netbook.

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