New challenges in the chip sector

After a bout of good fortune, Advanced Micro Devices finds itself coming to grips with a resurgent Intel. Plus: Can software keep up with multicore technology?

AMD's tough times

The chipmaker had a good run while Intel was more or less sleeping. Now it's time to wake up and smell reality.
December 17, 2007

Faster chips are leaving programmers in their dust

Newer computer chips with multiple processors require dauntingly complex software and programmers are having a hard time keeping up.
The New York Times
December 16, 2007

Intel set to increase chip market lead

World's top chipmaker is expected to increase its share of the global chip market this year to 12.2 percent, Gartner says.
December 14, 2007

Celebrating 60 years of transistors

The modern world wouldn't be what it is if it weren't for a little piece of technology that emerged from Bell Labs in 1947.
Photos: 60 years of transistors
December 14, 2007

New multigraphics chip designs from AMD and Nvidia

crave blog The two takes on multichip graphics processing couldn't be more different from each other.
December 14, 2007

AMD turning page, hoping for profit by end of 2008

Execs tell analysts that though AMD has interesting products in the pipeline, Barcelona fiasco will ensure company loses money the first part of 2008.
December 13, 2007