AMD has announced the details of its Asset Smart plan. Going forward, the company will split into two entities, one handling CPU/GPU design, and one foundry. The deal brings a fresh injection of cash from Arabic investors, but a divided AMD will still face many of the same challenges previously

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081007-and-then-there-was-one-amd-spins-off-foundry.html

University builds links with microwave manufacturer

News | www.electronicsweekly.com | 1 hour 44 minutes ago

The University of Nottingham has teamed with component manufacturer e2v to set up a centre to commercialise microwave research being carried out at the University

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2008/10/07/44655/university-builds-links-with-microwave-manufacturer.htm

New Absoft Pro Fortran v10.2 - SSE4a for AMD (GlobeNewswire)

News | biz.yahoo.com | 1 hour 58 minutes ago

New Absoft Pro Fortran v10.2 - SSE4a for AMD. - ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Oct. 7, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Absoft Corporation, a leading developer of compilers, debuggers and software development tools for high performance computing, today announced significant advancements for Fortran developers

http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/081007/151735.html

Freescale, 6Wind speed development cycles for multicore chips

News | www.eetimes.eu | 2 hours 39 minutes ago

At the Freescale Technology Forum this week in Paris, Freescale Semiconductor and 6Wind, French embedded networking software provider, announced their collaboration to port 6WINGGate embedded networking software suite to a simulation environment based on Freescale's QorIQ P4080 multicore chip.

http://www.eetimes.eu/france/210800131?cid=RSSfeed_eetimesEU_france

Nikon announces Media Port UP300x head-mounted PMP

News | expertlancer.com | 3 hours 10 minutes ago

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video, Wearables Just when we were getting used to having most Nikon announcements thoroughly preceded ...

http://expertlancer.com/nikon-announces-media-port-up300x-head-mounted-pmp/

Microsoft Research, NYU and Consortium of University Partners Create First Scientific-Based Game

Press Release | www.zibb.com | 33 minutes ago

Speaking to New York University faculty and students today, Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft Corp., unveiled details about a first-of-its-kind, multidisciplinary, multi-institutional gaming research alliance that will provide the fundamental scientific evidence to

http://www.zibb.com/article/4115606/Microsoft+Research+NYU+and+Consortium+of+University+Partners+Create+First+Scientific+Based+Game+Research+Alliance+to+Transform+Learning

Future of Web Apps In London This Week

News | digital-lifestyles.info | 5 hours 44 minutes ago

Digital-Lifestyles (alpha remix) Reporting the effects of Technology on the Media and Communications.

http://digital-lifestyles.info/2008/10/07/future-of-web-apps-in-london-this-week/

VIASIC’S PLACE AND ROUTE TECHNOLOGY CHOSEN BY

Press Release | www.edn.com | 18 hours 3 minutes ago

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Oct. 7, 2008 – ViASIC Inc., an electronic design automation (EDA) company with breakthrough tools, IP and services for reconfigurable semiconductor fabrics, today announced that Achronix Semiconductor Corp.

http://www.edn.com/pressRelease/2140279401.html?nid=3375

Surface developer tools coming this month

News | news.cnet.com | 19 hours 8 minutes ago

Microsoft promises developers that attend this month's Professional Developer Conference will get the tools needed to write apps for Microsoft's tabletop PC. Read this blog post by Ina Fried on News - Microsoft.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10059451-75.html