Scott Ferguson

Intel and Citrix Systems are looking to combine their virtualization and hardware management technologies into one overall offering that will make it easier to secure and manage multiple virtual machines running within one corporate client. Citrix and Intel are planning to announce their joint development agreement Jan. 21. The collaboration between the two companies will […]

Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to sell its struggling handset division to Qualcomm for $65 million, which should help AMD as the chip maker looks to strengthen its financial position and concentrate on its core business of processors, graphics and chip sets. AMD and Qualcomm announced the agreement Jan. 20. The two companies did not […]

Intel has cut the prices for several of its microprocessors, including its high-end Core 2 Quad processors for desktops and its line of Xeon chips for single-socket servers, as the company looks to reduce its processor inventory and make room for a new line of chips based on the Nehalem microarchitecture. The prices cuts, which […]

Advanced Micro Devices, which just announced that it would eliminate 1,100 jobs to help trim costs, confirmed that it’s planning to ship a dual-core version of its Athlon Neo processor later in 2009 as part of its “Congo” platform for new types of ultraportable laptops. In a Jan. 16 e-mail, AMD spokesperson Phil Hughes wrote […]

Advanced Micro Devices is preparing to cut an additional 1,100 jobs as the chip maker struggles in an economy that has seen both business buyers and consumers cut down on their purchases of desktops, laptops and other hardware in the last three months. In addition to the latest round of job cuts, AMD announced Jan. […]

Intel, the world’s largest supplier of microprocessors for PCs and servers, watched its 2008 fourth-quarter revenue and profits drop dramatically as the U.S. recession and the larger global economy continues to have a major impact within the IT industry, especially on PC and server sales. During its fourth-quarter sales period, which ended Dec. 27, Intel […]

Cisco Systems is looking to bring 802.11 Draft-n WLAN standards into the enterprise with a new wireless access point that it says can deliver nine times the throughput of more established 802.11a/g wireless networks. On Jan. 13, Cisco rolled out the Aironet 1140 wireless access point device, a dual-radio platform that uses the technology found […]

Hewlett-Packard continues to reign as the world’s top supplier of desktops and notebooks, but the global market for PCs sank in the last few months of 2008, due to the U.S. recession and its impact on the worldwide economy, according to new surveys by IDC and Gartner. Although the fourth quarter showed that the economy […]

Intel is slated to release its fourth-quarter financial numbers later this week and the chip giant’s results could offer a significant guide to how business IT and consumer spending are weathering the U.S. recession and the global economic slowdown. Intel, which remains the world’s largest producer of microprocessors, plans to officially release its fourth-quarter numbers […]