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And remember the bloody war for world domination between Liechtenstein, Monaco?.. As it met the stars that today's business review will be entirely devoted to the market (and prospects) netbooks. Too loud they said about themselves in 2008-2009, and too uncertain of their fate looks today. Analyst firm IDC recently published data showing that growth in sales of netbook in the I quarter of this year slowed substantially compared to the same period in 2009. Namely: in January-March, around the world have been sold 4.8 million netbooks cost from $200 to $500 (year ago - 3.6 million). That is, in comparison with I quarter of 2009, market growth was 33,6%. Compare: in 2009, first quarter sales growth was 827%, which is higher than in the first quarter of 2008, almost 10 times. And in the course of sales in the holiday season of 2009, the share of netbooks had about 26% of all PCs shipped. The explosive growth one year ago today, the experts explain that the buyers then attracted to low-...

Image via CrunchBase Intel has until the end of II quarter of this year, will begin shipping the experimental processor with 48 cores. However, while we are talking about a limited number of chips that are on the Rights of the pilot will be directed to various academic institutions. But the issue of commercial versions of 48-core processor is not expected - CPU Technology, in this case too strongly ahead of related technologies for commercial release to "tighten" the level of other PC components. All this at a recent New York event, said lead engineer Intel Shawn Coelho. And Intel Labs engineer Christopher Anderson elaborated: new chips operate at a frequency of modern processors Atom (about 1,6-1,8 GHz). In this case all 48 cores total spend no more than 25 watts in standby mode and 125 watts at peak performance. Moreover, each core can operate at its voltage and its frequency, or be completely turned off the no-load. During the public demonstration of Intel engineers loaded...

At times, the global IT-industry news issues that cause sustained sense of déjà vu. And because you know for certain that this is exactly news - but from a sense of deja vu is impossible to escape. But everything else was good: IT-economy once again on the rise. If someone does not understand - I once again became Head talk about semiconductors. I have often written about the fact that Russia persists in trying to buy somewhere abroad microprocessor production. So how to create your own elusive. Well, in fact, do not take as seriously Zelenograd chips, which, according to a popular joke, basically all the same tube. But turn to the substance. The Russian state-owned corporation Rosnano, also known as holding AFK "System" agree to buy the French company - the manufacturer of microelectronics Altis. It admitted the Russian business newspaper Vedomosti some official from the administration Dmitry Medvedev, the question of the transaction Rosnano Altis and was recently discussed ...

Staff research division of IBM said that they were able to develop the last element of the set, which is required for the construction of fundamentally new - optical - computer chips. In such circuits signals between transistors and cores will be transmitted through the light pulses. So far, IBM is not specifically advertise the fact that a large group corporation engaged in applied scientists silicon photonics - the science that is examining ways to transfer data within computer systems using light pulses. But now the press office of IBM proudly told the world: scientists have created a corporation nanophotonic avalanche photo detector - a miniature device, capable of extremely high speeds to convert light pulses into a binary code. It is based on all the same semiconductors. Spillage on the photodetector of a light pulse, in his material released several carriers, which then release the other carriers - is cascading effect. As a result of the original signal is multiplied many ti...

Until recently, the global chip market is controlled by producers of solutions for the "full" computers - desktops, servers and notebooks. Recently, however, the rapid growth in market segments such as smartphones and communicators, netbooks and UMPC, and now Tablet PCs, has led to what the market began to play an important role producing processors for handheld devices. As stated in a fresh report to IDC, in 2009, sales of smartphones grew by 15.1% to 174.2 million pieces. At the same time in the last quarter of the year they reached the record mark in history - 54.5 million smart phones, or 39% higher in comparison with the same period in 2008. And now, the supply continues to grow. Also, according to IDC, the proportion of smartphones (they are in IDC extendable called "converged devices") at the end of last year amounted to 15,4% market share in mobile devices in general. For comparison: in 2008 the proportion of such devices was in numerical terms, 12,7% of t...

The new conditions, which proved to the entire world IT-industry as a result of the global economic crisis, forcing market participants to operate the most active. And the result is obvious: in addition to the numerous staff reductions and restructuring of the business computer companies increasingly report success in a particular sector. Semiconductor industry The largest supplier of microprocessors, Intel is ready to reduce prices on a casual two-and quad-core chips for desktop systems, and custom family of Xeon quad-core chips for servers and workstations. According to Michael McConnell of the company's Pacific Crest, the price of quad-core processors will be reduced by 15-40%. These figures are valid for the user, and for server solutions. Dual-core CPU will drop by 13%. Judge calls this unplanned event, as usual Intel updates price list in the spring (in April) and autumn (October) each year. McConnell said the two causes of the emergency adjustment of prices. The first - over...

