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The article reveals changes and developments in the computer industry. The computer industry looked pretty predictable six months ago. Since then there have been surprises in processors and technology that have changed the whole playing field. These unexpected events involve almost all of the major players in processors and systems. 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. AMD's Opteron chips were then becoming a major challenge for Intel, as they were both powerful and offered 64-bit extensions while still running 32-bit code very well. On the Itanium side, IBM is taking its Power processor architecture to levels that are very competitive with Intel's Itanium. Intel's plan to dominate the high end processor market with its proprietary Itanium design now faces challenges from AMD below and IBM above. Sun Microsystems is another company in the throes of change. It has just cancelled its next planned processor, the UltraSparc V, in order to go with new multicore designs named Niagara and Rock. It has also extended its systems line to embrace AMD's Opteron and Linux while continuing to enhance the Solaris operating system.

The article reveals changes and developments in the computer industry. The computer industry looked pretty predictable six months ago. Since then there have been surprises in processors and technology that have changed the whole playing field. These unexpected events involve almost all of the major players in processors and systems. 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. AMD's Opteron chips were then becoming a major challenge for Intel, as they were both powerful and offered 64-bit extensions while still running 32-bit code very well. On the Itanium side, IBM is taking its Power processor architecture to levels that are very competitive with Intel's Itanium. Intel's plan to dominate the high end processor market with its proprietary Itanium design now faces challenges from AMD below and IBM above. Sun Microsystems is another company in the throes of change. It has just cancelled its next planned processor, the UltraSparc V, in order to go with new multicore designs named Niagara and Rock. It has also extended its systems line to embrace AMD's Opteron and Linux while continuing to enhance the Solaris operating system.

The article looks at changes in the computer industry. The computer industry looked pretty predictable six months ago. Since then there have been surprises in processors and technology that have changed the whole playing field. These unexpected events involve almost all of the major players in processors and systems. The largest changes have happened to Intel, the world's biggest processor maker. AMD's Opteron chips were then becoming a major challenge for Intel, as they were both powerful and offered 64-bit extensions while still running 32-bit code very well. On the Itanium side, IBM is taking its Power processor architecture to levels that are very competitive with Intel's Itanium. Sun Microsystems is another company in the throes of change. It has just cancelled its next planned processor, the UltraSparc V, in order to go with new multicore designs named Niagara and Rock. It has also extended its systems line to embrace AMD's Opteron and Linux while continuing to enhance the Solaris operating system. While the PC segment is quite large, the most profitable part of the market is in server systems from four processor to supercomputer designs and clusters. The big three--IBM, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Sun Microsystems--will keep things interesting in this arena. There are clear indications that all three companies have reacted to the change in the computing landscape in similar ways. Both IBM and HP have been consolidating their overlapping systems into a more cost effective set, eliminating redundant capabilities and reducing software duplication.

This article focuses on changes in the landscape of the computer industry as of August 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. AMD's Opteron chips were then becoming a major challenge for Intel, as they were both powerful and offered 64-bit extensions while still running 32-bit code very well. When Intel's prime partner with Itanium, Hewlett-Packard, brought Opteron systems to market, Intel announced it would supply 64-bit capability "when the customers needed it." On the Itanium side, IBM is taking its Power processor architecture to levels that are very competitive with Intel's Itanium. Intel's plan to dominate the high end processor market with its proprietary Itanium design now faces challenges from AMD below and IBM above. Sun Microsystems is another company in the throes of change. It has just cancelled its next planned processor, the UltraSparc V, in order to go with new multicore designs named Niagara and Rock. It has also extended its systems line to embrace AMD's Opteron and Linux while continuing to enhance the Solaris operating system.

Reports on the impending introduction by major computer companies of servers using the 32/64-bit Nocona version of Intel's Xeon processor, which Intel introduced to compete with a similar product from Advance Micro Devices Inc. (AMD). Scheduled launchings in 2004 by Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM; Sun Microsystems' expansion of it server line based on AMD's 32/64-bit Opteron chip.

This article presents updates on the computer industry in the U.S. as of April 2004. The computer industry looked pretty predictable six months ago. Since then there have been surprises in processors and technology that have changed the whole playing field. These unexpected events involve almost all of the major players in processors and systems. The largest changes have happened to Intel, the world's biggest processor maker. Intel Corp. was set to bring its new 90 nanometer Prescott chips into the market and had updated Itanium chips in the queue. AMD's Opteron chips were then becoming a major challenge for Intel, as they were both powerful and offered 64-bit extensions while still running 32-bit code very well. When Intel's prime partner with Itanium, Hewlett-Packard, brought Opteron systems to market, Intel announced it would supply 64-bit capability when the customers needed it. While the personal computer segment is quite large, the most profitable part of the market is in server systems from four processor to supercomputer designs and clusters. The big three, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems, will keep things interesting in this arena. There are clear indications that all three companies have reacted to the change in the computing landscape in similar ways. Both IBM and Hewlett Packard have been consolidating their overlapping systems into a more cost effective set, eliminating redundant capabilities and reducing software duplication.

