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  • Apple To Acquire Multi-Core Processor Developer PA Semi
    April 23, 2008 – 11:10 AM in Business
    Cupertino (CA) - Apple today confirmed that it will be purchasing PA Semi, a fabless developer of multi-core processors, for $278 million.
  • Focus on multi-core at IDF
    February 18, 2005 – 8:19 PM
    Intel did not go into specifics at its traditional pre-IDF briefing, but at least confirmed that multi-core processors will be the main focus of its upcoming developer forum. Besides updates on Vanderpool, La Grande and AMT, the company will introduce an I/O acceleration tech named I/OAT.
  • Rambus unveils multi-threaded DRAM tech
    April 4, 2005 – 3:52 PM
    Processing multiple threads is not just for processors anymore: Rambus today announced an architecture extension for DRAM that offers up to 4x memory performance in such applications as 3D graphics, video imaging, network routing and switching.
  • ARM unveils multi-core chip design
    May 18, 2004 – 6:59 AM
    ARM yesterday announced that it is ready to sign licensees for its first multi-core processor, but it admitted it will be a year before silicon derived from the technology begins to appear.
  • ATI's answer to Nvidia's SLI: Multi Rendering
    November 3, 2004 – 1:58 PM
    According to a report at The Inquirer, ATI apparently is planning to introduce its own version of SLI to offer customers the ability to run multiple ATI graphic cards in one system.
  • VIA pitches chipset at multi-display applications
    November 23, 2004 – 4:41 AM
    VIA Technologies today announced wide industry support for its K8T890 chipsets for AMD 64-bit processors.
  • ATI announces Crossfire Multi-GPU platform
    May 30, 2005 – 11:13 PM
    ATI catches up with Nvidia and offers gamers a platform to combine two graphics cards within one PC. "Crossfire" is on display at Computex and will be shipping in July.
  • Intel demonstrates Itanium multi-core processor
    September 7, 2004 – 2:24 PM
    As announced last week, Intel today showed its multi-core processor approach in the opening day keynote of IDF Fall. President and COO Paul Otellini demonstrated the technology in the shape of the next-generation Itanium processor, code-named Montecito.
  • ATI confident about Multi VPU
    May 17, 2005 – 1:41 PM
    ATI has officially confirmed its Multi VPU and company sources tell us it's very enthusiastic about it.
  • AMD questions current multi-core trend
    December 14, 2006 – 12:29 PM
    AMD chief technology officer Phil Hester voiced concerns over the implications of the trend to integrate an increasing number of similar cores into one package. The company indicated that it could part with a strategy of using dozens of cores in one CPU and would turn to developing "Accelerated Processing Units," short APUs instead. <i/Plus: Roadmap update:,/i>
  • Taiwan makers: Super Multi may compete with DVD Dual next year
    September 24, 2004 – 11:32 AM
    Super Multi, DVD technology that simultaneously supports +RW, -RW, +R, -R, - RAM, CDR and CD-RW formats, may place competitive pressure on the current mainstream technology, DVD Dual (+RW and -RW), according to makers of optical disc drives (ODDs) in Taiwan.
  • Aircraft Simulators Get Multi-GPU Graphics Horsepower
    March 6, 2008 – 11:26 AM
    When read about Nvidia's SLI and ATI's Crossfire technologies these days, we often get the impression that multi-GPU solutions don't make a lot of sense yet. But they aren't just useful in some games and benchmarks to get to the top of the ladder of bragging rights.
  • AMD To Focus On Multi-GPU Cards For The High-end Market
    December 19, 2007 – 11:37 AM
    At the recent Analyst Day conference, AMD noted that it will focus on technology to put multiple GPUs onto a single card to form its new high-end graphics products.
  • 3D transistors cut power consumption by 50%
    December 4, 2006 – 1:29 PM
    Infineon today said that it has developed multi-gate FINFET transistors, often also described as 3D transistors that dramatically reduce the amount of leakage current. The chip company believes that portable devices built around 3D transistors technology could run about twice as long as products using traditional planar circuitry.
  • Teenager Creates First OS X Multi-touch Table
    May 7, 2008 – 1:30 PM in Build Your Own
    Orem (UT) - Think only multi-billion-dollar corporations such as Apple and Microsoft can create multi-touch devices that react to finger gestures?