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Discusses perceptive networks made up of pillbox-size computers with sensors that run on an operating system called TinyOS. How the devices can be used to monitor factories and stores and read radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags; Linking of the computers to radio transceivers and sensors, by research groups at the University of California, Berkeley and Intel, to form autonomous nodes called "motes"; Use of the wireless gadget as a "macroscope" to record environmental data; Idea that motes are not miniaturized personal computers; Challenge of designing perceptive networks to be economical; Details of a pilot project doing research on petrels on Great Duck Island off the coast of Maine; The mote system's design and power source; Percentage of time a mote spends in a standby mode; How the mote compares to the handheld PDA; The self-organizing aspect of perceptive networks; The challenge of iMotes; The constraints on power use and processing speed; Purpose of software called TinyDB; Outlook for wireless sensor nodes and perceptive networks. INSETS: Overview/Perceptive Networks;MORE TO EXPLORE.

Reports on the reorganization of Intel. Involvement of chairman Andrew Grove; Needs of the technology company, including its need to master new microchips and redefine its relationship with Microsoft; View that Intel is too rigidly organized to transform; Intel's acquisitions; Relationship of Intel with Linux, the open-source operating system for computers. INSET: A chat with Andy Grove, by Bill Holstein.

Reports on the antitrust lawsuit against Intel by the United States Federal Trade Commission. The patent disputes with customers Digital Equipment Corp., Compaq, and Intergraph; Charges against Intel for abuse of monopoly power as specifications were withheld from the customer companies; Intel's defense argument on using its intellectual property; How Intel's case is different from that of Microsoft Corp. INSET: Wintel in the Cross Hairs.

Examines the business success and legal problems of Intel. Complaint against Intel by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Combination of Microsoft Windows software and Intel's microprocessors; Intel's rise to pre-eminence in the marketplace; Private lawsuits against Intel; Legal aspects of Intel's practice of withholding information.

The article presents a biography of Renee James, a business executive. Born in 1964, she was named president of computer hardware manufacturer Intel Corp. in 2013. She had a background in business rather than hardware and her skills proved useful as the company sought to expand its reach far beyond the computer chips.

The article discusses the highlights from the technology presented at the Intel Developer Forum 2014. It describes the 12k multimonitor demonstration of computer manufacturer Intel Corp., the Next Units of Computing offering, and the traffic-analytics solution. Also covered are the iKeg, Dell Venue 8 7000 tablet, and the use of RealSense camera technology by custom children's footwear manufacturer Plae.

The article features the major and leading computer companies worldwide. These include AT&T, Cisco Systems, Google, Intel and Microsoft. AT&T is a company that continues to offer things that people want and continues to grow its third-generation footprint including High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA). Cisco System is widely recognized as one of the biggest enterprise networking company because it is recognized as one network equipment maker. Google is a leading search vendor and hopes to become a primary provider of broadband Internet Access. Discussed are the details of other companies' profile.

Highlights the Intel-based personal-computer with a 2.53-GHz P4 and a 533-MHz frontside bus. Intel's system faster than a comparable AMD model using an Anthlon XP chip; Expense of the Intel model; Performance boost given by the Intel model.

Presents an evaluation of the second version of the AMD computer processing chip. Ongoing competition between AMD and Intel Corp. to create the fastest computer processor; Description of the chip's performance; Conclusion that the second version of the chip performs better than the original product; Price.

This article discusses a decrease in stock values among large personal computer corporations. Companies such as Dell, Intel, and Microsoft have noted a substantial decrease in their stock prices, largely due to a decrease in personal computer sales. A lack of new application development in the computer industry may also be contributing to decreased investor interest.

The author discusses the trends in the workstation market, focusing on its growth and performance and designs. Topics include the developmental activities of semiconductor manufacturers Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), Intel and Nvidia enabling the workstations market, the strategy of Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) in the workstation segment aimed at the computer-aided design (CAD) market, and products of technology firm Apple Inc. within the segment, such as its MacBook Pro machines.

Discusses the changes in corporate direction by Intel and Microsoft over the past year as of July 1999. Missions, tasks and perspectives of the companies; Vendor directions; Visions of both; The nature of Cache; Plans at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Cyrix; Trends to watch for in processors and systems; Personal computer (PC) system design guide; Suggestions; System recommendations.

Discusses what the Pentium II's proprietary slots could mean for users when Intel's control over the personal computer architecture is extended. Points to keep in mind; Preserving Socket 7; Comparing peak bus bandwidth; Adding backside and an in-line cache to Socket 7; Future alternatives; Whether users will be comfortable with a personal computer architecture largely controlled by Intel. INSETS: Sorting out the slots.;Seven ways to boost Socket 7..

