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23rd June 2006 Archive

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  • Intel punching out more 65nm than 90nm chips

    Cranks up third 65nm fab to volume output

    Intel has opened its third 65nm, 300mm-wafer processor production facility, the result of an upgrade made to its Leixlip, Ireland plant, the chip giant said yesterday. More than half of the CPUs the company is now producing are 65nm parts, it added. The $2bn factory is in volume production. Dubbed Fab 24-2, it joins Intel's …

    Bits 'n' Chips 23 Jun 2006, 09:34

  • AMD to drop Athlon prices by up to 46% - report

    Combatting 'Conroe'

    AMD is said to be preparing a broad range of deep price cuts in a bid to take the fight to Intel's next-generation architecture Core 2 processors, due to be released in the coming months. AMD will cut its prices by up to 46 per cent, it has been claimed. Industry sources cited by DigiTimes reckon the cuts will come on 24 July …

    Bits 'n' Chips 23 Jun 2006, 09:57

  • Philips chip biz to IPO in Q4

    And 'disentangled' in Q3

    Philips is to quit the chip business, the consumer electronics giant announced this week. It called its withdrawal from the market a "disentanglement" - untying the knot will see its semiconductor division spun off through an IPO. The share sale will take place in the second half of the year and will leave Philips with a …

    Bits 'n' Chips 23 Jun 2006, 10:31

  • ARM buys Falanx

    Imagination to license alone

    ARM has acquired Norwegian mobile graphics chip developer Falanx, the pair announced today. The financial details of the deal were not made public. The news is not good for Imagination, now essentially ARM's former graphics technology partner. To date, ARM has licensed mobile graphics technology provided by Imagination …

    Bits 'n' Chips 23 Jun 2006, 11:07

  • AMD next-gen architecture to ship 2008 - CEO

    Quad-core CPUs with HyperTransport 3 and other refinements

    AMD will ship processors based on the next generation of its AMD64 architecture in two years' time after sampling them late 2007, company CEO Hector Ruiz has revealed. In an interview conducted by BusinessWeek earlier this month, Ruiz said: "We're going to introduce a really new architecture that will work well with our …

    Bits 'n' Chips 23 Jun 2006, 12:13

  • Date set for UK Mobile Phone Throwing championship

    Sling a slider for charity

    In a bid to beat the Finns at phone throwing, adventure sports club 8th Day UK and recycling charity ActionAid have once again partnered to host the UK Mobile Phone Throwing championship, and opportunity to chuck a clamshell or sling a slider far enough to get into the record books. The event takes place on 20 August at …

    Phones 23 Jun 2006, 14:20

  • Pure adds PVR-style tricks to Bug digital radio

    MP3 support too

    Pure Digital, the digital radio company, yesterday unveiled its latest odd-looking tuner. The Bug Too adds PVR-like recording, MP3 playback and alarm-clock functionality to its predecessor's feature list. The big enhancement is the addition of SD Card storage. Bung in a card full of MP3 files, and the Bug Too will let you …

    Gadgets and Gizmos 23 Jun 2006, 14:55

  • UK sees the Lite as Nintendo's DS update ships

    Smaller, lighter, even more iPod-like

    Nintendo has begun shipping the DS Lite in the UK, asking a mere £100 for the redesigned, lighter, smaller version of its handheld console. Taking a lead from Apple's iPod, Nintendo said the DS Lite will be available at launch in two colours: glossy black and shiny white. The company describes the DS Lite as a "premium" …

    Consoles 23 Jun 2006, 15:10

  • AMD, Intel and others to serve 100 subpoenas

    AMD vs Intel Filing frenzy

    AMD has started serving 32 new subpeonas against US companies in a bid to secure evidence it believes will support its allegations that arch-rival Intel used its market leadership to harm the smaller company's business. Separately, Intel and other class-action plaintiffs have also begun sending subpoenas to around 70 third …

    Bits 'n' Chips 23 Jun 2006, 16:05

  • ATI claims World+Dog wants Vista Premium not Basic

    Shift spells trouble for Intel's graphics efforts?

    When we kicked off our investigation into Windows Vista's hardware requirements we glossed over the graphics part of the system requirements and simply said that you need DirectX 9 hardware. It turns out things are rather more complicated than that plain statement suggests, and that may mean trouble ahead for Intel. A Windows …

    PCs 23 Jun 2006, 16:31

  • Toshiba's $499 HD DVD player costs 'over $700 to make'

    Researcher reveals 'unusual' hardware subsidy

    Toshiba is subsidising its HD-A1 HD DVD player by at least $175 in a bid to buy the next-generation optical disc format success. So claims market watcher iSuppli, which took the machine to bits and totted up the cost of all the parts. Available in the US, the HD-A1 is priced at $499. iSuppli's assessment of the cost of the …

    HD 23 Jun 2006, 17:19