IDF: Power play for Intel

At a three-day forum in San Francisco this week, Intel rallies its developer community with details on new chips.

Intel to make single-core Yonah

Despite its recent emphasis on multicore processors, the company isn't abandoning its single-core designs.
August 25, 2005

From the labs: Virus hunters and power savers

With a tool from the chipmaker, worms learn the meaning of Sartre's play, "No Exit." Also, image search and voltage regulators.
August 25, 2005

Intel takes aim at computer cable madness

Chipmaker opens an interoperability lab to test the upcoming wireless USB specification.
August 24, 2005

Power line broadband gets popular

Intel, Cisco and Motorola are helping shape standards and fund companies developing broadband over power line technology.
August 24, 2005

Microsoft details virtualization plans

Announces it will shift its next update of Virtual Server from a maintenance release to a paid upgrade.
August 24, 2005

Intel dials up Skype support

Companies pool R&D resources to ensure clear Internet phone calls on Intel's next-generation dual-core processors.
August 24, 2005

Intel details new brand for entertainment PCs

Company's VIIV combination of processor, chipset and network controller will feature automatic transcoding and speedy shutdown and start-up.
August 24, 2005

For Intel, home is where the Viiv is

Chipmaker's new branding campaign aims to make it easier to identify PCs geared for recording TV shows or playing music.
August 23, 2005

Intel plans to test Mac development tools

Chipmaker plans to offer test versions of software tools aimed at improving the performance of programs that run on its chips.
August 23, 2005

IBM brings X3 chipset to third server

Big Blue expected to announce the four-processor xSeries 260 server--a variation of the x366 that has much more storage capacity.
August 23, 2005

Intel unveils prototypes for doctors, health care

Chipmaker shows off concepts and prototypes of future computers for use by doctors, nurses and patients.
August 23, 2005

Your laptop is getting very, very sleepy

Intel's upcoming notebooks will have a feature that lowers a processor's voltage below the sleep state found in current mobile chips.
August 23, 2005

Powering up plans for low-power chips

Chipmaker changes course from some Pentium 4 designs and says future processors will go easy on the energy.
August 23, 2005

Xen passes Windows milestone

XenSource says it has succeed in booting Microsoft's OS on the Xen virtual machine software, aided by an upcoming Intel chip.
August 23, 2005

Intel demos 'bug-free' PC

Concept computer made to withstand heat and dust can also run on a car battery for backup power.
August 23, 2005

Cisco, Intel fine-tune wireless networking

The companies launch a project aimed at improving the quality of voice communications via wireless connections to the Net.
August 23, 2005

Otellini unveils new architecture

Woodcrest, Conroe and Merom could contribute to a significant reduction in power consumption by the end of the decade.
August 23, 2005

Chipmakers eye gamers, consumers

roundup With the Intel Developer Forum set to kick off, the spotlight turns to all things silicon.
August 22, 2005

Intel to detail new chips at conference

The new multicore processors are expected to emerge in 2006 and, sources say, will sport greater energy efficiency and manageability.
August 11, 2005