John G. Spooner

SAN FRANCISCO—Intel Corp. is powering down its entire processor line. The chip maker, as previously reported, aims to drive down the power consumption of desktops, notebooks and servers that use its processors significantly over the next several years by enacting a redesign of its chips architecture or underlying circuitry, Paul Otellini, its CEO, said during […]

Intel will have a multitude of multicore processors on hand this week at its fall developer forum, which opens Tuesday. Paul Otellini, CEO of the Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker, will kick it off by unveiling what is likely to be the biggest news from this years fall event. Otellini will open the three-day fall […]

Widescreen notebooks arent just for watching Lord of the Rings on DVD anymore, PC makers say. Businesses are beginning to request notebooks with widescreens, which are popular with consumers thanks to a greater 16:10 aspect ratio that allows them to display more information than a standard screen, kicking off a new trend that analysts say […]

Lenovo is setting out to make a new name for itself. By most accounts, Lenovo Group Ltd., created in May when Lenovo closed it multibillion-dollar purchase of IBMs PC division, saw its first 100 days pass by smoothly. Despite some channel partners complaints of a shortage of its desktops, the company was able to protect […]

Gateway Inc. is locking down its business PC line. The Irvine, Calif., PC maker has fitted TPMs (Trusted Platform Modules), chips that help secure data, to its corporate notebook and desktop product lines. It sells the business machines directly to customers. The TPMs will be offered in all Gateways corporate notebooks and in all but […]

Intel, which next week is expected to announce plans to move to a new processor architecture, is switching to a new yardstick to measure processor performance: performance per watt. Intel Corp. is expected to detail next week at its IDF (Intel Developer Forum) a plan to begin building multicore chips with the architecture, a modified […]

Intel Corp. will have mobility on its mind at its Intel Developer Forum later this month. Paul Otellini, CEO of the Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker, will kick off the three-day event, to be held starting Aug. 23 at San Franciscos Moscone Center West, with a keynote that will unveil the first details of a […]

Via Technologies is spreading the message that Intel isnt the only PC processor maker with low power on the brain. The Taiwanese chip maker, best known for its chip sets, is anticipating the rollout of its new C7-M, a mobile version of its C7 processor, in notebooks as soon as next month. Via Technologies Inc., […]

Once purely a business desktop feature, Trusted Platform Modules are on the verge of a population explosion which will see them proliferate inside consumer PCs, servers and possibly even cell phones over the next few years. The chips, which serve as tiny lockboxes that store passwords or encryption keys in hardware and thus make PCs […]

Gateway is locking down its business PC line. The Irvine, Calif., PC maker on Tuesday said it has fitted TPMs (Trusted Platform Modules), chips that serve to help secure data, to its corporate notebook and desktop product lines. It sells the business machines direct to customers. The TPMs will be offered in all of Gateway […]