VIA is making a move up the outside rail trying to join the other two ponies in the mainstream PC market with a new x86 Nano processor while it counters the dust from Intel’s sexy new Atom chip. VIA says the 65nm dingus, based on its Isaiah architecture, offers four times the performance of its existing pin-compatible low-power C7 chip with no increase in the power envelope, meaning it’s good for 1.0GHz-1.8GHz at 5W-25W while idling at 100mW (0.1W).
Intel is supposed to unveil its second Atom chip, the one for low-cost PCs and so-called netbooks - along with the Atom-optimized Diamondville chipset that’ll make the thing a netbook platform - at Computex Taipei, which starts Tuesday June 3. Atom-bearing MIDs that use the Silverthorne chipset are also expected to debut; the Atom the MIDs are based on has been shipping for over a month now.
The closing bell in New York had barely sounded when Dell’s results moved across the wire, it was that excited to let everybody know that it had done better than anybody expected. Dell increased its revenues and earnings, lowered its operating expenses (thanks to 7,000 labor cuts the past year), and claimed gains in share across all major product categories and regions in its first quarter.
The latest headlines say that the earth’s climate is rapidly changing. Numerous think tank studies, along with recent reports of collapsing ice shelves in Antarctica, provide proof that the earth is getting warmer. Regardless of your opinion about why the earth’s climate is changing, it makes good sense as both a global citizen and a corporate citizen to take actions that will help reverse this potentially catastrophic trend.
Torry Harris Business Solutions has announced collaborations with universities in the U.S., Europe, and Canada, giving a new thrust to business R&D through collaborative research, business support, and consultancy. Specific areas of collaboration include service-oriented architecture (SOA) and agile development methodologies.
Green computing means doing a lot more than just installing new hardware or cooling systems. There are many ways that systems can be run faster or more efficiently, using less energy, thereby reducing costs, reports eWeek Senior Writer Chris Preimesberger. New multi-core processors and blade server technology will get jobs done faster and run cooler than single-core technology. The ability to pool resources in the data center using virtualization can also increase efficiency. Finally, virtualization is allowing IT managers to spend less time on management, and more time creating value for the company….
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