Another front opens in the battle between Intel and archrival Advanced Micro Devices. Other hot-button issues for the chipmaker include laptops for kids and Windows Vista. New York launches antitrust probe into Intel
State attorney general says formal investigation will focus on whether Intel coerced customers to exclude AMD processors.
January 10, 2008 Trash talk between One Laptop and the PC crowd rages on
The OLPC's Nicholas Negroponte may have skipped over a rift with Intel in a CES speech, but others weren't inclined to hold back.
January 9, 2008 Intel CEO mum on Vista's impact
Given his history of taking on all questions, the unexpected silence from Paul Otellini on the Microsoft OS seems a sure sign of Intel's displeasure.
January 8, 2008 related coverage
Intel chief sees Net boosting consumer electronics
Otellini predicts during his CES keynote that the Internet's impact on the PC industry is about to play out again in the consumer electronics market.
Photos: Otellini envisions an always-connected world January 7, 2008 New PC platforms from Intel will face hurdles
The benchmark results are suitably impressive, but the products--especially "Skulltrail"--depend on other tech to help them achieve their full potential.
January 7, 2008 Mobile Penryn: Early test results
Performance gains aren't immediately evident. Intel is really just laying the foundation for architectural advances due later in the year with Nehalem.
HP updates the Pavilion HDX with Penryn Toshiba jumps on the Penryn bandwagon January 7, 2008 Nvidia announces new chipsets, Hybrid SLI
The new NForce 700-series products are AMD-only designs, but they also bring about Hybrid Power (for laptop gamers) and GeForce Boost (for mainstream desktop types).
January 7, 2008 Intel, AMD toss in their chips at CES
AMD has much less to say, given that its priorities center on fixing the Barcelona and Phenom processors, but it will talk up its upcoming Puma notebook platform.
January 7, 2008 Dirk Meyer, the man to watch at AMD
news analysis He's being groomed to succeed CEO Hector Ruiz. But first, he must prove that last year's engineering snafus were an aberration.
January 3, 2008