1. News

    Microsoft taking a hard line with Windows 8 tablet makers

    Windows 8 tablets will be tightly controlled by Microsoft, according to insiders speaking to Bloomberg . The company is pressuring chip manufacturers to partner with just a single system builder for their tablet machines, and an optional second system builder for clamshell type machines. Each...
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    AMD Lawyer Who Led Fight Against Intel to Retire

    Link Removed In Silicon Valley’s best-known David-and-Goliath story, Thomas McCoy was the guy who slung the stone. The general counsel of Advanced Micro Devices didn’t topple mighty Intel, but his impact was at least felt in the chip giant’s pocketbook. McCoy, 59, said Wednesday that he is...
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    AMD/Intel at Play... read the latest Blogs from the chip manufacturers.

    AMD link: AMD at Play Intel link: Blogs@Intel
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    Windows 7 From Sand to chip

    Intel have produced an idiots guide to chip manufacture. It's interesting though.... PRESS KIT - From Sand to Silicon: the Making of a Chip
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    Windows Vista An insight into chip production

    Many of us use either ATI or Nvidia to provide a solution to our graphical needs but have you ever considered what actually goes into making one of these chips? This article provides an insight into the highs and lows that engineers go through and some of the tough decisions that they have to...