This article reports on the changes in the computer industry as of 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. Opteron chips of AMD were then becoming a major challenge for Intel, as they were both powerful and offered 64-bit extensions while still running 32-bit code very well. When Intel's prime partner with Itanium, HP, brought Opteron systems to market, Intel announced it would supply 64-bit capability when the customers needed it. On the Itanium side, IBM is taking its Power processor architecture to levels that are very competitive with Intel's Itanium. Intel's plan to dominate the high end processor market with its proprietary Itanium design now faces challenges from AMD below and IBM above. Sun Microsystems is another company in the throes of change. It has just cancelled its next planned processor, the UltraSparc V, in order to go with new multicore designs named Niagara and Rock. It has also extended its systems line to embrace the Opteron of AMD and Linux while continuing to enhance the Solaris operating system.

This article provides information on the changes occurring in the U.S. computer industry, as of June 2004. Apparently, there have been surprises in processors and technology that have changed the whole playing field. Such unexpected events involve almost all of the major players in processors and systems. The largest changes have happened to Intel, which is considered the world's biggest processor manufacturer. Allegedly, Intel was set to bring its new 90 nanometer Prescott chips into the market and had updated Itanium chips in the store. The Opteron chips of AMD were then becoming a major challenge for Intel, as they were both powerful and offered 64-bit extensions while still running 32-bit code very well. When Intel's prime 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. In addition, the Prescott chips had a current leakage problem that caused them to use more power and require better cooling to just match the Northwood's performance.

Presents news briefs on the computer industry in the U.S. as of July 2004. Microsoft Corp. is offering a 64-bit version of Windows for AMD and Intel desktop central processing units. It will offer nearly all the features of the Windows XP Pro when it ships at the end of the year. However the 64-bit operating system will be available only pre-installed on computers and through system builders. In a separate news, Intel intends to ship its first dual-core desktop processor in 2005. The company recently stopped plans for Tejas, which was to replace the Pentium 4, to focus on an unnamed dual-core chip first slated for 2006. Industry analyst Kevin Krewell says that dual-core processors should offer substantially better performance than single-core chips.

This article focuses on changes that have occurred in the U.S. computer industry, as of June 2004. Apparently, there have been surprises in processors and technology that have changed the whole playing field. Such unexpected events involve almost all of the major players in processors and systems. One of such changes allegedly happened to Intel, which is considered the world's biggest processor manufacturer. The company was allegedly set to bring its new 90 nanometer Prescott chips into the market and had updated Itanium chips in the queue. At such a time, the Opteron chips of AMD were allegedly becoming a major challenge for Intel, as they were both powerful and offered 64-bit extensions while still running 32-bit code very well. When Intel's prime partner with Itanium, Hewlett-Packard, brought Opteron systems to market, Intel allegedly announced that it would supply 64-bit capability when the customers needed it. The Prescott chips allegedly hit the performance web sites with unimpressive marks, some slower than the existing 130 nanometer Northwood Pentium processors. Worse, the Prescott allegedly had a current leakage problem that caused them to use more power and require better cooling to just match the Northwood's performance.

This article focuses on the changes that have occurred in the computer industry, as of June 2004. Since 2003, there have allegedly been surprises in processors and technology that have changed the whole playing field. Such unexpected events involve almost all of the major players in processors and systems. The largest changes have happened to Intel, which is considered 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. On the other hand, Opteron chips from AMD were then becoming a major challenge for Intel, as they were both powerful and offered 64-bit extensions while still running 32-bit code very well. When Intel's prime 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. Worse, the Prescott had a current leakage problem that caused them to use more power and require better cooling to just match the Northwood's performance.

This section discusses the changes in the computer industry as of May 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. On the Itanium side, International Business Machines Corp. is taking its Power processor architecture to levels that are very competitive with Intel's Itanium. Sun Microsystems is another company in the throes of change. It 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 industry is about to go through a major set of changes in 2004 and 2005. The biggest PC industry change is driven by AMD's 64-bit extensions to the original Intel x86 architecture. This was done with a brilliant design that reduces most of the x86 limitations to a minor problem. However, it does not guarantee Intel dominance in x86. Intel has seriously stumbled in the processor market in three areas. First, Intel's Itanium, a very ambitious design, was late, expensive and did not show a major performance advantage when it was finally delivered. Second, Intel did not extend x86 to 64-bit capability even though it could have. Intel's third problem was self inflicted. This consists of manufacturing challenges which have not gone well.

