8th October 2004 Archive

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ATI Q4 sales, income rocket

Rather better than anticipated

ATI saw its income almost triple during its most recently completed fiscal quarter, Q4 2004, the company said yesterday after announcing record results. Revenues for the three months to 31 August 2004 totalled $572.2m, up 50.3 per cent on the same period last year and 16.4 per cent on Q3 2004. Gross margin for the period came …

IT Channel 8 Oct 2004, 09:25
Analyst lifts 2004 chip capex forecast...

...but knocks billions off 2005's total

Chip makers will spend $45.7bn on new plant this year and a further $45.8bn in 2005, market watcher Gartner said this week. But while 2005's figure remains higher than 2004's, the company revealed it had lowered its growth forecast. In July, Gartner said 2005's capex would jump 13.4 per cent over 2004's total, then forecast at …

IT Channel 8 Oct 2004, 10:09
Intel delays Xeon E-0 core update to 29 October

Will support WinXP SP2's 'no execute' feature

Intel has rescheduled the release date for Xeon processors supporting what the chip maker calls Execution Disable Bit (EDB) technology - essentially the same code-disabling technology found in AMD, Transmeta and other CPUs, and used by Windows XP Service Pack 2 to render some viruses ineffective. Xeons that support an 800MHz …

IT Channel 8 Oct 2004, 11:06
Tatung debuts own-brand servers in UK

Signs Microtronica

Tatung is to start flogging servers under its own name in the UK. It's set up a company, Tatung Server Ltd, and it has hired Microtronica to act as its first distie in the UK. It expects to sign two more broadliners for the line by the end of the year. Tatung has big plans for its PC, storage area network and blade server lines …

IT Channel 8 Oct 2004, 14:23
Dell recalls 4.4m notebook power adaptors

Update Overheating, fire and electric shock threat

Dell today asked 4.4m notebook users to return their power adaptors after it admitted these peripherals pose both a fire and electric shock hazard. The potentially faulty parts may overheat. if they do, they could catch fire or split open, exposing live electric connections. Dell asked users affected by the problem to cease …

IT Channel 8 Oct 2004, 14:35