SiliconBeat

Here’s some good news: shipments of microprocessors used in personal computers reached record levels again in the third quarter, according to market research firm IDC. They were up 14 percent from the quarter before and up 15.8 percent year over year. The firm even gave a nod to Intel’s new Atom processor (pictured here next to a penny) for “ultra low cost mobile PCs (which Intel calls “Netbooks’)” — without Atom, the growth would have been Read the rest of this entry »