The computer industry looked pretty predictable six months ago. Since then there have been surprises in processors and technology that have changed the whole playing field. These unexpected events involve almost all of the major players in processors and systems. The largest changes have happened to Intel Corp., the world's biggest processor maker. AMD's Opteron chips were then becoming a major challenge for Intel, as they were both powerful and offered 64-bit extensions while still running 32-bit code very well. Sun Microsystems Inc. is another company in the throes of change. It has just cancelled its next planned processor, the UltraSparc V, in order to go with new multicore designs named Niagara and Rock. It has also extended its systems line to embrace AMD's Opteron and Linux while continuing to enhance the Solaris operating system. The biggest computer industry change is driven by AMD's 64-bit extensions to the original Intel x86 architecture. Intel has seriously stumbled in the processor market in three areas. First, Intel's Itanium was late, expensive and did not show a major performance advantage when it was finally delivered. Second, Intel did not extend x86 to 64-bit capability. Intel's third problem was self inflicted, including its use of processor clock frequency as the major selling point for processor performance. IBM Corp. continues to push high-end system development, basing its systems on three classes of processors: x86 processors from Intel and AMD, and Itanium processors from Intel, IBM's Power architecture for p and e series and AS/400 and IBM's Z series for mainframes. HP is standardizing on three lines of systems: Proliant: the x86 class of systems from notebooks to 8P servers; Integrity: the Itanium and PA-reduced instruction set computers class of systems from 4P servers to 128 P Superdomes; and NonStop: the ultra reliable systems, to be transitioned to Itanium, for companies where failures must not affect business.

Reports on Intel Corp.'s decision to scrap development of its next-generation chip Tejas and accelerate development of dual-core processors. Difficulties encountered by the company in producting very fast processors.

This article reports on changes in processors and technology in the computer industry as of April 19, 2004. These unexpected events involve almost all of the major players in processors and systems. 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. Sun Microsystems is another company in the throes of change. It 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 industry is about to go through a major set of changes in 2004 and 2005. The base design will change more in one year than ever before. The biggest PC industry change is driven by 64-bit extensions by AMD to the original x86 architecture. Current memory designs, called DDR for Double Data Rate memory, will be replaced with DDR2 in a transition from standard DDR in the new Intel motherboards. These technical problems will be compounded by a marketing problem as Intel is now changing from a frequency based advertising to a confusing number based system that has no clear relationship between processor number and performance, especially between different x86 implementations.

The computer industry looked predictable six months ago. Since then there have been surprises in processors and technology that have changed the whole playing field. The largest changes have happened to Intel, the world's biggest processor maker. Intel Corp. was set to bring its new 90 nanometer Prescott chips into the market and had updated Itanium chips in the queue. AMD's Opteron chips were then becoming a major challenge for Intel, as they were both powerful and offered 64-bit extensions while still running 32-bit code very well. When Intel's prime partner with Itanium, Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP), brought Opteron systems to market, Intel announced it would supply 64-bit capability. On the Itanium side, IBM is taking its Power processor architecture to levels that are very competitive with Intel's Itanium. Intel's plan to dominate the high end processor market with its proprietary Itanium design now faces challenges from AMD below and IBM above. Sun Microsystems is another company in the throes of change. It has just cancelled its next planned processor, the UltraSparc V, in order to go with new multicore designs named Niagara and Rock. It has also extended its systems line to embrace AMD's Opteron and Linux while continuing to enhance the Solaris operating system. Meanwhile, IBM continues to push high-end system development, basing its systems on three classes of processors which are the x86 processors from Intel and AMD, and Itanium processors from Intel, the power architecture for p and e series and AS/400 and the Z series for mainframes. On the other hand, HP is standardizing on three lines of systems which are Proliant, the x86 class of systems from notebooks to 8P servers, Integrity, the Itanium and PA-RISC class of systems from 4P servers to 128 P Superdomes and NonStop, the ultra reliable systems, to be transitioned to Itanium, for companies where failures must not affect business.

Features the Intel Corp.'s Itanium processor. Physical description; Compatibility; Applications.

Focuses on the features of 64-bit processors developed by Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD). Difference between Intel's Itanium and Opteron of AMD; Drawback of Itanium; Response of computer software developers towards Opteron and Itanium. INSET: Placing their bets.

Reports on the delay in the release of the Pentium four processor of the computer company Intel Corp. in the U.S.

Evaluates the hand-held microprocessors PXA263 and PXA260 introduced by Intel Corp.

