Mark Hachman

Patriot Scientific Corp. said Friday that it had notified more than 150 additional companies of potential patent infringement of a patent Patriot holds on microprocessor clocks. Patriot, based in San Diego, is already embroiled in a legal fight with Intel Corp. over patent No. 5,809,336, titled “High-performance microprocessor having variable-speed system clock.” Patriot has already […]

The PCI Special Interest Group (PCI SIG) quietly released the third generation of the PCI standard this week, which removes support for the oldest PCI cards. The new revision requires motherboard and PC card suppliers to eliminate support for 5-volt-only PCI cards. The new specification should have little impact on the industry, one analyst said, […]

The participants in the next-generation Internet2 project this week will recognize a team of companies and research institutions that set a new “land speed” record in data transfers. Using the Internet2 network, a high-speed backbone connecting various universities and think tanks, a small collection of technology companies and research institutions in February transferred 6.25G bps […]

Technology developed by MeshNetworks Inc. will link thousands of kiosks at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the company plans to announce Monday. Capinfo Co. Ltd., the designated provider of telecommunications solutions for the Beijing Olympics, will announce Monday that the mesh technology will be used to connect as many as 5,000 informational kiosks at […]

WiMedia Alliance officials on Friday confirmed that the industry body has accepted the MultiBand OFDM Alliance (MBOA) proposal in a step toward a formal ultrawideband specification. Paul Reinhardt, executive director of the San Ramon, Calif.-based industry group, confirmed that the alliances board of directors on Thursday night gave the nod to the proposal by the […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Thursday announced a sweeping corporate reorganization of its business units in reporting a loss for its fiscal third quarter. Sun, based in Santa Clara, Calif., said it would rearrange its business units to better manage its cost structures and “drive efficiencies,” a common refrain at most technology companies. But two key […]

Suns top microprocessor executive said Tuesday that the UltraSPARC V may come to market after all, after the company “focused” its roadmap at the end of last week. David Yen, executive vice president of processor and network products for Sun Microsystems Inc., said the company also may explore closer ties to Fujitsu Ltd., a licensee […]

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said its first-quarter profits and revenues exceeded those in the fourth quarter in an unexpected boost driven by an overshadowed product: flash memory. Flash, considered a commodity product, boosted AMDs first-quarter net income to $45 million, on a sharp 73 percent jump in revenue compared with a year ago, to $1.24 […]

Intel Corp. reported significant revenue growth for the first quarter compared to a year ago, as the chip company prepares for volume shipments of several products. However, inventory concerns worried some analysts. As expected, Intels success was founded on microprocessor sales, which rose 22 percent from a year ago to $6 billion. The Intel Architecture […]

Iomega Corp. on Monday launched its REV drive, which the company hopes will serve as an archival replacement for tape drives. Iomega, whose removable-storage legacy includes the Jaz and Zip drives, said in November that it would launch its Removable Rigid Disk technology, renamed the REV, early this year. Each disk holds 35GB, or 90GB […]