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• Fastest Core i3 processor from Intel surfaces

  Intel is now offering its fastest dual-core Core i3 laptop processor to PC makers including Dell and Hewlett-Packard, which are selling laptops with the chip.

• Intel's Westmere-EX chip to include 10 cores

  Intel's next-generation server processor code-named Westmere-EX will pack in 10 cores, an industry source said on Monday

• Intel's Westmere-EX to include more cores

  Intel's next-generation processor code-named Westmere-EX may include more cores than the company's current server chips, according to the title of a paper about the chip announced on Sunday.

• Acer chooses AMD chips for new netbooks

  Acer on Friday announced new netbooks based on chips from Advanced Micro Devices, a win for the chip company's efforts to grab market share from rival Intel.

• Intel's new Atom chips appear in HP, Fujitsu netbooks

  Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu are updating existing netbook models with new Atom processors that were announced last week by Intel at the Computex trade show.

• Computex 2010 chip roundup: The fast, small and cool

  Wondering when you can get a dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon smartphone processor to game on the go? Or Optimus-enabled Nvidia chips in your laptop to save battery while traveling? At this year's Computex expo in Taipei, chips are getting smaller, faster, and smarter than ever.

• Strong PC shipments to boost semiconductor revenue

  Gartner on Thursday said worldwide semiconductor revenue this year will be stronger than previously projected as shipments of PCs and smartphones grow rapidly.

• Nvidia primes market for Optimus

  Are you hankering for a taste of Nvidia's latest Optimus GPUs? If you can't afford a ticket to Taipei for the Computex expo, here's a preview of some of the new machines featuring this graphics-switching technology.

• AMD shields Fusion demo from Intel's spies

  Advanced Micro Devices gave reporters a first look at its upcoming Fusion processors on Wednesday in a demonstration calculated to reveal as few specifics about the chips as possible, lest the information fall into the hands of rival Intel.

• Intel's roadmap revealed: 6 notebook CPUs ahead

  It appears that Apple isn't the only one dealing with product leaks. On May 30, Engadget stumbled across a roadmap with the specs for the entire fall collection of mobile chips from Intel.

• Intel talks technology concepts, plans Atom update

  Intel plans to talk about its future technology and product plans at Computex, but doesn't have any big surprises lined up for the Taiwanese hardware show, which opened Tuesday.

• Intel readies Atom platform for tablets

  Intel plans to release a version of its Atom processor early next year that's designed for ultra-thin netbooks and tablet computers.

• Nvidia launches budget 3D graphics card for desktops

  Nvidia has launched an inexpensive graphics card, the GeForce GTX 465, that could bring 3D movies to PCs.

• Intel unveils new server chip with 32 cores

  Intel announced a new 32-core server chip based on a new high-performance computing server architecture that mixes general x86 cores with specialized cores for faster processing of highly parallel scientific and commercial applications.

• Nvidia GeForce GTX 480M: World's fastest notebook GPU?

  If you're in the market for the fastest notebook graphics card ever, today may be your lucky day: Nvidia just announced its GeForce GTX 480M, which it claims is the speediest notebook GPU in the world. Designed from the ground up to support DirectX 11, the GTX 480M is a true tessellation "monster" with up to 5x more performance than any other GPU out there, according to Nvidia.