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Intel Settles with AMD for $1.25 Billion
PUBLISHED: 11/12/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
Intel today agreed to pay $1.25 billion to settle all of its disputes with AMD.
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Intel Working on SSD Firmware Bugs
PUBLISHED: 11/6/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
Many users of Intel's new 34nm SSDs reported the latest now-pulled firmware update was bricking drives under WIndows 7 64-bit.
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Sony VAIO P Gets 2GHz Atom, Windows 7
PUBLISHED: 11/5/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
Sony has updated its 8-inch ultraportable VAIO P with a faster 2.0GHz Intel Atom processor and Windows 7.
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More Dual-Core CPUS Coming for Ultra Thin Notebooks
PUBLISHED: 9/30/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
A DigiTimes report states that Intel is planning to introduce more dual-core processors for its CULV platform starting in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Intel Atom N270 To Continue Powering Netbooks
PUBLISHED: 7/22/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
According to a DigiTimes report, Intel is planning to delay the launch of its next-gen Atom N450 processor to the first quarter of next year.
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Intel Mobile Core i5/i7 Coming Early Next Year
PUBLISHED: 7/21/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
RegHardware reports that Intel is planning to launch seven mobile processors based on the Core i5 and i7 architecture in Q1 2010.
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Intel Clarksfield Notebook CPUs Coming
PUBLISHED: 7/13/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
A report claims that Intel updated its processor launch schedule for notebooks, including Core i7-based Clarksfield processors and new processors for ultra-thin notebooks.
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Intel Centrino Brand Moving to Wireless Products
PUBLISHED: 6/18/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
Intel is revamping its CPU naming schemes in order to prepare for new products and move out old ones.
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Atom N270/280 Netbooks May Not Get Windows 7 Upgrade
PUBLISHED: 6/12/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
According to a DigiTimes report, netbook manufactuers may not offer upgrades to Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system on their Intel Atom N270/N280-based netbooks.
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Intel Intros Dual-Core Celerons for Notebooks
PUBLISHED: 6/12/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
Intel is planning to introduce a new line of dual-core Celeron CPUs for its Consumer Ultra Low Voltage (CULV) platform.
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Microsoft, Intel to Limit Windows 7 Netbooks to 10.2"
PUBLISHED: 5/27/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
According to a DigiTimes report, Microsoft and Intel are planning to limit the screen sizes of netbooks running Windows 7 to 10.2 inches, down from the previous high of 12.1 inches for netbooks running XP.
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Next-Gen Atom to Handle HD Decoding
PUBLISHED: 5/21/2009  BY: Charles P. Jefferies
Intel's next-generation Atom processor, dubbed Pine Trail, will be able to handle HD video decoding in conjunction with a Broadcom graphics chip.
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