The article features the dual-core central processing units developed by AMD and Intel. The 3.2 GHz Pentium Extreme Edition 840 from Intel is initially sold for $1100. Intel's cheapest dual-core processing is the 2.8 GHz Pentium D 820. AMD launched its 2.4 GHz Athlon 64 X2 4800+ processor in August 2005 which costs $900. Following this, AMD has launched several more-affordable dual-core chips, including the Athlon 64 X2 3800+. The dual-core processors were compared and contrasted and the results showed that the processors developed by AMD posses superior performance over other processors. INSET: HIGH-END VS. LOW-END DUAL-CORE SYSTEMS.

Discusses the experiments being done by chipmakers on the architecture of the silicon crystals from which transistors are made. Background on two types of transistors developed by the firm Intel; Functions of silicon-based transistors; Approaches used in creating strains in crystalline silicon.

Presents misconceptions about microprocessors. Availability of microprocessors; Share of Intel Corp. in the market; Importance of hardware instruction set of the processor.

Discusses the computer and communications industry company Intel and its work in the area of mobile computing. Wireless Internet devices Intel offers; Advertising campaign the company has put forth in hopes of touching off corporate and consumer technology spending; Prediction that IBM laptop computers will all be made with Intel's Centrino equipment; Explanation of the use of wireless fidelity equipment; Comments made by Intel Chairman Andrew Grove; Confidence of venture capitalists in Intel's products.

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.

Reports on developments in the computer industry in the United States as of July 1994. Introduction of PowerPC Macintoshes by Apple; Intel's dominance of the microprocessor market; Novell's buyout of WordPerfect. INSET: RISC vs. CISC..

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.

Explores several technological advancement efforts conducted by Intel Corp. for the year 1998. Establishment of Intel's architecture as the computing standard from desktop to data center; Information on the technology for visualizing information that Intel is working; Plans of Intel for creating processors and chipsets specialized for each level of computing.

Reports that a group of vendors are challenging Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp.'s domination of the desktop market in the United States. Benefits of the Internet and intranets for International Business Machines (IBM) Corp., Sun Microsystems and Oracle; Promotion of inexpensive desktop computers; Java as an alternative programming language; Plans for the PowerPC platform.

Focuses on the efforts of Andy Grove, president and CEO of Intel Corp., to make the company a driving force in computer technology and standards for nearly every component of the corporate enterprise. Company's plan to unveil server technology; Growing influence among enterprise server manufacturers; Intel's other business interests in the computer industry. INSET: Andy Grove: A new perspective..

Reports on the ongoing debacle between Sun Microsystems Incorporated and Intel Corporation over controllership of the engineering station market as of June 22, 1998. Events that contribute to the battle; Micropressor to be launched by Intel; Comments from several market analysts; Reasons for the debacle.

Reports that Intel Corp.'s is planning to make venture investments in 1998. Importance of venture investments to Intel's survival; Strategy of the company in investing on technology that designs and builds more central processing units (CPU); Focus of the company on lithography.

The article reports on the evolution of x86 microprocessor which was introduced by Intel Corp. The x86 family has progressed from desktop personal computers to servers, portable computers and supercomputers. The term x86 refers to the set of machine language instructions that certain microprocessors from Intel and a few other companies can execute. X86 processors beginning with the 8086 and including the 80186, 80286, 80386, 80486 and various Pentium models right down to today's multicore chips and processors for mobile applications have incorporated a growing x86 instruction set.

The article reports on the collaboration of Platform Computing with Intel Corp. on Intel Cluster Ready program and technology designed to simplify the development, purchase, deployment, usage and management of clustered computer systems. The Platform Open Cluster Stack (OCS) software is used to create the Intel systems which enable the consistent delivery of scale-out application clusters. Both companies optimized the performance of enterprise High Performance Computing nodes in the deal.

The article presents news briefs related to the computer industry. The stock price for SAP AG has decreased by more than 10 percent after it warned of lower-than-expected revenue growth for its fourth quarter. Intel Corp. has filed a countersuit against Transmeta Corp. after Transmeta sued Intel for patent infringement in Intel's Pentium and Core PC processors. Oracle Corp. has published its Critical Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement.

This article discusses several issues concerning AMD. In the process, AMD has become known as the company that kept Intel honest, the Linux of the semiconductor industry. AMD is responsible for $500 desktops, $1,200 rack servers and multi-gigahertz mainstream microprocessors, despite the fact that most of them have Intel's logo on them. After decades of copying Intel architectures, the AMD64 architecture, rooted in Opteron and Athlon 64 processors, has actually been imitated by Intel in the form of Nocona, Intel's 64-bit version of Xeon. Intel was forced to build that chip because Opteron was invading a server market that the Intel Itanium was supposed to dominate. AMD has had a massive impact on the market, but prior to Opteron, it showed a disappointing lack of ingenuity in its computer processors. That copycat tendency goes all the way back to the early 1970s, when AMD built the 8080A, an imitation of Intel's 8080. Shortly thereafter, Intel and AMD signed cross-licensing deals that lasted for 17 years. Despite highly successful semiconductor product lines and engineering, AMD came to be known as just another maker of computer systems based on Intel's blueprints. AMD's strategy for penetrating Intel's blockade. Small value-added resellers and individual system builders were strong proponents of choice and were in dire need of a stable supply of chips. The Web sites that served the enthusiast communities, which included gamers and computer technologies, were not supporters of the one-vendor market. INSET: How AMD Stayed in the Game.

