by Fuad Abazovic, 07 September 2009
Calisto, AMD’s quad-core with two cores enabled and 7 MB of total cache will get its 3.2GHz version at some point in Q4 2009. Calisto has 2x512KB L2 cache per core and additional 6MB of L3 cache that makes it quite fast CPU. The name is Phenom II X2 555 and this CPU will work at 3.2GHz. Most people will like the fact that this CPU offers a lot of performance and 80W TDP and at the same time, there might be a chance that you’ll be able to unlock the additional two cores and get the quad core for the price of dual. Judging from the previous pricing, this CPU should cost around €80 in Euroland or around $100 in USA.
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Monday, September 7, 2009
Abu Dhabi buys another chipmaker
Chartered Semiconductor to merge with Globalfoundries
By Nick Farrell, 7 September 2009
NOT SATISFIED with owning Globalfoundries, AMD's former chip shops, the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government will buy Singapore's state-controlled Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. Advanced Technology Investment Company, LLC (ATIC), will pay more than 14 per cent above what the outfit is actually worth. ATIC plans to combine the maker of chips used in Xbox 360 game consoles with Globalfoundries, the chipmaking venture spun off from AMD last year. Analysts say that the deal makes a lot of sense for both Chartered Semiconductor and Globalfoundries, and creates a real threat to other players like TSMC and UMC. Chartered Semiconductor was created in 1987 out of Singapore Technologies Engineering and first sold shares to the public in 1999. It is the world's third-biggest maker of customised chips and is backed by Temasek, Singapore's state investment firm. Temasek has been wanting to offload the loss-making outfit for some time. Globalfoundries CEO Doug Grose will run the combined company. Chartered Semiconductor CEO Chia Song Hwee will be chief operating officer and will be in charge of integrating the operations.
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By Nick Farrell, 7 September 2009
NOT SATISFIED with owning Globalfoundries, AMD's former chip shops, the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government will buy Singapore's state-controlled Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. Advanced Technology Investment Company, LLC (ATIC), will pay more than 14 per cent above what the outfit is actually worth. ATIC plans to combine the maker of chips used in Xbox 360 game consoles with Globalfoundries, the chipmaking venture spun off from AMD last year. Analysts say that the deal makes a lot of sense for both Chartered Semiconductor and Globalfoundries, and creates a real threat to other players like TSMC and UMC. Chartered Semiconductor was created in 1987 out of Singapore Technologies Engineering and first sold shares to the public in 1999. It is the world's third-biggest maker of customised chips and is backed by Temasek, Singapore's state investment firm. Temasek has been wanting to offload the loss-making outfit for some time. Globalfoundries CEO Doug Grose will run the combined company. Chartered Semiconductor CEO Chia Song Hwee will be chief operating officer and will be in charge of integrating the operations.
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Tech news: For the smarter kind of bookworm
By Alex Pell September 6, 2009
The world of ebooks is about to start a new chapter with the arrival of the cheapest digital reader on the market. Asus, one of the world’s biggest consumer electronics businesses, confirmed last week that it is planning to shake up the market in the same way it did when it launched the first netbook — the low-cost alternative to the laptop. Asus claims its ebook reader will be cleverer and more versatile than the current crop available from companies such as Sony and Amazon. It aims to unveil the device before the end of the year, according to Jerry Shen, the company’s president — and it may not be just one device, either. The company is looking at a budget and a premium version, according to a spokesman for Asus in the UK. Details are scarce but the more expensive device is expected to follow closely a prototype dreamt up by the firm’s research and development team earlier this year. Unlike current ebook readers, which take the form of a single flat screen, the Asus device has a hinged spine, like a printed book. This, in theory, enables its owner to read an ebook much like a normal book, using the touchscreen to “turn” the pages from one screen to the next. It also gives the user the option of seeing the text on one screen while browsing a web page on the other. One of the screens could also act as a virtual keypad for the device to be used like a laptop. Whereas current ebook readers have monochrome screens, the Asus would be full colour. The maker says it may also feature “speakers, a webcam and a mic for Skype”, allowing cheap phone calls over the internet.
