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Can Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, Silicon Valley's version of the long-squabbling Hatfields and McCoys, really get along? http://www.physorg.com/news177859569.html Technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:40:01 EST news177859569 (AP) -- Intel Corp. is paying Silicon Valley rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. $1.25 billion to squash a legal battle over Intel's sales tactics, a rift that led to antitrust charges against Intel in several countries and was headed toward a costly and nasty trial next year. http://www.physorg.com/news177247607.html Technology Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:27:43 EST news177247607 (PhysOrg.com) -- During the last several years, researchers have been building micro air vehicles (MAVs) that can autonomously fly through different environments by relying on GPS for navigation. Recently, a team of researchers has designed an MAV that can navigate unknown environments without GPS, which could enable it to overcome several limitations of GPS-dependent vehicles. http://www.physorg.com/news176390156.html Technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:16:45 EST news176390156 (AP) -- Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is "thoroughly reviewing" published reports fingering former chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz as the AMD executive who gave confidential company information to a defendant in the Galleon Group insider trading case. http://www.physorg.com/news175929971.html Technology Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:40:03 EST news175929971 (AP) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. lost money in the third quarter but said Thursday that sales were stronger than expected, adding to mounting evidence that consumer spending is fueling a turnaround in the personal computer market. http://www.physorg.com/news174847125.html Technology Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:39:11 EST news174847125 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have implanted miniature neural and muscle stimulation systems into beetles to enable their flight to be remotely controlled. http://www.physorg.com/news174812133.html Technology Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:02 EST news174812133 A French researcher, funded by the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, in London, England and the French DoD has designed a rugged micro air vehicle (MAV) that is attractive to the U.S. Air Force because of its high aerodynamic efficiency, even in adverse conditions. http://www.physorg.com/news174745796.html Technology Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:40:01 EST news174745796 (AP) -- The worldwide personal-computer market is pulling out of its slump quickly and could defy predictions by growing this year, Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news172846953.html Technology Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:20:01 EST news172846953 (AP) -- The European Union on Monday published e-mail excerpts from computer makers and Intel Corp. to show that Intel pressured chip buyers into choosing Intel over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news172734870.html Technology Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:28:25 EST news172734870 (AP) -- Intel Corp. is claiming in court documents that European Union regulators made serious mistakes in levying a record euro1.06 billion ($1.45 billion) fine for monopoly abuse last May. http://www.physorg.com/news172229638.html Technology Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:34:23 EST news172229638 Beyond just jazzing up video games, one of the growing array of applications being found for the powerful graphics-oriented chips that Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices sell is in speeding up medical imaging, which can be a lifesaving benefit. http://www.physorg.com/news171278830.html Electronics Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:00:01 EST news171278830 Mr Pradyumna Thiruvenkatanathan, a second year doctoral student in Engineering, is the recipient of the best student paper award in the sensors and transducers sub-field at the IEEE Frequency Control conference. The IEEE Frequency Control conference is a premier event highlighting research in the areas of frequency and timing, frequency control and related technologies including Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS). http://www.physorg.com/news171128812.html Technology Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:10:03 EST news171128812 Just a few years ago, Advanced Micro Devices executive Linda Starr racked up a million air miles a year in business travel. Now she logs a mere 100,000 miles per year, thanks to sophisticated video conferencing technology. http://www.physorg.com/news169319836.