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• Intel gives Moore's Law curve a tick upwards

  Intel, launching its long-signalled 45 nanometre chip geometry earlier this month, directed the demonstration of its capabilities to two distinct markets.

• Intel partners with EMC on low-end storage

  Intel has introduced the Intel Entry Storage System SS4200x, its new channel-distributed storage product built for small-to-midsize businesses and home offices.

• Woosh says more spectrum needed for robust services

  Woosh wireless fears the government is not leaving enough space in the radio network for the delivery of robust broadband services.

• Intel stops VBI scheme

  Intel will end its Verified By Intel (VBI) standardisation programme by mid-2008.

• Vendors chart goals at MIT conference

  Power consumption, parallelism, and the rapidly-expanding world of mobile communications are among the leading areas of research and development currently being investigated within some of the IT world's largest companies.

• Intel cuts IT staff by 10%

  Intel is trimming its IT staff by as much as 10% in an effort to make its internal operations more efficient.

• Intel sees bright future in virtual worlds

  When Intel looks to the next few years of computing, the dollar signs look a lot better in three dimensions, full motion and high definition.

• Linux with less watts

  Intel has announced an open-source project called LessWatts.org, which aims to improve the power efficiency of the Linux operating system and applications.

• Intel raises quarterly earnings forecast

  Citing surprisingly high demand for its processors, Intel has upgraded its third-quarter revenue forecast to a range of US$9.4 billion (NZ$13.5 billion) to US$9.8 billion, from the company’s previous estimate of US$9 billion-US$9.6 billion.

• Large order for AMD's Barcelona chip starts new Intel fight

  Advanced Micro Devices is announcing delivery of its Barcelona quad-core processor this week.

• VMware to get Intel as investor, board member

  Intel plans to buy a US$218.5 million (NZ$281 million) stake in VMware, which will bolster the companies’ existing arrangement under which VMware’s virtualisation software runs on Intel’s processors.

• Quad-core AMD chip to be released next month

  AMD will start shipping quad-core versions of its Opteron microprocessor in August and expects hardware vendors to follow in September with servers based on the new chips.

• Toshiba details its first AMD laptops in 7 years

  Toshiba has disclosed details of a new range of laptop computers based on processors from Advanced Micro Devices — the first AMD-based machines the company has sold in about seven years.

• Intel goes unleaded, showing green way forward

  Intel will stop using lead in its upcoming microprocessors, eliminating one of the most toxic components used in semiconductors from its product line.

• Silicon-substitute more significant than chip size

  Every year brings a new spring IDF (Intel Developer Forum), but the 2007 IDF, held last month in Beijing, was special. The IDF is traditionally a low-key affair at which Intel’s developers teach other developers how to get the most out of the vendor’s hardware and tools. Intel always holds back some announcements in order to make a splash with new product news on the first day of the forum.