Stories by: Agam Shah

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Buyers lining up for Raspberry Pi's $25 PC 10 February, 2012 02:54:38

Raspberry Pi Foundation's US$25 PC will become available by the end of this month, and buyers hope it could fill in as a low-power desktop, while being an alternative to the more expensive open-source hardware.
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Rambus, Nvidia settle lawsuits, sign IC patent deal 09 February, 2012 03:51:21

Rambus and Nvidia have settled past lawsuits and signed a patent agreement covering a broad range of integrated circuit products, Rambus said on Wednesday.
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Maingear's six-core laptop has 1.8TB of SSD storage 08 February, 2012 06:52:57

PC maker Maingear is chasing the laptop performance crown with its latest Titan 17 laptop, which can be configured to include Intel's fastest desktop processor and up to 1.8TB of solid-state drive storage.
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Acer sues former CEO Lanci for breach of contract 08 February, 2012 03:55:42

Acer has sued its former CEO and President Gianfranco Lanci in Italian courts for allegedly violating a non-compete clause, the company said Tuesday.
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Lenovo's ThinkPad Tablet to get Android 4.0 in May 07 February, 2012 08:32:00

Lenovo's ThinkPad Tablet will get an upgrade to Google's latest Android 4.0 OS starting in May, Lenovo said on Monday.
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Global semiconductor market to grow this year, SIA says 07 February, 2012 07:01:34

The global semiconductor market is showing signs of a healthy recovery after a rough 2011 in which year-over-year growth was flat, the Semiconductor Industry Association said on Monday
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Micron appoints COO Durcan as CEO after Appleton's death 06 February, 2012 08:10:06

Memory company Micron Technology has appointed Mark Durcan as its new CEO, quickly replacing the former CEO Steve Appleton who died in a plane crash on Friday.
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AMD's move could pave the way for ARM in future chips 04 February, 2012 11:36:00

Advanced Micro Devices has loosened its commitment to the x86 architecture, announcing a new design strategy that could pave the way for using ARM technology in future AMD chips.
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AMD puts the brakes on adding more cores to server chips 03 February, 2012 08:16:35

Advanced Micro Devices has put the brakes on adding more cores to its server chips, stopping at 16, the company said Thursday during a financial analyst day.
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AMD fundamentally shifts chip design methodology 03 February, 2012 06:57:53

Advanced Micro Devices will take a fundamentally different approach to designing chips as it tries to move away from playing second fiddle to Intel.
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Dell forms software group, names former CA CEO as head 03 February, 2012 03:46:08

Dell on Thursday said it is forming a Software Group, which will bring together disparate products under one roof as the company tries to sharpen its end-to-end enterprise offerings.