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Sean Maloney, Intel, Branding, Executive Vice President
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Intel Risks It All (Again)

How Sean Maloney and brand guru Deborah Conrad are helping Intel's first carpet-dweller CEO reengineer the company once known as Chipzilla -- and free the bong.READ»

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Intel's Mind-Reading Chips: Replace Your Mouse With Your Brain

You know those neat mind-control toys? Well, Intel has some grand plans for mind control that go far beyond their limited power. By 2020, the company's researchers plan to have chips that let you control computers with your ...READ»

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Will a $1.25B Antitrust Settlement From Intel and New Fusion Chips Save AMD?

In a culimation of talks that began in spring '08, Intel has just agreed to pay $1.25 billion (cash, due in 30 days) to its biggest rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) and agreed to a set of "business practice ...READ»

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AMD Tries to End the Gigahertz Wars

AMD recently announced that it would cease to market its chips based on technical specs like speed ratings and cache, effectively withdrawing it from the arms race that has been dominated by Intel since time immemorial. AMD will opt ...READ»

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Teridian Measures Energy Efficiency on a Chip

Teridian Semiconductor's new system-on-a-chip is an energy information powerhouse, integrating a processor, firmware and data about the electricity use of power strips, data centers, and appliances. Teridian claims it's the first ...READ»

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Intel Wants to be Inside the Smart Grid

Everyone is angling for a piece of the smart grid's multi-billion dollar pie, and Intel plans on taking the biggest slice. Wind turbine manufacturers already use the Intel's embedded chips to control turbine vane pitch, rotation, ...READ»

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Longshot Rumor: iPod Shuffle's "DRM Chip" is a Microphone

The new iPod Shuffle caused a whirlwind of controversy last week for no particular reason--the Shuffle's not the world's most important product, and requiring special headphones is no great shakes. Enraged commenters even thought ...READ»

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Epson's New Teeny Tiny GPS Chip Could Bring Us Closer to an Orwellian Future

Epson just announced its XPOSYS, the world's smallest aGPS chip, that could make everything location-aware.READ»

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