Focuses on the business performance of Intel Corp. on desktop PC market. Dominance of the Pentium 4 processors in the market; Competition of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. with the company; Question on the revival of partnership with Hewlett-Packard Co.

Reports that Sun Microsystems Inc. is debating how it could use a systems-level metric that its engineers have developed. Criticism against Sun's UltraSparc III microprocessor; Competition from Intel's Itanium 2 processor; Metric's goal of comparing applications performance across various single- and multiprocessing systems.

Evaluates the 1.7 GHz Intel Celeron processor. Contention that personal-computer users should avoid the processor; How the 128 KB cache hinders the speed of the 1.7-GHz Celeron system tested; Advice for consumers.

Presents updates on the computer industry as of March 2002. Interest of Intel in areas outside the central processing unit; Forecast on complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistors and CMOS-based microprocessors; Development of a Pentium 4 processor code-named Prescott.

Focuses on the challenges faced by Intel Corp. in its release of the Itanium computer chips in the United States in 2001. Implications of the release of the microchip to the business of Intel in the microchip industry; Goal of Intel to succeed in selling systems for data-center operations; How the release of the Itanium affected the business of computer companies.

Comments on the possibility that Intel may be lose part of its stranglehold on mobile and desktop personal computer vendors. Sony's decision to use Transmeta's Crusoe processor and chips from Advanced Micro Devices; Increased competition facing Intel.

Presents news briefs pertaining to the computer industry as of August 28, 2000. Release of Microsoft's Windows CE edition of the SQL Server 2000; Intel's forthcoming Pentium 4 microprocessor.

Presents news briefs on the computer industry as of June 26, 2000. Low-power microprocessors introduced by Intel Corp.; Increase of the storage capacity of the disk drives from IBM Corp.; Acquisition of Farallon Communications by Proxim.

The article reports on the development of x86 family of microprocessors, designed by Intel Corp. Justin Rattner, Intel's chief technology officer, cites advancements such as hardware support for memory management and virtualization that have been added to the chip and refined over the years. According to Todd Mowry, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University and an Intel research consultant, one of the most promising approaches today to exploiting the parallelism in multicore chips is the use of something called software transactional memory.

The article presents trends in microprocessors in 2006. The year marked the growth of green central processing unit, the trickle down of multicore and an industry-altering merger that put coprocessors and the marketing of AMD back in business. The x86 dominated the year, with Intel delivering microarchitecture for desktop and mobile computers. The improvement in funneled bus design allowed Intel to raise its bus clock to 1066MHz and to adopt a new serial memory interface called Fully Buffered DIMM. Intel has also become the first to market with hardware-assisted virtualization. AMD has coined a term megatasking, to describe a working style enabled by its massively parrallelized architecture.

The article reports on several developments relevant to the computer industry in the U.S. as of July 25, 2005. Intel Corp. has taken the wraps off two new Itanium 2 processors that should tide the company over until the expected launch of its first dual-core Itanium processor later in 2005. International Business Machines returned to financial form in the second quarter of 2005, reporting income growth and solid revenue after scaring financial analysts by falling short of expectations in its first quarter in 2005.

The article reports on the efforts exerted by Intel Corp. to revive its Intel Inside marketing program that helped fuel the growth of the microprocessor industry. The advertising program was funded by the combined spending of Intel and computer marketers. But with the slowing global economy, personal computer sales are declining and Intel is looking for other ways to improve the sales of microprocessors.

Focuses on the competition between Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and Intel Corp., microprocessor companies based in the United States. Market demand for microprocessors and flash memory; Revenues of AMD; Earnings of Intel.

Discusses the outlook for the personal computer (PC) market in the United States in 1999. Expected drop in PC prices; Rise in microprocessor speed; Competition among IBM, Hewlett-Packard and other major PC makers to corner consumers who are struggling to reduce the total cost of ownership; Peripheral connection technologies that are expected to be launched; Intel's transition to Rambus technology.

Presents news briefs on the computer industry as of October 25, 1999. Plans of Intel Corp. to release its Coppermine Pentium III microprocessor; Contract received by AT&T Corp. and VeriSign Inc. from the Access Certificates for Electronic Services of the General Service Administration; Planned integration of the bill management service of Cyberbill Inc. into the Quicken.com Web site of Intuit Inc.

The article reports on the emergence of super chips that are technologically equivalent of a computer's central processor. Today, Intel Inc. is hitting a milestone with the world's first 64-bit, one-million-transistor microprocessor. Industry watchers have christened it the "supercomputer-on-a-chip." Intel and Motorola Inc. aren't the only chipmakers making headlines. A host of other chips are solving niche problems that are begging for attention. Often, a simple shift in design approach can produce a chip that performs beyond reasonable expectations.