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Intel Capital Expands Green-Tech Portfolio
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The global investment powerhouse announced Monday that it will award $12.5 million in financing to Voltaix - a New Jersey-based provider of semiconductor materials used in the production of advanced photovoltaic cells.
Yahoo - July 30 - 2008

New AMD CPUs: Midrange Speed, Low Power Draw
(PC World)
PC World - AMD's new Phenom X4 CPUs cost and perform about the same as Intel's older quad-cores--and they trail Intel's best chips by a big margin.
Yahoo - July 30 - 2008

HP, Intel, Yahoo Join Government, Academia In Cloud Computing Research
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Each of the founding members will host a cloud-computing infrastructure largely based on HP computers and Intel processors in six data centers.
Yahoo - July 30 - 2008

Rackable To Offer IBM Blade Servers In Containerized Data Center
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The custom ICE Cube will be available with either IBM's BladeCenter T or HT systems, which are certified for use by the telecommunications industry.
Yahoo - July 30 - 2008

Dell Aims for Home Market with Studio Hybrid Desktop
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Dell announced its Studio Hybrid desktop Tuesday -- with an emphasis on small and stylish. The Round Rock, Texas, computer maker set a list price for the stock system at $499 with an Intel TZ390 dual-core processor.
Yahoo - July 29 - 2008

Toshiba plunges into red in first quarter
(AFP)
AFP - Japan's Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday it plunged into the red in the fiscal first quarter, blaming falling semiconductor prices and a stronger yen.
Yahoo - July 29 - 2008

Tech giants rush to solar power
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Semiconductor companies are rushing into the solar power business faster than a Pentium-driven computer, promising to turn a niche form of renewable energy into a mass-market product.
Yahoo - July 28 - 2008

Chartered Semiconductor Forecasts a Loss for Q3
(PC World)
PC World - Chartered Semiconductor expects to post a loss in the third quarter as falling average selling prices and high energy costs...
Yahoo - July 25 - 2008

Intel Unveils 'Smart' System-on-Chip Designs
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Intel has unveiled eight new Integrated Processor chips that the company claims will yield new levels of performance and energy efficiency versus traditional system-on-chip (SoC) designs.
Yahoo - July 24 - 2008

South Korea's Hynix to close US chip plant
(AP)
AP - Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's second-largest memory chip manufacturer, said Thursday it will close its only U.S. factory amid changes in production standards and steep price declines buffeting the industry.
Yahoo - July 24 - 2008

Intel Welcomes Home Integrated Chips
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Intel's plans to bring system-on-a-chip (SOC) devices to market have come to fruition, with the company introducing its first eight products for the embedded market. New devices for the consumer-electronics market are due later this year.
Yahoo - July 24 - 2008

Hynix to shut US plant as chip prices slump
(AFP)
AFP - South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor announced it will shut its US plant because of a global slump in the price of memory chips.
Yahoo - July 24 - 2008

Intel Slices Core 2 Duo Price
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Over the weekend, Intel made a few price adjustments to its microprocessor lineup, with the largest cut being made to its E8500 Core 2 Duo processor.
Yahoo - July 22 - 2008

Dispelled Intel Rumor May Disappoint Gamers
(PC World)
PC World - Prices for Intel's Bloomfield chips may disappoint after rumors purported they'd be far less expensive than billed.
Yahoo - July 21 - 2008

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