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Presents information related to a smouldering dispute in the computer industry. Details of the clash over Intel Corp's increasing encroachment into the PC maker's market; Explains that Compaq was one of the few big PC makers that were still profitable, and the only one making money in the booming; Reveals that to stay ahead of its competition, Intel reckons it must release a new microprocessor generation.

Discusses the profitability of Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp., the two giants that bestride the computer industry. Information on Microsoft's market share of operating software used on personal computers; Information on Intel's success with microprocessor chips that power the software; Details of the sales and profit margins of the two companies; Challenges faced by the two companies; Forecast that the software Windows95 will generate $1 billion of extra revenues for Microsoft in its first year; Venture formed by Intel with Cable News Network (CNN) to develop software that will provide a primitive "interactive" version of CNN'S TV-news programmes over it networks.

The article focuses on retired computer industry executive Andrew Grove, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Intel. Grove's decision in 1991 to market his company's microprocessor integrated circuits directly to consumers is discussed. Grove discusses his belief that medical care and the pharmaceutical industry should copy some of the management techniques used by the computer industry.

This article reports on developments in the battle between computer chip makers Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices. The computer industry loves a good bunfight, so everyone is enjoying the current battle between Intel, the world's largest chip-maker, and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), its smaller rival. Intel is currently on the defensive. This week Hewlett-Packard (HP), a computer maker and a close ally of Intel, said it would use AMD's Opteron processor chip in a new line of powerful server computers. The news came just days after Intel grudgingly unveiled a new version of its Xeon chip, which mimics features of the Opteron. AMD, it seems, has Intel on the run. At issue is the best way to move the industry from 32-bit to 64-bit chips. Except at the very high end and in some specialist niches, almost all computers are currently powered by 32-bit chips. With Opteron, AMD's approach was to take an Intel-compatible 32-bit chip, and add special 64-bit extensions to it. Intel's approach, in contrast, was to start with a clean sheet and design an entirely new 64-bit chip, called Itanium.

Discusses the antitrust trials of Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. in the United States. The government's determination to give antitrust enforcement its proper place in the high-technology industries; The claim that traditional antitrust principles have no relevance in the high-tech world; How the claim is false; The ability of high-tech firms to exploit their power to co-opt the technologies of other companies, thereby limiting competition.

Reports on how computer-chip maker Intel was slow in adjusting to trends in the market as of April 4, 1998. How they overlooked the trend of consumer interest in sub-$1,000 personal computers; Their focus on creating chips that are faster and faster rather than just affordable; How they missed trends in the convergence of computers and consumer electronics; Financial data; Analysis.

Reports that computer chip makers are catching up with Intel Corp., the semi-conductor giant from Santa Clara in California. Information on how Intel has dominated the computer hardware market for a decade; Announcement of a California-based chip maker regarding designing of a processor that is compatible with Intel's Pentium chip; Analysis of financial status and revenue spending by Intel.

The article discusses how the microprocessor company Intel is coping with competition from smaller companies. Intel's stranglehold on the supply of microprocessors for use in IBM-compatible personal computers has proved lucrative. The firm's 486DX microprocessor, a chip found in the most powerful desktop PCs, sells for over $300, but costs about $20 to make. Those sort of numbers have attracted competitors into a market which, until 1990, Intel had to itself. The most noticeable part of Intel's response to this competitive threat has been a slew of lawsuits. While it ties up its rivals in the courts, Intel is also using the $750 million it will spend this year on R&D to race ahead of them. The firm's new Pentium chip will be three times faster than its predecessor.

The article discusses international aspects of antitrust cases against technology firms. The author discusses European Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust investigations of computer firms such as Intel and Microsoft. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed suit against Intel while the European Commission reached a settlement with Microsoft and may approve the purchase of the computer hardware firm Sun Microsystems by software firm Oracle.

The article focuses on the nonprofit organization One Laptop Per Child (OLPC). The group was founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nicholas Negroponte, and aims to develop and distribute affordable laptop computers to children in developing countries. The organization has had only mixed success, but computer industry firms such as Hewlett-Packard and Intel have created and are marketing laptops at prices as low as $300.

The article discusses the recent trend of the computer industry celebrating the anniversaries of various product innovations. The five-year-anniversary of the iPod was celebrated in the autumn of 2006, by newspapers from around the world giving tributes to the music player. At the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, a symposium was held to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Intel's 4004 microprocessor.

This article reports on the ongoing rivalry between computer chip-makers Intel and AMD. Intel was long the leader but a certain amount of complacency set in and AMD was innovative enough to exploit them. But Intel slashed costs and introduced the first four-core chips ahead of schedule, and more importantly, ahead of AMD.

Looks at the new business partnership between of Apple Computer Inc. and Intel Corp. Planned integrations of Intel computer chips in Apple products over the next to years; Reaction from the computer industry and business community regarding the announcement made by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs; Suggestion that the deal will not result in a substantial financial setback for International Business Machines Corp.; Author's view that the announcement is evidence that old certainties regarding the computer technology market are gone.

The article focuses on Gordon Moore, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Intel, and the origin of "Moore's Law". In April 1965, Electronics Magazine asked him to opine on a trend or two. So he did. In prose that was passable for a numbers guy, Mr Moore imagined the possibility of "home computers" and "electronic watches". He "blindly extrapolated" from progress he had noticed in the preceding years that the number of "components" (by which he meant transistors and resistors) on a silicon chip would probably keep doubling every year or so. His off-the-cuff guess held true and, in the 1970s, was dubbed "Moore's Law" by his friend Carver Mead. Mr Moore could not bring himself to utter the phrase for about 20 years, he says. Yet as his "law" became famous he found himself compelled to update it. In 1975, he projected a doubling only every two years. He is adamant that he himself never said "every 18 months", but that is how it has been quoted, and proven correct, ever since. For four decades, Moore's Law has served as shorthand for the rise of Silicon Valley, the boom in PCs (which even surprised Mr Moore, who had forgotten that he had predicted home computers), the dotcom boom, the information super-highway, and other exciting things.

This article reports that Intel Corp., the world's largest chipmaker, has launched a family of chips under the name Centrino. Its aim is to turn Wi-Fi, a way to gain access to the Internet wirelessly, into a standard feature of portable computers. Toshiba Corp. and Accenture have announced plans to set up 10,000 hotspots, where Wi-Fi access is available, in the U.S. An hour's free Wi-Fi access is being thrown in with every meal at a handful of McDonald's Corp. hamburger restaurants. Gartner Dataquest Inc., a market-research firm, estimates that 15m Wi-Fi adaptors for computers were sold worldwide last year, and 4.4m access points that can link computers within 50 meters or so to the Internet. The market is fragmented, there are hundreds of would-be commercial Wi-Fi operators in America alone, so hotels, restaurants and retailers have been deluged with offers from firms hoping to set up hotspots on their premises.