AMD Talk

liedong wrote an interesting post today on
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MIPS Technologies is using the stage of the Multicore Expo here this week to roll out its first licensable core geared for coherent multiprocessing, the MIPS 1004K which can support up to four cores on a chip, each running two threads.

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Kelly Carter wrote an interesting post today on
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A sign at the entrance of a Staples office-supplies store in El Cerrito, California, beckons shoppers to "See it. Touch it. Take it with you."

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Kelly Carter wrote an interesting post today on
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IBM is under investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and has been temporarily suspended from seeking new business contracts with all U.S. agencies, the company said Monday.

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Kelly Carter wrote an interesting post today on
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Dell Inc. said Monday it plans to save $3 billion annually over the next three years by closing its Austin, Texas desktop computer manufacturing plant and cutting thousands of jobs.

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Ben Homer wrote an interesting post today on
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Efforts to improve techniques for programming and measuring multicore processors take three small steps forward as the annual MultiCore Expo where the Multicore Association will announce it has completed work on a standard applications programming interface for communications and started work to define a standard for embedded virtualization and a related group will show the first fruits of its efforts to define a benchmark for multicore CPUs.

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Ben Homer wrote an interesting post today on
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Who were the winners–and losers–in the top-10 rankings for 2007?

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Ben Homer wrote an interesting post today on
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The Nokia service will be rolled out for Sprint’s WiMax network, which is currently being tested in Chicago and the Baltimore-Washington areas.

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Ben Homer wrote an interesting post today on
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The government will accept H-1B visa petitions for five days instead of just two, and will probably see a record number of applications.

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wanderinglawlib wrote an interesting post today on
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Texas Instruments has leveraged its Digital RF Processing technology to integrate assisted GPS capability with Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, ULP and FM to lower power and space requirements on handsets starting in the $70 to $100 range.

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VG wrote an interesting post today on
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Two startups—3Leaf Systems and ScaleMP–are giving virtualization a new twist to help create large systems made up from multiple x86 servers.

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