Stop me if you've heard this one: "A secretive, venture-backed startup company walks into a bar and announces that it plans to take on Intel by producing a low-power x86 processor aimed (initially?) at portables and laptops."

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080219-mysterious-chip-start-up-to-take-on-intel-in-mobile-space.html

Comms-ICs/Highly-integrated-IEEE-8023af-compliant-Power-over-Ethernet-controller

News | www.electronicspecifier.com | Feb 19, 2008

Highly integrated, IEEE 802.3af compliant, Power over Ethernet controller : Electronics News from Electronic Specifier

http://www.electronicspecifier.com/Comms-ICs/Highly-integrated-IEEE-8023af-compliant-Power-over-Ethernet-controller.asp

AMD Triple-core Phenom Processors Inbound

News | www.dailytech.com | Feb 18, 2008

Roadmaps from AMD indicate Dell and Hewlett-Packard will introduce low-end computers based on triple-core AMD Phenom processors this week. Dell Optiplex computers, targeting the sub-$600 market, will be the first to receive the new triple-core treatment.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10738

TI, Nvidia and Broadcom chipsets turn mobiles into high-def camcorders

News | www.electronicsweekly.com | Feb 18, 2008

TI's OMAP 3440 processor, its first based on ARM's Cortex A8 processor core, supports 720p encoding for MPEG4 rather than the higher performance H.264, and starts sampling in Q2 this year, said Robert Tolbert, worldwide marketing manager for OMAP processors.

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2008/02/18/43159/ti-nvidia-and-broadcom-chipsets-turn-mobiles-into-high-def-camcorders.htm

Start-up looks to expand SiC substrate market

News | compoundsemiconductor.net | Feb 18, 2008

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http://compoundsemiconductor.net/cws/article/news/32931

Integrand Joins TSMC's 65-nanometer RF Tool Qualification Program

News | www.prnewswire.com | Feb 18, 2008

Integrand's EMX Qualified for High-Frequency Designs in TSMC Advanced Processes BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrand Software, Inc. today announced that it qualified its EMX tool for TSMC's Electromagnetic (EM) Tool Qualification Program.

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/02-18-2008/0004757584&EDATE=

Chip Shot: RacingThePlanet Connecting Nations, Racers

News | www.intel.com | Feb 18, 2008

Chip Shots is an official Intel bulletin board from Intel's corporate communications group used for posting news, materials, official comments, key messages, videos, milestones or other information.

http://www.intel.com/pressroom/chipshots/chipshots.htm?cid=rss-90004-c1-197633

Short selling is back in vogue after private equity calls it a day (at FT.com)

News | us.ft.com | Feb 15, 2008

Shorting is back in fashion. Hedge funds, which had been fighting shy of short selling individual stocks are brushing up their skills in the hope of scoring big from a wave of profit warnings.

http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto021520081549288572&referrer_id=yahoofinance