13th October 1998 Archive

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ATI prepares Chromatic buyout

Ailing media processor developer finds suitor at last

Graphics card specialist ATI is believed to be in talks to buy media processor developer Chromatic. Both companies have admitted they are talking together -- but neither will say what the goal of the negotiations is. For Chromatic, a deal with ATI couldn't come at a better time. Its most recent offering, the Mpact 2, which …

Business 13 Oct 1998, 05:04
Intel boxes boost HP Q2 workstation sales

Commodity workstations give company lead in volume, and revenue closes-in on Sun

Hewlett-Packard is claiming leadership in the world-wide workstation market for the third consecutive quarter, with a 10.5 per cent increase in units shipped, and a 31 per cent market share in Q298, according to Dataquest. The nature of HP's workstation numbers has however raised grumbles from Sun in the past, and the same beefs …

Business 13 Oct 1998, 06:54
Baan shares take bath after warning

Dutch market marks it down 29 per cent against the trend

Baan expects to confirm on 28 October that its revenue will be in the $190 to $195 million range for Q3, but that there was a loss of between $0.13 and $0.16 per share. So far, the FY is 30 per cent up for the first nine months over the previous-year first nine months. This funny habit, which is increasing, of making a …

Business 13 Oct 1998, 09:47
Baan bets big on Windows NT products

It's now pretty strategic for Microsoft, but its financials are looking shaky

Baan has just ended thirteen consecutive quarters of meeting financial analysts' expectations, and started a partnership with Microsoft. But which is the bad news? At BaanWorld in The Hague, 3,500 attendees heard Microsoft, in the shape of sales and support VP Jeff Raikes, bless the creation of a partnership whereby Baan will …

Business 13 Oct 1998, 09:53
AMD, Intel let K7 and Katmai off the leash

At today's Microprocessor Forum AMD will flesh-out its plans to surpass Intel

In San Jose today Intel and AMD will set out their rival stalls for next year’s Katmai versus K7 needle match, with AMD taking the offensive for the first time in many a year. So far this year AMD has managed to carve out a better share for itself at the low end of the market, but it’s now tooling-up for an assault further up …

Business 13 Oct 1998, 11:15
Judge allows "state's evidence" in Microsoft suit

Connecticut official to file friend of court brief

The judge in Microsoft's least publicised lawsuit has ruled that Connecticut's attorney general can offer comments supporting Bristol Technologies' action against Microsoft. District Judge Janet Hall overruled Microsoft's objections yesterday, and said that state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal could file a 'friend of the …

Business 13 Oct 1998, 11:39
Rise unleashes CPU for Basic PC, sub-$1,000 notebook

Grief, don't these maniacs realise what time it is in San Jose?

Rise Technology has unveiled its mP6 line of processors, low-cost x86 compatibles aimed at the sub-$700 desktop and sub-$1,000 notebook markets. In a release timed at 5.17am by the California clock, the company claimed to have already demonstrated "a number of Windows-based multimedia applications" running on the chip to the …

Business 13 Oct 1998, 13:41
3i takes stake in cut-price ecommerce developer

A complete ecommerce solution for £349... who are they kidding?

3i has made a “multimillion dollar” investment in a UK ecommerce start-up that helps small companies flog their products online. The product, developed by Cobham, Surrey-based Actinic Software, retails at the knockdown price of £349 (EX VAT) and includes “all of the technology” required to implement an Internet commerce solution …

Business 13 Oct 1998, 13:47
Mostly ARMless…

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Now here's something we haven't heard - not for a long time, anyway. There's a UK online news outfit called Silicon.com that was boasting a few months back about its up-to-the-minute news gathering capability. And today, we note it announcing "ARM handhelds to support Windows CE." The story had a familiar ring, so we checked out …

Business 13 Oct 1998, 14:56
AMD scores major supply deal with HP

To provide the CPUs for Windows-Based Terminal rollout

AMD has scored a sweet deal as icing on the cake of today's K7 unveiling - the company is to supply the CPU for HP's entry to the Windows-Based Terminal market. According to an HP spokeswoman the CPU is an AMD 486, and as the company says it plans "to establish a premier position around the world in thin-client computing," the …

Business 13 Oct 1998, 15:25
CHS Vobis deal collapses

Says Metro AG failed to meet conditions

CHS stock has inched upwards following the collapse of its Vobis takeover deal. In an interview with Techweb, CHS chairman Claudio Osorio blamed the collapse of the deal on Vobis owner Metro AG's failure to meet certain unspecified conditions. Far more likely was CHS Electronics' inability to find a buyer for the lossmaking …

Business 13 Oct 1998, 15:41
Memory Corp signs Rambus deal

Engineering samples for Q1,199

Memory Corporation is the latest hardware vendor to nail its colours to the Rambus mast. It has signed a worldwide deal with Rambus to design, build and sell Direct Rambus RIMM modules. And it expects to be shipping engineering samples of 64MB DDRAM parts in Q1, 1999. Customer evaluation and production is slated for later that …

Business 13 Oct 1998, 16:35
EMC ride recession-proof mass storage market

Is storage really a non-discretionary item?

The recession may be coming, but enterprise storage companies are likely to fare well, despite any capital spending slowdown. And EMC will fare better than most, according to recent CIO surveys by a clutch of US investment banks. Spending on data storage technology is increasingly non-discretionary, Smith Barney analyst John …

Business 13 Oct 1998, 16:43
Cyrix, IDT/Centaur, Rise ready low-end PC processors

Coming soon to a £500 PC near you... Maybe...

Pretenders to Intel's low-end crown Cyrix, IDT/Centaur and Rise all announced next generation Basic PC-oriented x86-compatible processors at the Microprocessor Forum in San Jose, California today. Cyrix's product is M3, the first chip based on its new Jalapeno x86 core. According to project manager Greg Grohoski, the design …

Business 13 Oct 1998, 22:08
AMD K7 snatches at Intel high-end crown

The Great Stan is dead... Long live the Great Stan

AMD's forthcoming K7 processor is set to tackle Intel's high end CPUs head on, with a ground-up new core design, high-speed system bus technology, a multi-processing oriented architecture and a Slot 1 configuration. K7 supports clock speeds of 500MHz and up. Initially, it will support bus speeds of up to 200MHz, using the Alpha …

Business 13 Oct 1998, 22:11