Douglas F. Gray

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) Monday began shipping a 1.1GHz version of its low-cost Duron processor, the company said in a statement.

Intel Corp. launched 12 new mobile processors on Monday, ranging from its fastest mobile chip yet to the first .13 micron version of its entry-level mobile Celeron chip.

Although Microsoft Corp. will not officially release its Windows XP operating system until Oct. 25, it has allowed PC makers to begin shipping machines loaded with the new OS as of Monday, which Compaq Computer Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) announced they have begun to do.

Intel Corp. has decided not to launch the expected 2GHz version of its Xeon processor for dual-processor servers this year, opting to instead launch a 2.2GHz version early in the first quarter of next year, the company said today.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is set to launch its first desktop processor based on its Palomino core, the company confirmed Wednesday.

Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. will reorganize itself into 11 distinct technology groups as part of an effort to address what it sees as consolidation in the communications market, the company announced Thursday.

IBM Corp. on Tuesday offered a glimpse under the hood of an upcoming server codenamed Regatta, which makes use of self-diagnosing and self-healing features designed to make the server more dependable.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. launched three new chips on Monday, and cut the prices on all its mobile chips as well as its Duron desktop line.