For someone who retired a year remembered for the financial crisis for someone - the epidemic of influenza. For me the year was unusually rich in various kinds malvar as a template completely, and really worthwhile that wrenched me out of the usual cycle of events. In any case, it's time to take stock of "work" virus in 2009 and make projections for the future. To begin, as usual, with the unpleasant: the myth of the invincibility of computers from Apple, and, respectively, and their operating system (for individuals who spent the past ten years in a bomb shelter, do remark - an OS for Macintosh computers called MacOS) shattered. In 2009 was created the first "apple" botnet, discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the operating system itself, and in the third-party applications. Sami attack, I'll say straight, does not represent anything interesting - Unix architecture is conservative, and, if desired, players can browse the Internet, you can easily rewrite t...

February 18, U.S. President Barack Obama, signed a plan to stimulate the U.S. economy of $ 787 billion before to put its signature to the document, the head of the White House noted that "today does not mean the end of the economic problems, but it will be the beginning of their end". Of the money the U.S. economy has been waiting for, like manna from heaven. Undoubtedly, part of the allocated funds will be in the IT-industry: something directly, but something - through the corporate IT-budgets. Do not forget that the United States - the largest in the world computer market, and its rise necessarily trigger the growth of IT-companies in the world. But, as I once said, "post" IT-industry will be dramatically different from what we all saw back in mid-2008. By the end of 2008, the U.S. economy has lost 2.6 million jobs. Obama hopes that his economic program will create up to 4 million new jobs. In addition, the White House plan assumes an increase in unemployment bene...

The new conditions in which the whole world IT-industry as a result of the global economic crisis, forcing market participants to operate the most active. And the result there: along with the numerous cuts in personnel and restructuring of business computer companies are increasingly reporting on progress in a given sector. Semiconductor industry The largest supplier of microprocessors Intel Corporation is prepared to side to reduce the prices of two-and Quad chips for desktop systems and custom Quad Xeon chip family for servers and workstations. According to Michael Makkonnela of the company's Pacific Crest, the prices of Quad core would be reduced by 15-40%. These figures are valid for the user, and for server solutions. Dual CPU podesheveyut 13%. Expert calls this non-routine event, as usual Intel updates price list in spring (April) and autumn (October) each year. Makkonnel said the two causes of the emergency adjustment of prices. Home - zatovarennost warehouses due to low dem...

Image via Wikipedia Sadness and gloom. These two words were sufficient to describe the current mood of the inhabitants of Silicon Valley. Another couple of months ago it seemed that the IT-industry crisis, if not will bypass, then, at least not so badly affected as other industries. But expectations are not met. More recently, the generous funding of startups completely phased out, as large IT-companies massively reduce the staff and all the universal "restructure", ie, start saving, even at the clip and toner for printers. But this does not save. Semiconductor Sector In the IV quarter of 2008, the supply of a family of x86 processors fell by 18%. At the same time, as once again underscore the analysts in the I quarter of 2009 the first significant improvement is not worth waiting for. Deliveries of the family of x86 processors in monetary terms in the IV quarter of 2008 decreased by 18% compared to III quarter of that year, said the report Mercury Research. These are the pro...

Image via CrunchBase Intel has always been one of the leading newsmakers IT-industry. But now the news from the microprocessor giant has received so much that I decided to compile them in a separate article. Main news: the president of the board of directors and former head of corporation Intel, Craig Barrett will leave the legendary company in May this year. On the reasons for his departure there is no reliable information, but you have to remember that in recent years due to financial crisis, Intel earnings declined. As a result of IV quarter of fiscal 2008, revenue of the company fell by 90%. Net profit of the corporation amounted to $ 234 million and total net profit for the year 2008 - $ 5.3 billion today the high-tech NASDAQ market share Intel is the order of $ 13. Recently, the company also announced the upcoming restructuring, which involves the dismissal of employees and closing five plants. However, it is taken into account, as far down the sale of processors in the world. Fo...