21st January 2005 Archive

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Intel speeds 'multiple OS' desktop CPU schedule

Does 2005 debut point to 'Smithfield'?

Intel has made public a preliminary version of its 'Vanderpool' virtualisation technology specification in a bid to boost support for the technique. It also said it will bring Vanderpool to the desktop a year earlier than originally planned. The technology will now appear in Pentium-class processors later this year. Vanderpool …

IT Channel 21 Jan 2005, 10:45
Chip makers' book-to-bill ratio slips

Falling demand

Chip makers saw the ratio of new orders to shipped product fall last month, suggesting the semiconductor industry hasn't yet moved out of its current dip. According to the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) trade organisation, December 2004 yielded a book-to-bill ratio of 0.95, down from 0.99 the month …

IT Channel 21 Jan 2005, 11:09
ABIT reaches accord with creditors - report

Cash deposits may be unfrozen

Motherboard maker ABIT may have reached an agreement with its creditors to defrost cash and credit lines frozen last month. The deal - described by sources close to the company, cited by DigiTimes, as "tentative" - will allow the company to make use of those assets for its business operations. ABIT had TWD1.65bn ($51.8m) of …

IT Channel 21 Jan 2005, 11:28
Intel's 65nm desktop CPU to ship Q1 2006

Presler a dazzler?

Intel's first 65nm desktop chip will ship in Q1 2006 alongside its 65nm Pentium M, it has been claimed. According to Taiwanese motherboard-maker sources cited by DigiTimes, the desktop chip is codenamed 'Presler', and will launch at 3.6GHz. There's many a slip twixt cup and lip, of course, so we expect that roadmapped launch …

IT Channel 21 Jan 2005, 11:53
Intel 64-bit Pentium 4s make retail debut

Turn up in Tokyo

Intel's 64-bit Pentium 4 processors have gone on sale in Japan, local media report. The chips, which feature Intel's AMD64-like EM64 technology, aren't new. Launched in August 2004, the chips were geared toward workstation and server roles. Indeed, the boxed units that went on sale this week are clearly labelled "for uni- …

IT Channel 21 Jan 2005, 12:18
ATI launches Mobility Radeon X700

Set for Sonoma

ATI this week introduced a mainstream mobile X-class graphics processor, the Mobility Radeon X700. The 110nm, PCI Express-native chip incorporates eight pixel pipelines and six vertex engines. As per ATI's other X-class GPUs, the X700 provides its SmartShader, VideoShader and HyperZ technologies in their HD incarnations, along …

IT Channel 21 Jan 2005, 12:34