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Analysts: AMD's foundry spin-off may save company

Analysts: AMD's foundry spin-off may save company

Advanced Micro Devices' decision to spin off its chip-manufacturing business into a separate company just may save the floundering firm, analysts said.

AMD's decision to split into a chip-designing company and a chip-making company should help return the company to profitability sooner, said several analysts who watch the chip-making industry. AMD would remain as the chip-designing company, while the new company, tentatively called The Foundry Co., would focus on chip-making under the plan, unveiled Tuesday.

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Intel, AMD multicore chip sales may be slowed by software

Intel, AMD multicore chip sales may be slowed by software

A lack of software that can work with multicore chips has left enterprises unable to receive the full benefits from expensive hardware upgrades.

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Microsoft IE8 Beta 2 browser is a memory hog

Microsoft IE8 Beta 2 browser is a memory hog

Is IE 8 designed primarily for multi-core processors, and if will it be appropriate for end users with single or dual core machines?

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VMware faces increasing pressure on pricing

VMware faces increasing pressure on pricing

Like it or not, money is becoming a more important part of the decision-making process in the virtualisation market.

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VMware's ESXi freeware raises scurity concerns

VMware's ESXi freeware raises scurity concerns

VMWare’s move to make its ESXi virtual server available free as it prepares for the threat of competition from Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor will be welcome by many IT departments, but carries risk

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Marriott takes disaster recovery underground

Marriott takes disaster recovery underground

Marriott is about to become the largest private datacentre customer in Iron Mountain's 145 acre 'underground city'.

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