AMD Alters Transistor Count Inside Bulldozer Microprocessors

From X-bit Labs: dvanced Micro Devices has notified some of the product review web-sites (1, 2) that it had provided misleading transistor count number for its highly-anticipated eight-core microprocessors based on the Bulldozer micro-architecture. The reasons why AMD originally...

Intel Starts Memory Research Project with ITRI of Taiwan

From X-bit Labs: Intel Labs, a research arm of Intel Corp., and Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan decided to establish the Intel and ITRI Research Collaboration (IIRC). The organization will explore many areas, including future energy-efficient memory...

Is the ARM version of Windows 8 imminent?

From InfoWorld: At the Windows Store presentation yesterday, Windows Web Services VP Antoine Leblond mentioned that the much-anticipated Windows 8 beta would arrive in "late February" -- but there's more to the story.

Part of the presentation included a call for developers to submit...

Windows Store to Be Available in February

From PC World: Microsoft will open its new Windows Store to customers in late February together with the beta of Windows 8, an executive of the company said Tuesday.

The Windows Store is an important part of the Windows 8 experience, said Antoine Leblond, vice president of Windows...

iPhone to help AT&T grab record smartphone sales this quarter

From CNET News.com: AT&T is looking at some happy holidays thanks to a new record expected for smartphone sales.

The carrier anticipates breaking its previous quarterly record by ringing in sales of more than 6.1 million for the final quarter of 2011.

Speaking at the UBS 39th...

RIM's Attempt to Block Dingleberry Jailbreak on PlayBook Fails

From DailyTech:
When an Apple, Inc. (AAPL) iPhone gets hacked, it's no big surprise. When a Google Inc. (GOOG) Android smartphone gets turned into a slave in a massive botnet, it's an average day on the market. But when Canadian smartphone maker Research In Motion, Ltd. (TSE:RIM)...

Intel Runs 14nm Test Chips in the Lab

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. reaffirmed in the interview that it remains to be committed to its well-known Tick-Tock strategy and is on-track to introduce 14nm fabrication process sometimes in 2014. Moreover, the world's largest chipmaker already has test chips produced using 14nm...

IBM Demos Sub-10nm Transistor, Graphene Chip and Racetrack Memory

From X-bit Labs: Scientists from IBM on Monday unveiled several exploratory research breakthroughs that could lead to major advancements in delivering dramatically smaller, faster and more powerful computer chips. The researchers demonstrated a graphene-based chip, the first...

Intel, Micron Introduce 128Gb NAND Flash Memory Devices

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. and Micron Technology on Tuesday announced the world's first 20nm, 128Gb, multilevel-cell (MLC) device. The companies also announced mass production of their 64Gb 20nm NAND. For the first time ever, the new MLC NAND flash is made using high-K metal gate...

Sprint Delays 4G LTE Rollout

From PC World: Sprint will be unveiling its 4G LTE lineup of devices even later than the company initially hoped.

Sprint’s chief financial officer, Joe Euteneuer, said on a webcast that the wireless carrier will introduce its first devices on the high-speed network in the latter...

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