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Fujitsu has announced plans to enter the low-cost handheld PC market with the launch of the first model in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore priced at $500 to $700. It plans to enter the Japanese market by March 2010. Fujitsu is expected to use the Intel Atom processor for the 10-inch wide notebook PC, which will compete with Asustek's Eee PC and Acer's Aspire One model.

By Laurie J. Flynn Finally, some good news for Wall Street. Despite high gasoline prices and widespread fears of an economic downturn, Intel, the world's largest chip maker, has reported a sharp rise in profit and said that strong demand worldwide for computer chips will continue in the current quarter. "Independent of the climate, we had a great second quarter," Stacy Smith, Intel's chief financial officer, said in an interview on Tuesday. "What we're seeing is pretty strong demand." The...

By Mike Rogoway, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Jul. 16--Intel reported strong growth in sales and profits Tuesday, fueled by a surge in demand for notebook computers and a new class of computer sometimes called a "netbook." The world's largest chip maker continued to defy the national economic slowdown. While Chief Executive Paul Otellini said he's watching macroeconomic trends "very carefully," the company is forecasting continued growth. Intel's strong results, which kick off two...

By Brandon Bailey, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Jul. 15--Intel's profits rose 25 percent in its second quarter, the company said today, while announcing that revenue grew 9 percent to $9.5 billion. Despite some analysts' prediction of a slowdown, the Santa Clara chip-maker said its second-quarter results were at the high end of expectations, with profits of $1.6 billion or 28 cents per share. "Intel had another strong quarter," said Paul Otellini, the company's chief executive, in a...

By John Markoff From mainframes to minicomputers and then personal computers, each new computing generation has displaced its predecessor by reaching a broader audience and costing far less. And each time, the dominant company in one generation loses control in the next. That is why the PC industry's commanding chip maker, Intel, might do well to be alarmed by the computer chips being designed by Qualcomm, a maker of chips for cellphones. An engineer at Qualcomm's gleaming corporate campus...

AMBLER, Pa., June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- MEN Micro Inc., a world-renowned provider of embedded computing and I/O solutions for demanding industrial, mobile and harsh environment applications, now offers a fanless, intelligent display computer that is both rugged and maintenance-free. The first ruggedized panel PC of its kind, the cost-effective DC1 combines the new Intel Atom processor with aluminium construction to provide a low power, highly reliable computer that withstands the vigorous...

Novell has announced that Micro-Star International, a manufacturer of computer hardware products and solutions based in Taiwan, is pre-installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 on MSI's low-cost mini-notebooks. The initial pre-loaded model, the Wind Notebook, is a segment of low-cost mini-notebooks, termed 'netbooks' by Intel. Powered by the new Intel Atom processor, the Wind netbook will be available worldwide and comes pre-loaded with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop as well as the...

A new processor line-up from Nvidia Corp hopes to spawn a new class of fast, small devices with long battery life that can surf the full Internet, play high-end games and display high-definition video. The Tegra 600 and Tegra 650 processors are being called "computers on a chip" for portable visual devices. The chips will give new competition for No. 1 chipmaker Intel corp.The Tegra chips may also include the previously announced application processor APX2500 used in smartphones and handsets....

In the midst of the growing trend by computer makers to develop smaller, low-price machines, Dell has announced that it too will begin offering its own trimmed-down netbooks.Neither pricing or specifications have been openly discussed, but Michael Dell "positioned it as the perfect device for the next billion internet users," according the official Dell blog.Dell joins the growing list of firms like Acer and Hewlett-Packard who have announced intentions to market their own...

Intel Corp.'s strategy to develop small, low-cost devices that connect to the Internet is leading the company to blaze some interesting new trails. The world's largest chip maker is now acquiring and investing in wireless networks, relying upon non-Microsoft software, and is even considering making its processors smaller and lower cost rather than simply faster.Chief Executive Paul Otellini believes it's just part of bringing the Internet to new places and people, and computer makers are...