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Editorial: Alchemy’s Third Chance

AMD sells Alchemy to Raza…MPR covers microprocessors in China…and a new blog for game developers has the attention of prominent IBM engineers.

China’s Microprocessor Dilemma

China needs millions of affordable PCs for homes and schools, but Wintel systems are too expensive. Which CPU architecture is the best alternative?

AMD Round II

AMD has announced a host of new development efforts aimed at enhancing its product lineup and initiatives aimed at increasing its competitiveness with Intel.

Back to the Future—With Analog

In this guest viewpoint article, an engineer turned venture capitalist argues that analog or mixed-signal chips are the best bets for ambitious semiconductor startups.

LSI Logic Wants Your SoC

LSI Logic has introduced a suite of intellectual property (IP) and design services for consumer-electronics SoCs. The goal: create turnkey SoCs for OEMs.

32 Bits for a Buck

Not slowing down after introducing the first $1 ARM-based microcontroller, Luminary Micro adds four more MCUs to its rapidly growing portfolio.

The Processor Wars Heat Up

In May, AMD completely revamped its entire PC-processor lineup to include integrated DDR2 memory controllers, new packages, new low-power desktop PC processors, and dual-core mobile PC processors.