Mark Hachman

InterDigital Communications Corp. has developed an antenna that “locks in” on a signal, refusing to waste power in radiating information in all directions. Although the company is eyeing mobile cellular devices, the initial use of the technology will be used in wireless LANs. Once the antenna “learns” the source of the signal, it spends all […]

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Thursday reported lower revenues than in the previous quarter, although profits climbed on increased 64-bit sales into the server market. The company also said it would phase out its 32-bit AthlonXP processor earlier than some analysts expected. AMD, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., reported net income of $44 million on sales […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—ClearSpeed, a specialized chip co-processor company designed to drastically accelerate applications used in supercomputer environments, has announced a shift to the 64-bit generation. ClearSpeed announced the CSX600 co-processor here at the Fall Processor Forum, which approximately doubles the performance of the previous chip, the CS301. ClearSpeed officials said that they needed to shift […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. officials disclosed Tuesday that the UltraSparc IV+ “Panther” chip will offer twice the performance of the UltraSparc IV. At the Fall Processor Forum here, Sun executives gave details of the last UltraSparc processor before Sun and Fujitsu Ltd. team up for a new generation of “throughput computing processors.” Officials said […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Future enhancements of Transmeta Corp.s Efficeon architecture will include 64-bit extensions and virtualization technology, officials said at In Stat/MDRs Fall Processor Forum here. Chief Technical Officer Dave Ditzel pointed to the companys 2GHz TM8800, aka the “Efficeon 2” chip, which shipped inside Sharp Electronics Corp.s PC-MP70G notebook for the Japanese market in September. […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Tuesday unveiled its dual-core architecture here at In Stat/MDRs Fall Processor Forum and provided the first estimates of the chips performance. As the company previously stated, AMDs first dual-core chips for one to-eight way servers will be “first to market” in 2005. Company executives said client-specific versions are […]

IBM has added biometric security to its ThinkPad notebook line, claiming that the technology is now ready for prime time. IBM has added a fingerprint scanner to its T42 ThinkPad notebook chassis and will offer the technology as an option on a dozen or so additional models, according to Clain Anderson, program director of security […]

A growing debate about the security of data has grown to include the computer recycling industry, which is now being asked to verifiably destroy data along with physical components. Merely donating old computers to schools, libraries or other nonprofit organizations may become a casualty of the information age. The need to conform to regulations including […]

California consumers will be charged $6 to $8 per computer monitor or other display device starting Jan. 1 in a bid to step up recycling efforts, according to a bill signed into law Wednesday. Senate Bill 50, a California bill that modifies the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003, was signed into law by Gov. […]

Intel Corp. has decided not to enable the wireless access-point functionality in its Intel 915/925X “Grantsdale” chip set, a company spokesman confirmed Friday afternoon. Intel decided to phase out the once-heavily touted feature because of the prevalence of low-cost access points available from third parties, spokesman Dan Snyder said. Snyder called the move a business […]