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Features several microprocessors. AMD's Opteron and Athlon 64; Intel's Itanium 2; Sun's UltraSparc III; IBM/Motorola's PowerPC; MIPS' MIPS64.

The article that Sun Microsystems Inc. has a number of processors that may help it edge out rivals Intel Corp and International Business Machines Corp. in the high-end server market in the U.S. Sun will have to compete with dual- and quad-core versions of Intel's Xeon X86 server chips made in a 45 nanometer process. Information about the impact of the new processor on the company is discussed.

This article reports that Apple Computer Inc. was moving away from International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.'s PowerPC chips, which had powered every Mac model for years is moving toward Intel processors from Intel Corp. It was announced by Steve Jobs, an official from IBM in June 2005. It was a big deal and the fact that he gave the speech at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in front of the very people who write the programs that make the Mac what it is. Developers would need to invest some time and effort in making Universal binaries for the latest Mac transition. By making his announcement when Jobs was giving developers a head start, he promised that the first Intel Macs would be out by June 2006. To help developers with their work, Apple offered to rent them a Developer Transition Kit, a Pentium-based Mac system. Many of the developers who have already released Universal applications are reaping the benefits of heeding Steve Jobs's advice. When outlining the plan to move to Intel processors, Jobs urged the developers who had not adopted Apple's Xcode programming tools to do so.

The article focuses on the expansion of Power based eServer systems by International Busiess Machines Corp. (IBM) and Intel Corp. IBM this week will unveil the first system in its new eServer OpenPower line of high-performance computers. The eServer 720 is an entry-level four-way that can run Linux operating systems from Red Hat Inc. and Novell Inc. SuSE unit. In the first half of next year, IBM will roll out a two-way OpenPower system. The company is targeting the 720, which will be available later this month for 4,999 dollar in either rack or tower configurations, at customers considering moving off Sun Microsystems Inc.'s or Hewlett-Packard Co.'s RISC architectures and those migrating off Windows. The Open Power line joins existing pSeries and iSeries systems in supporting the Power5, which offers such features as sub-CPU partitioning. The pSeries and iSeries systems also run Linux. Despite the drum beating around the new features planned for the chip, Abhi Talwalkar, vice president of Intel's Enterprise Platforms Group, acknowledged publicly that Itanium sales have not been living up to aggressive internal expectations.

The article evaluates several laptop computers using Pentium M microprocessors from Intel. The Pentium M microprocessors come in 1.7, 1.8, and 2 gigahertz speeds, and boast several improvements over the prior generation of Pentium M chips. The laptop computers tested were Inspiron 8600C from Dell, Compaq Business Notebook Nc6000 from Hewlett-Packard (HP), 450XL from Gateway, and ThinkPad T42 from IBM. As expected, the Inspiron 5600C and Compac Nc6000 notebooks, which had the fastest processors, earned the top scores on PC WorldBench4. The four new laptops completed both the AutoCAD and Photoshop tests in about three-quarters of the average time that three Pentium M laptops tested earlier took on the same tests. Battery life is good. Three of the new units lasted between 4 and 5 hours, and the HP over 6 hours. The Dell and Gateway are desktop replacements with big screens. The Dell weighs 8.3 pounds, and the Gateway 7.5 pounds. For their part, the mainstream HP and IBM units have 14.1 inch screens, and with their AC adapters, they weigh 6.6 and 5.7 pounds, respectively. The latest crop of Pentium M systems offers a terrific blend of performance and battery life for a $100 to $200 premium over previous models.

IBM Corp. and Intel Corp. are each readying new blade server offerings with more complete management features in an effort to bolster the idea that blades are more than just thin, rack-mounted boxes. IBM early next year will enhance its Director management software with new features that enable users to automatically launch a virtual session in one of the blades in an IBM BladeCenter server. The as-yet-unnamed upgrade will feature four of Intel Corp.'s next-generation Xeon MP chips, code-named Foster, said Jeff Benck, vice president and business-line executive for IBM's eServer BladeCenter Systems Group, at an IBM press briefing last week. In addition, IBM this Fall will release a BladeCenter offering that the Armonk, New York, company is calling a Web server in a box. Meanwhile, Intel is introducing the blade server with a new family of products powered by its Xeon chips.

The article offers various updates related to information technology in the U.S. It presents a brief information of International Business Machines Corp.'s (IBM) Cognos TM1 in-memory analysis software tool used by financial planners as well as the introduction of the Itanium server processor from Intel Corp. which rivals IBM's Power7 processor. Also mentioned is the management software AmberPoint from Oracle Corp.

The article reports on the initiative of several computer companies to refresh all or part of their x86 server offerings based on Nehalem processors or Xeon 550 series from Intel Corp. Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) launched 11 new sixth-generation ProLiant platforms powered by the Xeon 5500 series. The M710 blade server from Dell Computer Corp. provides Energy Smart technologies to reduce power consumption. International Business Machines Corp. has provided twice the compute performance.