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The world of ebooks is about to start a new chapter with the arrival of the cheapest digital reader on the market. Asus, one of the world’s biggest consumer electronics businesses, confirmed last week that it is planning to shake up the market in the same way it did when it launched the first netbook — the low-cost alternative to the laptop. Asus claims its ebook reader will be cleverer and more versatile than the current crop available from companies such as Sony and Amazon. It aims to unveil the device before the end of the year, according to Jerry Shen, the company’s president — and it may not be just one device, either. The company is looking at a budget and a premium version, according to a spokesman for Asus in the UK. Details are scarce but the more expensive device is expected to follow closely a prototype dreamt up by the firm’s research and development team earlier this year. Unlike current ebook readers, which take the form of a single flat screen, the Asus device has a hinged spine, like a printed book. This, in theory, enables its owner to read an ebook much like a normal book, using the touchscreen to “turn” the pages from one screen to the next. It also gives the user the option of seeing the text on one screen while browsing a web page on the other. One of the screens could also act as a virtual keypad for the device to be used like a laptop. Whereas current ebook readers have monochrome screens, the Asus would be full colour. The maker says it may also feature “speakers, a webcam and a mic for Skype”, allowing cheap phone calls over the internet.
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Intel G31 chipset shortages to get worse in 4Q09 as Intel cuts back supply
By Monica Chen, Joseph Tsai, 7 September 2009
Supplies of Intel's G31 IGP chipset are expected to become even tighter in the fourth quarter of 2009 as Intel plans to reduce the proportion of the chipsets in its total shipments from 50% in the first quarter, to 25%, according to sources at motherboard makers. Intel said it could not comment on supply issues, but added it continues to work with the industry to meet demand for its products. Although Intel hopes motherboard makers will transition to the G41 chipset, motherboard makers are unwilling to adopt the new chipset as its price of US$7 (US$4-5 for first-tier makers) is higher than for the G31. Intel plans to raise the shipments proportion of the G41 to 25% in the fourth quarter. The tight supply of G31 chipsets has already caused a supply gap of around 20% in the third quarter and the percentage may reach 50% in the fourth.
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Supplies of Intel's G31 IGP chipset are expected to become even tighter in the fourth quarter of 2009 as Intel plans to reduce the proportion of the chipsets in its total shipments from 50% in the first quarter, to 25%, according to sources at motherboard makers. Intel said it could not comment on supply issues, but added it continues to work with the industry to meet demand for its products. Although Intel hopes motherboard makers will transition to the G41 chipset, motherboard makers are unwilling to adopt the new chipset as its price of US$7 (US$4-5 for first-tier makers) is higher than for the G31. Intel plans to raise the shipments proportion of the G41 to 25% in the fourth quarter. The tight supply of G31 chipsets has already caused a supply gap of around 20% in the third quarter and the percentage may reach 50% in the fourth.
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FCC ponders a future with multiple 'internets'
By Tim Conneally Sept 4, 2009
While many of the FCC's broadband workshops have dealt with current, concrete issues such as the deployment, adoption, and utilization of broadband in the United States, Thursday's FCC workshop took a refreshing departure from the here and now -- which in government practices is the equivalent to three years ago -- and spent time discussing the ideas that could potentially change what we know as the Internet. One of the questions in the discussion was, "What might the Internet architecture look like in ten to twenty years, beyond incremental changes like speed increases?" FCC Chief Technologist Jon Peha moderated the talks, and raised the specific question under this heading: "Is it possible to have multiple 'Internets' running simultaneously using different protocols and maybe even serving different purposes; and if so, is this a new product line for service providers?" "Whether or not it comes to pass, it is clearly a possibility," David D. Clark, Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence lab replied, "There are people in the research community who deeply believe in it. They think that the ability to take the physical resources, the routers, the circuits, etc., and virtualize them in the same way that we virtualize a machine so that you can then run different...what today we would call 'internets,' -- different architectures -- on different slices is the way to preserve flexibility in the future.
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While many of the FCC's broadband workshops have dealt with current, concrete issues such as the deployment, adoption, and utilization of broadband in the United States, Thursday's FCC workshop took a refreshing departure from the here and now -- which in government practices is the equivalent to three years ago -- and spent time discussing the ideas that could potentially change what we know as the Internet. One of the questions in the discussion was, "What might the Internet architecture look like in ten to twenty years, beyond incremental changes like speed increases?" FCC Chief Technologist Jon Peha moderated the talks, and raised the specific question under this heading: "Is it possible to have multiple 'Internets' running simultaneously using different protocols and maybe even serving different purposes; and if so, is this a new product line for service providers?" "Whether or not it comes to pass, it is clearly a possibility," David D. Clark, Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence lab replied, "There are people in the research community who deeply believe in it. They think that the ability to take the physical resources, the routers, the circuits, etc., and virtualize them in the same way that we virtualize a machine so that you can then run different...what today we would call 'internets,' -- different architectures -- on different slices is the way to preserve flexibility in the future.
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