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• IBM Pledges $1 Billion To Linux Effort To Boost Power System
  1:52 PM EST Tue. Sep. 17, 2013
  IBM makes $1 billion investment in Linux development to push its Power System servers deeper into the enterprise.
• Introducing Atom C2000 'Avoton': Intel Builds Server, Storage, Networking Partnerships
  12:00 PM EST Fri. Sep. 13, 2013
  Intel's low-power-consumption Atom C2000 'Avoton' processors are slated for use in a number of new server, storage and networking platforms where energy efficiency is a must, and CRN has the first take on many of them.
• HP Getting More Price Aggressive, Moving Fast For DRAM Supply
  4:49 PM EST Wed. Sep. 11, 2013
  Reacting to last week's fire in a DRAM production facility in Wuxi, China, HP is getting more price aggressive and leveraging supply chain relationships to assure DRAM supply for its PC, printing and server portfolio.
• Intel Launches Xeon Chips Aimed At High-Performance Servers
  12:17 PM EST Wed. Sep. 11, 2013
  Add performance and energy efficiency to the list in Xeon E5-2600 enhancements for Intel's newest processor family.
• Intel Fires Shot Across ARM's Bow With New Processors
  5:01 PM EST Tue. Sep. 10, 2013
  Intel announced new Bay Trail, Broadwell and Quark processors to challenge ARM's mobile dominance.
• 5 Companies That Had A Rough Week
  2:55 PM EST Fri. Sep. 06, 2013
  For the week ending Sept. 6, CRN looks at IT companies that were unfortunate, unsuccessful or just didn't make good decisions.
• DRAM Prices Jump On News Of SK Hynix FAB Fire
  12:39 PM EST Thu. Sep. 05, 2013
  SK Hynix plant fire leaves memory shipments on hold, but company says fire's impact was minimal on supply volumes.
• Intel Steps Up Microserver Battle With 'Avoton' SoC Processor
  5:32 PM EST Wed. Sep. 04, 2013
  Intel grows its Atom family of low-power processors with the launch of C2000 family of processors.
• Intel: The PC Isn't Dead; Hybrid Tablets Are The Future
  12:33 PM EST Tue. Aug. 20, 2013
  Intel's Todd Garrigues said PC shipments for the first half of this year were up. But can new form factors and perceptual computing continue that upward trend?
• Upwardly Mobile: Chip Sales On Record Pace For 2013
  1:15 PM EST Mon. Aug. 19, 2013
  Mobile chips are booming and will drive the market to an all-time high of $61 billion in 2013 as the traditional PC market sags, says IC Insights.
• 7 High-Tech Attention-Getters From 2013 (So Far)
  1:35 PM EST Wed. Aug. 07, 2013
  High technology gets higher all the time. From the CRN Test Center, here are some of the year's best products so far.
• IBM Partners With Google And Nvidia To Better Battle AMD, Intel
  7:29 PM EST Tue. Aug. 06, 2013
  Big Blue is enlisting Google, Nvidia and others to join the effort to boost its Power chip platform and compete against Intel and AMD.
• The 10 Coolest CPU/GPUs Of 2013 (So Far)
  4:00 PM EST Wed. Jul. 24, 2013
  From eight-core mobile chips for the latest smartphones to ultra-low-power server CPUs and supercomputer graphics processors, here's a look at the top CPUs/GPUs so far this year.
• AMD, Intel See Signs Of Recovery In Ailing PC Sector
  11:40 AM EST Mon. Jul. 22, 2013
  Intel and AMD say computer sales will rise soon as plummeting PC sales trend slows.
• Nvidia Debuts GPU-Based Surveillance Platform For Threat Detection
  2:53 PM EST Wed. Jul. 17, 2013
  Nvidia GeoInt Accelerator platform helps big data companies crunch surveillance data to identify threats.
• The Best And Worst Channel Stocks of 2013 (So Far)
  4:00 PM EST Thu. Jul. 11, 2013
  Stock values for all but one of the 14 channel companies tracked by CRN showed an increase in the first half of 2013. But the majority didn't match overall gains by the Dow Jones and Nasdaq indices.
• Lenovo Ousts HP As World's No. 1 PC Maker: IDC
  6:39 PM EST Wed. Jul. 10, 2013
  Lenovo breaks Hewlett-Packard's seven year reign as world's biggest PC maker, according to IDC's second quarter worldwide PC shipment numbers.
• Google's Chromebook Success Bucks PC Slump
  5:10 PM EST Wed. Jul. 10, 2013
  Google Chromebooks now represent 25 percent of the U.S. market for laptops priced under $300.
• The Best And Worst Tech Stocks Of 2013 (So Far)
  4:00 PM EST Wed. Jul. 10, 2013
  It's been a mixed first six months on Wall Street for tech vendors, with some vendors like Hewlett-Packard seeing big run-ups in stock prices and others like FalconStor recording big drops in share value.