The article presents various updates on computer companies in the U.S. One judge was said to have given Intel Corp. an extension to explain why they lost thousands of internal e-mails considered significant by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. as an evidence of its anti-trust suit against Intel. SCO Group Inc. is questioning about the identity of secretive blogger Pamela Jones, on her Groklaw.com and accused the International Business Machines (IBM)Corp. lawyers of just creating Jones. Hewlett-Packard Co. is planning to lift out SAP AG to help its representative compete with IBM on the software front.

The article presents a roundup of news related to the computer industry, which were reported in the previous issues. Google has teamed up with business software suppliers Oracle, Cognos, and Salesforce.com to advance its enterprise search features through a user interface called OneBox. Intel Corp. has reported poor financial performance for the first-quarter of 2006, and plans to cut spending and speed up the launch its processors, which are based on Core Microarchitecture. IBM Corp. vice president for Linux and open source Scott Handy says the company will continue to partner with Red Hat and Novell.

The article offers news briefs in the computer industry. Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. are expected to reveal that computer makers will introduce another version of a tablet personal computer. Hewlett-Packard Co. will settle a patent litigation with Gateway Inc. The International Business Machines Corp. and Novell Inc. have contributed codes to an initiative to build an online management system. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has tested a radio frequency identification sensor technology to ensure the quality of produce and fresh foods. BEA Systems Inc. has acquired Fuego Inc.

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 presents information on changes in the computer industry. The largest changes have happened to Intel Corp., the world's biggest processor maker. Intel was set to bring its new 90 nanometer (nm) Prescott chips into the market and had updated Itanium chips in the queue. The Prescott chips hit the performance Web sites with unimpressive marks, some slower than the existing 130 nm Northwood Pentium processors. On the Itanium side, IBM Corp. is taking its Power processor architecture to levels that are very competitive with Intel's Itanium.

This article focuses on various developments in the computer industry in the U.S. International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and SCO Inc. may become the tech-industry analogy for detente. Given SCO's $5 billion lawsuit against Big Blue over Unix, one would assume any business relationship between the companies had ceased. SCO CEO Darl McBride recently brandished a list of hardware certifications for SCO's operating systems, on which IBM had the most, 28 in all. According to Darl, SCO has been working together with IBM on its upcoming OpenServer product, and IBM continues to earn hundreds of millions of dollars from supporting and shipping SCO Unix products. Danese Cooper, known as Sun Microsystems Inc.'s open-source diva, has left the company for Intel Corp. Cooper led Sun's Open Source Programs Office for six years and was involved in all Sun's open-source endeavors.

This article offers a look at changes in the computer industry in 2004. 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 Advanced Micro Devices (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. 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 Opteron of AMD and Linux while continuing to enhance the Solaris operating system. In one stroke, AMD turned an obsolete design into one that will live at least another twenty years. Intel has seriously stumbled in the processor market in three areas. 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.

This article discusses the changes in the computer industry as 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. Its 90 nanometer Prescott chips were unimpressive and had several flaws. Meanwhile, Intel's rival, AMD, released Opteron chips, designed as 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 dominance in x86. While the 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 HP have been consolidating their overlapping systems into a more cost effective set, eliminating redundant capabilities and reducing software duplication. Sun is a recent convert to this approach as it focuses on its segment of the market and drives towards efficiency. Each of these companies has its own set of plans.

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 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 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.

The article presents an update on the computer industry as of June 14, 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. On the Itanium side, IBM Corp. is taking its Power processor architecture to levels that are very competitive with Intel's Itanium. Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. 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, Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) is standardizing on three lines of systems, namely, Proliant, Integrity and NonStop. The company will continue to support all major operating systems for the Itanium class systems, including NonStop, Windows and OpenVMS. HP has embraced multiple architectures for its customers. They are Intel's Itanium and Xeon, and AMD's Opteron.

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.

OEMs lead by International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) are trying to spark interest in blade servers by expanding the capabilities of their respective systems. IBM is seen as a market leader in blade systems, servers that can fit book like into chassis and share resources such as power supplies and networking infrastructures. The Armonk, New York-based company, through partnerships with Nortel Networks Ltd. and Cisco Systems Inc., has integrated Ethernet networking switch modules into its BladeCenter systems over the last two months. IBM also will ship its Powerbased JS20 blade server and the four-way HS40, powered by Intel Corp.'s Xeon processors, with Fibre Channel switch blades, management controllers and Fibre Down host bus adapters from QLogic Corp., of Aliso Viejo, California. Other OEMs are also preparing new systems. Dell Computer Corp., of Round Rock, Texas, is working on a new generation of blades, according to officials. At the same time, a separate effort is under way in the industry to develop software for blade servers to make them easier to manage and enable them to interoperate.

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.

This article highlights unexpected events in the U.S. computer industry as of May 2004. The largest changes have happened to Intel. It 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. The 90 nm Prescott chips hit the performance Web sites with unimpressive marks, some slower than the existing 130 nm Northwood Pentium processors. 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 and IBM. Sun Microsystems is another company in the throes of change. It has 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 computer industry change is driven by AMD's 64-bit extensions to the original Intel x86 architecture. Given the existing huge investment in x86 software, this guarantees the x86 ISA dominance for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, IBM continues to push high-end system development, basing its systems on three classes of processors. This will gradually reduce the overhead of maintaining multiple versions of support software, operating systems, and middleware for its wide array of systems. We have reached a new level of competence and competition. Mergers, acquisitions and partnerships have created a few powerhouses from what was a widely distributed industry only five years earlier. Hardware technology will continue to advance, delivering more performance with less power and space.

