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Rice-led project aims to boost performance on microprocessors

The USA's Rice University has been given a US$16 million fund to develop a new set of tools that can improve the performance of virtually any application running on any microprocessor. The funding came from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as part of its Architecture Aware Compiler Environment Program  more

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Apple Finally Gets its New iPhone Boss

After settling a legal dispute, Apple has announced that former IBM vice-president, Mark Papermaster will finally be joining the Company as senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering. The job posting was originally announced last November, but has been mired in a legal dispute after IBM claimed that he was breaching a clause in his contract preventing him from leaving to work for a competitor.  more

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Former IBM Exec to Lead Apple's iPhone Development

Apple has announced that Mark Papermaster is joining the Company as senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering, reporting to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Papermaster, who comes to Apple from IBM, will lead AppleĆ's iPod and iPhone hardware engineering teams.  more

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iSuppli Raises 2006 Chip Estimate

After years of coming close to breaking into the top-10 global semiconductor rankings, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Hynix Semiconductor finally hit the big time in 2006, according to a preliminary ranking from iSuppli Corp. In the telecoms world, Qualcomm maintained its ranking while Broadcom managed to jump a couple of places.

Preliminary Ranking of the World's Top-25 Semiconductor Suppliers in 2006 (Ranking by Revenue in Millions of U.S. Dollars)

2005 Rank

2006 Rank

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PCCW Sale Showcases Hong Kong's Changing Role

HONG KONG (Dow Jones) -- Business deals are often portraits of their times.  more

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Forgent's 'Patent Trolling' Strategy Takes Litigious Path

AUSTIN, texas (AP)--While most technology companies make money by developing software, building hardware or providing services, Forgent Networks Inc. has taken a different route: It produces threats and lawsuits that try to cash in on ideas.  more

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