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Reports on the career developments of several executive in the information technology industry in the U.S. Retirement of Charles Wang as chairman of Computer Associates; Resignation of Lou Gerstner as chairman of IBM; Indictment of Phil White, former chief executive officer of Informix by the federal grand jury on charges of securities fraud.

Previews the European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC) in Bordeaux, France. Argument to be made by researchers from IBM Microelectronics regarding the silicon-germanium technology in a BiCMOS process; Technology applications to be announced by SiGe company; Implication of IBM's ESSDERC paper.

Opinion. Argues against the constant upgrades favored by the computer industry, which the author says overwhelm the neophyte computer user, and gives examples. The Diconix Plain Paper Ink Cartridge for portable ink-jet printers, and Bird Songs! from Corrales Software are also discussed.

The article discusses the papers presented at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) held in February 2009 at the San Francisco Marriott hotel in California. One of the papers considers the introduction of Intel Corp.'s Nehalem-EX server CPU, a 2.3 billion-transistor member of its 45-nm Nehalem family. Meanwhile, another paper shows the technique described by Hideaki Saito, a principal researcher at NEC Corp., for stacking a memory chip using direct aluminum-to-copper links.

Reports on the 1995 IEEE Computer Society `Hot Chips' symposium in Palo Alto, California. Focus on media processors; Theme; Technical updates; Participants; Product papers and developments presented.

The article presents news related to the information and computer industry in the U.S. compiled as of October 2007. Art Wittmann has written a paper about the latest gear and techniques to make date center state of the art. APO expert Michael Biddick discussed trends in delivering high quality voice and video.

The article reports on the released of version 3.0 of specifications for a digital rights management standard by the Coral Consortium, a committee of 40 companies, for sharing digital content. The specifications include extensions called Ecosystem-A supporting a web service that allow purchased music and movies to be played on any compliant device. The paper specifies how service providers can register multiple digital media devices in a user's home.

The article reports on the grant of second-round funding for Krugle's effort of increasing its staff and in building its product. The total amount of funding totaled $ 6.1 million. The company's product is intended to help programmers get their hands on code and other technical information. Searchable items include source code, technical terms and white papers.

The article features the automobile personal computer called Windows EXP Tablet PC software, the latest version of the device, the 01+. The functions of the device are advanced handwriting recognition, E-ink electronic paper, a 1-GHz processor, 512 Mbytes of memory and a 30-Gbyte hard drive. The product is priced at 2,100 dollars from OQO Inc.

This paper presents new products in the computer industry. Expect is an automation tool based on Tcl, a multi-purpose scripting language used by over half a million programmers. It automates access to interactive applications and streamlines system administration and testing tasks. ActiveState has now released Expect for Windows 1.0, allowing users to control applications running on mainframe or Unix servers from Windows workstations. Maple 9.5, the newest release of MapleSoft's principal desktop productivity environment for engineering, science, and mathematics, includes new integrated algorithms for optimization problems, new solvers for differential-algebraic equation systems for advanced modeling applications, and performance improvements, as well as new features for advanced users to streamline programming and application development. MindCad has updated Pyramid, its visually-based outlining and thinking tool for OS X. Pyramid automatically places connecting lines between related objects on worksheets that grow dynamically in all four directions. New features include a floating annotation panel, a center justification choice for multi-line topics, and a set of object alignment capabilities. Also new is the option to hide annotation, the option to control the amount of white space surrounding topics, and the option to automatically check for updates upon startup.

This paper offers a look at the changing landscape of the computer industry in 2004. The largest changes have happened to Intel, the world's biggest processor maker. Intel was set to bring its new 90 nanometer Prescott chips into the market and had updated Itanium chips in the queue. When Intel's partner with Itanium, Hewlett-Packard, brought Opteron systems to market, Intel announced it would supply 64-bit capability when the customers needed it. The 90 nanometer Prescott chips hit the performance web sites with unimpressive marks, some slower than the existing 130 nanometer Northwood Pentium processors. Sun Microsystems has just cancelled its next planned processor, the UltraSparc V, in order to go with new multicore designs named Niagara and Rock. On top of these processor events, the personal computer (PC) industry is about to go through a major set of changes in 2004 and 2005. The biggest PC industry change is driven by Advanced Micro Devices Incorporated's (AMD)64-bit extensions to the original Intel x86 architecture. In one stroke, AMD turned an obsolete design into one that will live at least another twenty years. However, it does not guarantee Intel domination in x86. AMD will gain market share and reputation in 2005. In dealing with the power and heat problems of its high end processors, Intel has mandated the BTX chassis design for future Intel processors. In addition to Power systems, IBM and Sony have developed the Blue Gene chip for PlayStation 3 and versions of this chip will power future 64 processor supercomputers the size of a 30 inch television.

The article highlights the 31st annual conference of the Special Interest Group on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) of the Association for Computing Machinery held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California from August 8 to 12, 2004. A couple of decades ago, conference attendees could count on seeing a couple things at SIGGRAPH that had literally never been seen before in human history, such as textured 3D objects or hierarchical human animation. SIGGRAPH 2004's total exhibition area was smaller than the hallowed days of yore, composed mostly of software companies, some boutique specialty hardware outfits, schools, and graphics board manufacturers. Walking the show's exhibit floor provides ample evidence that the industry's major players have changed in recent years. One reason the show floor's smaller is that there's been considerable consolidation in both the hardware and software graphics industries over the last few years. There were several indications this trend is still in full swing. One class of hardware that wasn't in evidence at the show was tablet computers. There's exactly one attendee using a tablet, compared to hundreds of laptops of every size and description. If the SIGGRAPH community's resisted adopting tablets as mobile work devices, one wonders if there's any hope for them in the wider community, at least until they become as thin and light as paper.