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.

Reports that Intel Corp., IBM Corp. and MontaVista Software Inc. have pledged to contribute to a defense fund for Linux computer operating system users sued by SCO Group Inc. Total amount of pledges for the fund.

Intel Corp. is hoping to pull more enterprises into the 64-bit computing camp with the release of the Itanium 2 6M processor in the last week of June 2003. This latest extension to the Itanium line, code-named Madison, runs at higher frequencies than earlier Itaniums, up to 1.5 giga-hertz, and offers more cache, 6 megabytes. And the 64-bit addressing space will enable software running on it to handle large data sets. As with all rollouts of central processing units, a cadre of original equipment manufacturers, including IBM Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP), Dell Computer Corp. and Unisys Corp., are set to offer new systems based on Madison, Wisconsin. Intel, of Santa Clara, California, is also offering a 32-bit emulation layer in Madison. HP plans to announce that it is consolidating its server lines into a single, three-tiered offering called the Integrity line.

Presents news items on the computer industry in the U.S. as of June 2003. Intel's amount of revenue; Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation on IBM's revenue recognition; Evaluation of the information technology services firms catering to government.

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.

Provides a list of computer companies with their operating income as of June 19, 2000. AT&T; IBM; SBC Communications; Intel.

Reports on developments in the computer industry as of April 10, 2000. IBM Corp.'s launch of System Networking Analysis and Performance Pilot which allows administrators to use a Palm Pilot to manage AIX operating system and RS/6000 B50 servers; Intel Corp.'s signing of a licensing pact with Network ICE Corp. to provide protection for broadband connections.

The article offers news briefs related to the computer industries in the U.S. IBM Corp. has upgraded its entry-level disk arrays and add features that match those on more expensive enterprise-level systems. Intel Corp. losses 39 percent in the fourth quarter due to corporate reorganization. Cognos Inc. acquired Celequest Corp., a business intelligence company on operational dashboards.

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.

Provides an update on the computer industry in the U.S. as of August 11, 2003. Information on a series of proposed anti-trust remedies of the European Commission for Microsoft Corp.; Expansion of the information technology deal between Equifax Inc. and IBM; Estimated back taxes of Intel Corp.

Presents an update on the U.S. computer industry as of February 2002. Appointment of Douglas Busch and Sandra Morris at Intel Corp.; Professor hired to inspect the Windows source code of Microsoft Corp.; Plan of IBM to develop server tools.

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.

Reports on the three-way battle of International Business Machine (IBM), Microsoft, Intel and Sun regarding network computer (NC). Announcement of IBM, Microsoft, Intel and Sun on their network computers; Other companies which supported Sun's JavaStation; Strategy of IBM in marketing its Network Station; Capabilities and features of JavaStation and Network Station; Prediction of IDC on Internet access by the year 2000.

The article reports on Intel Corp. and IBM Corp.'s agreement that the latter would not manufacture the former's Pentium micro-processor. In exchange, IBM will license to manufacture additional 486 chips. Publisher-editorial director of the "Microprocessor Report," Michael Slater assessed the implications of IBM and Intel's agreement. Meanwhile, Compaq Computer Corp. announced that it would buy its chips from Advanced Micro Devices which clones Intel microprocessors.

The article reports on the participation of the U.S. in a global race to build exascale systems, the next generation of supercomputers, in 2013. Topics discussed include the features of such systems, the development costs, and the domination by Intel Corp., International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), and Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) of the global high-performance computing (HPC) market. It identifies the competitors of the U.S. in such race including Japan, China, and the European Union.

The article reports on the computer companies that are planning to enter the solar power business. International Business Machines Corp. is collaborating with Japanese photolithography materials producer Tokyo Ohka Kogyo to develop copper-indium-gallium-selenide solar cell technology. Meanwhile, Intel is spinning off Spectra Watt which will make conventional crystalline silicon-based cells.

The article presents an interview with Andy Monshaw, general manager of system storage at IBM, regarding the Intel Corp.'s agreement to resell EMC Corp. systems. When asked about how do EMC's expanded manufacturing and distribution partnerships affect IBM's strategy, he answers that IBM had a tremendous growth in the SMB market. Monshaw states that there is no conflict with IBM/Network Appliance relationship. He comments that in regards to complaints about the industrywide high cost of storage, some folks charge them for nearly everything.

Presents news briefs on the computer industry as of February 14, 2005. Features of Microsoft's Indigo communications infrastructure for Web services; Launch of the IBM eServer Power5 510; Release of Intel's version of its Pentium desktop processor.

Reports on the potential benefit that can be acquired by AMD for the sale of the personal computer (PC) business of IBM in December 2004. Impact of the transaction of PC maker Lenovo with IBM on AMD; Changes undergone by Lenovo; Reasons for the possibility that AMD may continue to gain traction in China despite the dominance of Intel.