(AP) IBM is betting that computing power will evolve into a simple utility - like electricity - with users buying what they need from a computing grid instead of owning large computers themselves. To capitalize, IBM is investing $4 billion to build 50 computer server farms around the world, said Irving Wladawsky-Berger, a vice president at IBM's Server Group. IBM likened the system to computing power-generation plants.
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(Press Release) ATI Technologies Inc. announced that its Rage 128 Pro graphics board will be used in Hewlett-Packard Company's HP Vectra vl800 commercial desktop personal computer. The Rage 128 Pro offers 16MB (megabyte) SDRAM (synchronous dynamic random access memory), hardware DVD (digital visual display) video playback, and full DirectX, Direct3D and OpenGL acceleration. The Intel Pentium 4-based HP Vectra vl800 commercial desktop PC is designed for corporate or business users who are looking for performance and the best visual experience on the Internet.
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(Press Release) AeA, the nation's largest high-tech industry association, today announced that W.J. Sanders III, co-founder of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), will receive its 2001 Medal of Achievement. Sanders joins a select group of high-tech leaders who have received the honor, including William Hewlett and David Packard of Hewlett Packard, Ross Perot of Electronic Data Systems, Thomas J. Watson, Jr. of IBM and Gordon Moore and Andrew Grove of Intel. Sanders will be the forty-eighth recipient of the coveted award which will be presented at AeA's annual dinner to be held October 4 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California. Known for his energy and memorable sound bites, Sanders' contributions to the valley and high-tech industry span more than three decades. Sanders is founder of AMD, a pioneer of the semiconductor industry and high-tech marketing genius. He is credited with strategically guiding AMD to the preeminent position it holds today in microprocessor and flash memory products. Under his leadership, AMD has grown from a living room-housed start-up to a global corporation with revenues of $4.6 billion in 2000.
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This month's High-end Gaming PC Buyer's Guide has been updated. The mandate is a simple one: take about $2500 in cold, hard cash and assemble the very best gaming PCs possible. This is a bit harder than it may initially seem, since not only do we have put together a powerful gaming PC, but we also need to bring it in at under $2500.
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