The future is 64-bit and imminent claims Gates

Gates predicts that within two years the move to 64bit computing will pretty much be done In his keynote at yesterdays' Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2004 conference Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said: 'between now and the end of 2005, we'll go from having very few 64-bit chips out there to virtually 100 percent what AMD ships, and the majority of what Intel ships within less than two years will be 64-bit capable chips.' Windows XP 64-Bit Edition for 64-Bit Extended Systems, he said, is on track for a fourth quarter 2004 release. 64-bit editions of other Windows versions, such as Tablet PC and Media Center will also be available. ...more

EC hints at fresh moves against Microsoft

The European Commission has hinted that it may bring a fresh case against Microsoft after receiving new complaints about the company. But EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes said that the Commission would wait for the result of Microsoft's appeal against the first penalties imposed after the first investigation into anti-competitive behaviour before deciding whether to press ahead. 'We have had informal complaints, and we are using our time now to look at them,' Kroes said. ...more

Intel regroups its communications businesses

Intel is regrouping its communications-related businesses into a single organisation - the Intel Communications Group (ICG). Previously its work in networking and handheld-focused areas had been divided between ICG and the Wireless Communications and Computing Group (WCCG). 'We continue to drive the convergence of computing and communications through our product lineup, and with this we see wireless local area networking and wide area cellular technologies coming together,' said Intel CEO Craig Barrett. ...more

News roundup... [24/06/2002]

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. Microsoft's IM goes mobile; Digital rights case broadened; Next-gen ADSL; Artistes suffer from geek fans.. ...more

Intel releases new Xeon heavyweight server processors

Sunday saw the introduction of some new Intel Xeon server processors, including a 3.2GHz Xeon and a 3GHz Xeon MP. The new top-of-the-range Xeon MP, for multi-processor systems, also doubles the amount of Level 2 cache. ...more