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

Focuses on the influence of Intel Corp. on the evolving personal computer (PC) architecture in the computer industry in the U.S. Latest PC building block to undergo an initiated transformation by the company when it introduced its Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA); Development in now-commonplace core-logic functions when the company rolled support for them into its core logic; Availability of the full-featured Serial ATA (SATA) controllers. INSETS: SCSI-DERIVED TRANSFORMATIONS;EXTERNAL-STORAGE REVOLUTIONS.

Features Intel and its success in the computer industry amid its 35th anniversary as of July 2003. Factors that enabled the company to dominate in the microprocessor business; Founders of Intel; Overview of the company's revenue. INSETS: Pursuing Pervasive Power;The Little Chip That Could;Gauging the Competition.

This article focuses on the challenges facing the Intel Inside co-op advertising program. As the increasingly volatile computer industry matures and Intel struggles both to extend its core microprocessor business and grow beyond it, the company's program could begin to shrink amid declining computer ad spending levels. The increase in computer pricing has meant an influx of low-cost chips from competitors. Acknowledging the profound market shift, Intel began rolling out changes to the program. Where Intel previously offered computer makers a 60% reimbursement rate on ads for products powered both by Celeron and Pentium family of processors, beginning April 2000, it will reimburse advertisers for ads for Celeron-powered products at only 40%. The move clearly places emphasis on the company's premium Pentium III and Pentium III Xeon processor brands.

Comments on the clout of Intel Corp. in the computer industry. Power of the company to change industry standards; Reliance of systems manufacturers on Intel; Need for IBM to catch up.

The article reports on the incorporation of low wattage Intel(R) L5420 Xeon(R) 45nm Quad Core processors (Harpertown), which was announced by NextComputing, into its line of NextDimension flextop computers. It cites that NextComputing offers up to two Harpertown Quad Core processors models, which includes NextDimension Pro and Pro HD, NextDimension Evo and Evo HD, and Vigor Pro SD. Moreover, Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor 5400 series provide an increased clock speed of 2.5 GHz and 12MB cache, enhancing application performance in graphics, video encoding and processing, 3D imaging, application servers, data mining, and pattern recognition and data compression algorithms.

The article offers information on the new line of motherboards, servers, and workstations optimized for 1600 FSB Quad-Core Intel (R) Xeon (R) 5400 Series (Harpertown) and Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5200 Series (Wolfdale-DP) processors launched by Super Micro Computer Inc. According to Kirk Skaugen, vice president of Digital Enterprise Group, Intel Corp., the new Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5400 series and Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5200 series processors alter Supermicro to provide its customers with new levels of performance and flexibility in dual processor server solutions. The article also reveals the optimization of Supermicro systems for the new Quad-Core Xeon 5400 and Dual-Core 5200 series processor.

The article offers information on the new lines of motherboards, servers, and workstations based on the Intel (R) 5100 (San Clemente) chipset brought out by Super Micro Computer Inc. According to Kirk Skaugen, vice president of the Digital Enterprise Group of Intel Corp., the new Intel 5100 chipset alters Supermicro to provide its customers new levels of power efficiency and performance in the dual processor (DP) server market. The article states that Super Micro Computer is a leader in applications optimizing high performance server solutions. In addition, the company stresses superior product design and uncompromising quality control to produce industry-leading serverboards, chassis, and server systems.

This article highlights the Real-time and Embedded Computing Conference which was held in the Sheraton Framingham in Massachusetts in 2004. The exhibits were in a ballroom on the main level, with lectures and presentations in what would be the dungeons if the architects had truly gotten into the spirit of the thing. During the show, Intel presented a talk on how to get from PCI and PCI-X to PCIExpress, the next-generation, in-the-box bus. A little background is in order to understand how we got into the mess and why it is time for something completely different. Montavista Software described some New Developments in Embedded Linux, including the observations that Linux has grown up, the homebrew operating system is dead, and per-unit royalties are history. In their view, a Linux system with 8 MB of RAM and 8 MB of Flash is doable, but will not notice anything wrong with slowly changing inputs. The between-sessions and over-lunch chatter revealed another issue: the visceral dislike of Microsoft and its offerings in any and all contexts. Spectrum Signal Processing gave a talk that was actually interesting despite its title. Ready? Radio Waveforms and the Software Communications Architecture: Instantiating Software Defined Radio Waveform Applications Across Heterogeneous Processing Elements.