Cadence Demos PCI Express 3.0 in Action

From X-bit Labs: Cadence Design Systems, a designer of semiconductors, showcases its integration-ready, proven PCI Express 3.0 solutions at the 2011 PCI-SIG developers conference. Cadence demonstrated design and verification IP that supports v1.0 of the PCI Express 3.0 specification...

Mozilla retires Firefox 4 from security support

From InfoWorld: Unnoticed in the Tuesday release of Firefox 5 was Mozilla's decision to retire Firefox 4, the browser it shipped just three months ago.

As part of Tuesday's Firefox 5 release, Mozilla spelled out vulnerabilities it had patched in that edition and in 2010's Firefox 3...

Elpida Develops Thin Memory Device for Tablets, Phones

From PC World: Elpida Memory and subsidiary Akita Elpida Memory said Wednesday that they have developed technology to mass-manufacture a four-layer DRAM package just 0.8 millimeters thick that can be used to pack more memory into thinner mobile phones and tablets.

The new package...

Nokia outsources Symbian development, support

From CNET News.com: Nokia has finalized an agreement that will see the handset maker outsource Symbian development to global consulting and outsourcing company Accenture.

The deal between the companies was first announced in April. Accenture will handle Symbian software development...

Source: Apple to Enter TV Display Business Late This Year

From DailyTech: If at first you don't succeed try, try again. That seems like what Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) motto is, if a former executive is to be believed.

The former Apple executive, speaking with us on condition of anonymity, told us that that the company's biggest upcoming product...

AMD Quits BAPCo over Disagreement with SYSmark 2012 Benchmark

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday officially said that it would not endorse SYSmark 2012 benchmark and will also quit BAPCo (Business Applications Performance Corp.) that developers to PC performance measurement software. AMD and, according to some reports, Nvidia...

AMD Shows Off Working 16-Core Opteron Interlagos

From X-bit Labs: At the International Supercomputing Conference, Advanced Micro Devices demonstrated working machine powered by two sixteen-core AMD Opteron "Interlagos" microprocessor based on Bulldozer micro-architecture. The live public demonstration of a server version of...

OCZ releases new customizable enterprise-class SSD

From InfoWorld: OCZ Technology today released a new enterprise-class solid-state drive (SSD), the Deneva 2, which comes with SandForce's latest controller technology, almost doubling the performance over its last iteration of the drive.

Like the original Deneva SSD, the Deneva 2 is...

Lion Upgrade Info Offered for Business, Education Customers

From PC World: If you're an IT manager worried about how Lion's Mac App Store-only distribution will affect your deployment of the new OS, perhaps some official instructions from Apple will alleviate your fears. On Friday, the company posted a PDF to its sales website detailing...

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