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:50:02 EST news169319836 There is a long held belief among engineers and biologists that micro flying robots that fly like airplanes and helicopters consume much more energy than micro robots that fly like flies. A new study now shows that a fly wing that spins like a helicopter blade generates the same amount of lift as a flapping fly wing while consuming only half the energy to move the wing. This finding can inspire the design of efficient micro flying robots with spinning fly-like wings. http://www.physorg.com/news168354449.html Technology Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:09:23 EST news168354449 (AP) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. narrowed its loss in the second quarter, though not by as much as Wall Street hoped. Its sales slumped 13 percent. http://www.physorg.com/news167413857.html Technology Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:00:01 EST news167413857 (AP) -- The technology sector is often talked about as if it were a unified front, an easy-to-define monolith. People say technology stocks rose or technology stocks fell. Tech helped drive a huge boom in the 1990s, and when that collapsed in 2001, tech contributed to the last recession. http://www.physorg.com/news167162664.html Technology Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:05:12 EST news167162664 Benny Villanueva recalls being in a Starbucks rushing to finish a college paper that was due when his laptop battery, which he'd been led to believe would last hours, conked out after only about 30 minutes. http://www.physorg.com/news166888331.html Electronics Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:10:01 EST news166888331 Electrical engineers from UC San Diego have created high-performance W-Band silicon-germanium (SiGe) radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for passive millimeter-wave imaging. This advance could lead to significantly less expensive imaging systems for identifying concealed weapons, for helping helicopters to land during dust storms, and for high frequency data communications. http://www.physorg.com/news163760682.html Technology Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:05:14 EST news163760682 (AP) -- Intel Corp.'s top lawyer says that fighting the European Union's record $1.45 billion antitrust fine will be an "uphill battle." http://www.physorg.com/news162045561.html Technology Wed, 20 May 2009 13:39:43 EST news162045561 (AP) -- Intel Corp. was fined a record $1.45 billion by the European Union on Wednesday for using strong-arm sales tactics in the computer chip market - a penalty that could turn up the pressure on U.S. regulators to go after the company, too. http://www.physorg.com/news161435562.html Technology Wed, 13 May 2009 12:18:13 EST news161435562 (AP) -- Intel Corp.'s CEO says chip orders have been "a little better than we expected" so far in the second quarter. http://www.physorg.com/news161367323.html Technology Tue, 12 May 2009 17:15:43 EST news161367323 (PhysOrg.com) -- The technique well known from its use in MRI scanning - actually based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) - can now also be applied to extremely small samples thanks to an ingenious combination of a compact coil and micro-scale fluidic channels. The sensitivity of this technique had hitherto been insufficient. http://www.physorg.com/news161359221.html Chemistry Tue, 12 May 2009 15:00:55 EST news161359221 Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water -- all those things and more could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and at Japan's RIKEN institute. http://www.physorg.com/news160675932.html Nanotechnology Mon, 04 May 2009 17:12:57 EST news160675932 Apple is building the capability to design its own computer chips in a strategic shift aimed at cutting its reliance on outside suppliers, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news160312653.html Technology Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:18:00 EST news160312653 A skin patch could one day provide a less-invasive alternative for diabetics who need to take regular samples of their own blood to keep glucose levels in check. The common method of drawing blood from fingertips and using glucose testing strips and metres can be painful, inconvenient and time-consuming. http://www.physorg.com/news159789110.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:53:41 EST news159789110 (AP) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s loss widened in the first quarter as demand and prices for its microprocessors slumped and charges for the biggest restructuring in the company's 40-year history took their toll. http://www.physorg.com/news159553202.html Technology Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:20:32 EST news159553202 Byproducts from the electronics, fuel, chemical and defense industries can be far from benign. Toxic heavy metals like cadmium and lead can seep into our food chain and cause cancer. And if found in the soil, these dangerous materials can render parks off-limits and real estate worthless. http://www.physorg.com/news158851087.html Chemistry Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:19:35 EST news158851087 Micro-algae are growing faster under the influence of climate change. However, the composition of the algae is changing, as a result of which their nutritional value for other aquatic life is decreasing. And because algae are at the bottom of the food chain, climate change is exerting an effect on underwater life. This is the conclusion of researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Ecology and the Universiteit van Amsterdam. http://www.physorg.com/news155985798.html Biology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:23:52 EST news155985798 Intel Corp. on Friday fired back at Advanced Micro Devices Inc., denying its rival's charge that Intel was trying to derail a planned spinoff. http://www.physorg.com/news152115377.html Technology Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:16:56 EST news152115377 Engineers at Purdue and Stanford universities have created stretchable electrodes to study how cardiac muscle cells, neurons and other cells react to mechanical stresses from heart attacks, traumatic brain injuries and other diseases. http://www.physorg.com/news151852545.html Technology Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:16:29 EST news151852545