The article highlights the 31st annual conference of the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) held from August 8 to 12, 2004 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. SIGGRAPH remains the Mother of All Imaging Conferences (some might call it the Grandmother at this point), featuring a unique mix of science, art, commerce, and education. With a wide selection of panels, papers, films, and innovative exhibits, SIGGRAPH rarely disappoints. SIGGRAPH 2004's total exhibition area was smaller than the hallowed days of yore, composed mostly of software companies, some boutique specialty hardware outfits, schools, and graphics board manufacturers. Walking the show's exhibit floor provides ample evidence that the industry's major players have changed in recent years. Where once SGI's purple, blue, and fuchsia workstations were literally ubiquitous on a vast show floor, this year they occupied only a small booth (last year they weren't even on the show floor, exhibiting in a hotel room across the street). Graphics card makers NVIDIA and ATI have replaced SGI as the 800 pound gorillas of the industry. One reason the show floor's smaller is that there's been considerable consolidation in both the hardware and software graphics industries over the last few years. There were several indications this trend is still in full swing.

This article reports on the 31st annual conference of the Special Interest group on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) of the Association for Computing Machinery held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from August 8-12, 2004. The show drew 27,825 attendees, down from its high of nearly 50,000 seven years ago, but up from 17,000 two years ago. SIGGRAPH remains the Mother of All Imaging Conferences, featuring a unique mix of science, art, commerce, and education. With a wide selection of panels, papers, films, and innovative exhibits, SIGGRAPH rarely disappoints. SIGGRAPH 2004's total exhibition area was smaller than the hallowed days of yore, composed mostly of software companies, some boutique specialty hardware outfits, schools, and graphics board manufacturers. Walking the show's exhibit floor provides ample evidence that the industry's major players have changed in recent years. Where once SGI's purple, blue, and fuchsia workstations were literally ubiquitous on a vast show floor, this year they occupied only a small booth. Graphics card makers NVIDIA and ATI have replaced SGI as the 800 pound gorillas of the industry. One reason the show floor's smaller is that there has been considerable consolidation in both the hardware and software graphics industries over the last few years. There were several indications this trend is still in full swing.

The article focuses on the first annual conference and exhibition held by the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) at the Los Angeles Convention Center, California from August 8 to 12, 2004. The show drew 27,825 attendees, down from its high of nearly 50,000 seven years ago, but up from 17,000 two years ago. SIGGRAPH remains the Mother of All Imaging Conferences, featuring a unique mix of science, art, commerce and education. With a wide selection of panels, papers, films, and innovative exhibits, SIGGRAPH rarely disappoints. SIGGRAPH 2004's total exhibition area was smaller than the hallowed days of yore, composed mostly of software companies, some boutique specialty hardware outfits, schools and graphics board manufacturers. Walking the show's exhibit floor provides ample evidence that the industry's major players have changed in recent years. One reason the show floor's smaller is that there has been considerable consolidation in both the hardware and software graphics industries over the last few years. There were several indications this trend is still in full swing. Alias Systems Inc., makers of Maya 6 third-dimensional visualization and animation software, announced the acquisition of Kaydara Inc., makers of character animation and motion editing tools. Nvidia Corp. also announced that Gelato, its graphics-card-accelerated renderer, is now available as a native renderer within Maya, which we hope to evaluate soon.

The article focuses on the first annual conference and exhibition held by the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) at the Los Angeles Convention Center, California from August 8 to 12, 2004. The show drew 27,825 attendees, down from its high of nearly 50,000 seven years ago, but up from 17,000 two years ago. SIGGRAPH remains the Mother of All Imaging Conferences, featuring a unique mix of science, art, commerce, and education. With a wide selection of panels, papers, films, and innovative exhibits, SIGGRAPH rarely disappoints. SIGGRAPH 2004's total exhibition area was smaller than the hallowed days of yore, composed mostly of software companies, some boutique specialty hardware outfits, schools, and graphics board manufacturers. Walking the show's exhibit floor provides ample evidence that the industry's major players have changed in recent years. One reason the show floor's smaller is that there's been considerable consolidation in both the hardware and software graphics industries over the last few years. There were several indications this trend is still in full swing. Alias Systems Inc., makers of Maya 6 third-dimensional visualization and animation software, announced the acquisition of Kaydara Inc., makers of character animation and motion editing tools. Nvidia Corp. also announced that Gelato, its graphics-card-accelerated renderer, is now available as a native renderer within Maya, which we hope to evaluate soon.

Asserts that the computer revolution has failed to make an impact in the predominance of paper document production. Impact of the computer-generated text; Comments from Robert Faber, senior vice president at Softbook Inc.; Need for the appliances in e-book technology to improve.

Presents legislative developments relevant to the computer industry in the United States as of June 1997. Includes the Organization for Economics Cooperation and Development's rejection of American proposal to increase government access to electronic communications; Launching of the Democracy.net; Federal regulators' posting of its working paper on its Web site.

Features several Web sites related to computer industry. Includes a site that links to the latest articles and white papers about cable modems, wireless cable and frame relay; Site documenting the rash of security flaws plaguing Internet Explorer.

Presents conferences of interest to computer professionals. Industry Consulting Services' `Fundamentals of ASIC Design' workshop on November 14-15, 1996 in Santa Clara, California; Synopsys Users Group's call for papers for its annual SNUG North America '97 Conference; Association for Computing Machinery's conference and technology exposition in March 1997.

Reports on Unix & Advanced Computing Technical & Professional Association's (Usenix) establishment of a fund for student stipends to attend conferences, for academic awards and for prizes for the best papers for pre-college-level students.