November 2009 Archives

Intelheadquarters.jpgAn historic one to note: AMD drops case against Intel for $1.25bn

Intel and AMD today issued the same statement about a decision to end all outstanding legal disputes between the two companies, writes David Manners.

The joint statement reads:
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One for hardcore followers of AMD cores... Spotted this on Nigel Dessau's AMD blog: tomorrow the company is webcasting its annual Financial Analyst Day from Santa Clara.

Why do we mention it? Well, AMD promises that Rick Bergman, AMD general manager (pictured) will take a "deep dive into our product and platform roadmaps".

Nigel Dessau writes:
Nokia N900 - Maemo 5.jpgNokia has announced shipment of its N900 mobile computing device based on open source Maemo 5 software, which was announced back in August.

"What's exciting is the Maemo software, which takes its cues from the desktop computer and offers a full browsing experience like no other handset," says José-Luis Martinez, Vice President, Nseries, Nokia..

The Nokia N900 is based on the ARM Cortex-A8 processor and has up to 1GB of total application memory.  According to the company:

Processor Technology guides

See also Electronics Weekly's roundup of content related to microprocessors.

* x86 processors

* non-x86 microprocessors (ARM, MIPS, TI)

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