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Quoted: on the death of Stan Ovshinsky, inventor of hybrid battery and more
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213 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 2 Comments

Quoted: on the death of Stan Ovshinsky, inventor of hybrid battery and more

"Science was a key and so was civil rights and so was peace and so was equality." — Harvey Ovshinsky, son of Stanford Ovshinsky, who invented so-called amorphous semiconductors and the hybrid vehicle battery, among other things. Ovshinsky's work Read More →
Graphic chip shipments down, but should surge soon
1 2009
1397 days ago Steve Johnson No Comments

Graphic chip shipments down, but should surge soon

This year's global fall-off in shipments of graphics-oriented microchips is likely to be the worst ever tracked by Jon Peddie Research. The Tiburon-based consulting firm estimates that graphic-chip shipments will drop 12 percent this year compared with 2008. That's a nasty Read More →
Spansion to be dropped from Nasdaq exchange
1 2009
1410 days ago Steve Johnson No Comments

Spansion to be dropped from Nasdaq exchange

More bad news for Spansion, the Sunnyvale flash memory chip maker that filed for bankruptcy protection on March 1. The company disclosed in a federal regulatory filing today that it will be delisted from the Read More →
Top supercomputers mostly use Intel chips
1 2009
1424 days ago Steve Johnson 1 Comment

Top supercomputers mostly use Intel chips

Intel just gained ground on its longtime-microprocessor rival, Advanced Micro Devices, in the world of high-performance computers. The latest edition of the TOP500 list, a widely watched compilation of the 500 most powerful computer systems, found Intel's chips were in 399, Read More →
Europeans rumored to be set to punish Intel
1 2009
1472 days ago Steve Johnson No Comments

Europeans rumored to be set to punish Intel

The blog world is abuzz with rumors that Intel is about to get spanked - and hard - by European authorities, who have been investigating claims the Santa Clara chipmaker engaged in anti-competitive practices. Some are speculating that the European Union Read More →
Advanced Micro Devices restructures its operations
1 2009
1474 days ago Steve Johnson No Comments

Advanced Micro Devices restructures its operations

Money losing Advanced Micro Devices of Sunnyvale said today it is revamping its organization, by creating four operational teams. A products team, led by Rick Bergman, will merge the company's effort to make graphics chips and microprocessors "into a "single unified Read More →

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