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Virident, a green data center startup, has stopped using Spansion’s green Flash memory technology, dubbed EcoRAM, according to EETimes. Is this a blow to the EcoRAM technology or is it a message that data centers aren’t ready for solid-state memory to provide DRAM in servers? Read more »

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[qi:gigaom_icon_chip] As Microsoft prepares its upcoming Oct. 22 launch of Windows 7, it looks like the chip industry has several reasons to love the new operating system. Everything from its smaller footprint to better performance while running it from a solid-state hard drive could change the […] Read more »

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Spansion, a flash memory maker, said today that it’s figured out a way to cut data center power consumption by replacing a particular type of computer memory. It’s a money-saving approach as well: the switch from dynamic random access memory to Flash memory in one data […] Read more »

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We’ve covered plenty of ways to keep track of your billable hours in the past. Most of these fall into one or two categories: desktop solutions and web sites. There are a few services with other ways to get the data into your timesheet, though, and […] Read more »

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Today Freescale said it would spin out its MRAM business to a consortium of venture investors under the name EverSpin Technologies. Such a move makes sense for Freescale, which doesn’t have the resources to focus on developing a competitor to Flash memory, but is also somewhat […] Read more »

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Don’t you just hate it when you spend $1 billion building something, only to find out it’s obsolete within a decade? That’s the fate of semiconductor managers who have old manufacturing facilities filled with old equipment. The question is how to make the best of a […] Read more »

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I spent my morning in a lecture hall here in Austin, Texas, listening to the heads of manufacturing at three different semiconductor fabrication plants talk about the future of their aging facilities. (Solar isn’t the only thing an older fab can be used for, but I’ll […] Read more »

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Don’t worry, if you didn’t vote yet, you still have time. GottaBeMobile has opened up nominations for the best Tablet PC and UMPC, plus there are forthcoming categories as well. This link will take you to the main award information and it provides links to each […] Read more »

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Get ready to put your skeptic face on. A company raises more than $50 million from VCs and hedge funds before even launching a web site. They’re talking about people using their company name as a verb. They’re saying their model is so revolutionary they’ll have […] Read more »

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A cool USB dongle that allows you to use any plain ole phone with your PC and Skype. Not as cool as the Siemens USB dongle. More such resources are here! Read more »