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Yahoo! News: Semiconductor Industry & Servers
Semiconductor Industry & Servers
Ex-Intel executive pleads guilty in NYC to fraud
(AP)
AP - A former Intel executive pleaded guilty Monday to charges he fed confidential information about the computer-chip maker to wealthy hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, his old friend and central figure in a massive insider trading case.
IBM's New POWER7 Servers Save Energy with Big Loads
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - IBM on Monday unveiled high-capacity servers that are the first to be based on its new, multi-core POWER7 chip. The company said the new product line is designed "to manage the most demanding emerging applications," including high-capacity smart electrical grids and real-time analytics for financial markets.
IBM Takes on Itanium with POWER7 Chip
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - On Monday, IBM rolled out its long-awaited POWER7 microprocessor and servers, going head to head against Intel in the high-end enterprise server space.
IBM Launches Eight-core Power7 Processor, Servers
(PC World)
PC World - IBM on Monday launched its latest Power7 processor, which adds more cores and improved multithreading capabilities to boost the performance of servers requiring high up time.
Riding green wave, Philips says "let there be LED"
(Reuters)
Reuters - More than a century into its existence, Philips is once again betting heavily on semiconductors. This time the consumer electronics firm is looking to harness their potential as a source of light.
IBM begins Power server upgrade to battle HP, Sun
(Reuters)
Reuters - IBM is beginning a long-awaited upgrade to a range of servers and other hardware to make them more energy-efficient and competitive than rival products by Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems Inc.
AMD Aims for GPUs in Mainstream Servers Starting 2012
(PC World)
PC World - Advanced Micro Devices will put more focus on tightly integrating graphics processor cores into mainstream servers starting 2012 as it tries to increase system performance, a company executive said.
Brooks Automation 1Q loss narrows but misses views
(AP)
AP - Brooks Automation Inc., which supplies semiconductor manufacturers, said Friday its fiscal 2010 first-quarter loss narrowed on a boost in product sales. But the results were below Wall Street's expectations and the company's stock took a hit.
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