Chip maker and now software player Intel tried on Tuesday to explain the finer points of its $7.7bn acquisition of security software maker McAfee, which closed at the end of February after jumping some European Commission regulatory hurdles.
Intel Corp., through its standalone business entity Intel Mobile Communications, on Monday announced that it has acquired most of the assets of SySDSoft, a privately held software company based in Cairo and hired approximately 100 of the company’s electrical engineers and computer scientists. SySDSoft designs IP solutions in the software stack and physical layer domain, and RF/analog circuits embedded in mobile platforms.
Intel has completed its US$7.68 billion acquisition of security vendor McAfee, the chip maker announced on Monday.
The all-cash deal makes Intel a security industry powerhouse, giving it a broad range of consumer and enterprise security products. Though the acquisition has left some observers scratching their heads, Intel says it needs the McAfee technology to help it bake security into its microprocessors and chipsets -- especially as Intel looks to become more competitive in smartphones and other portable devices.
It's geeky but true: An Intel technology called "Thunderbolt" is creating quite a storm in the computer and gadget worlds this week.
Here's why this may matter to you: Thunderbolt will allow you to transfer photos, videos and files from other devices to a computer faster than ever before.
Intel will hire 4,000 workers in the US this year, primarily in product development and research and development, the company said on Friday.
The company seeks to hire "permanent, highly skilled employees," Intel CEO Paul Otellini said during a speech in Hillsboro, Oregon, where U.S. President Barack Obama toured a microprocessor factory. Intel currently has about 82,000 employees.
Look carefully at the picture above, taken from an advert for Intel's new Sandy Bridge Core i5 processor. What's the machine pictured? A generic black laptop, or the new MacBook Pro?
We'd hazard a guess at a generic mock-up ourselves, if it wasn't for the fact that Intel has previous when it comes to dropping the MacBook Pro bomb.
Intel Corp. on Monday began to officially sell its new Core i7-990X six-core chip designed for those, who have no limits in terms of performance or price in mind. The new processor is currently the world's highest-performing central processing unit (CPU) for desktops and ultra-high end desktop replacement notebooks.
Symantec is tapping new security features within Intel's second-generation Core processors to help boost usage of the security company's authentication products that are designed to prevent users from becoming victims of malicious Web sites.
The company is among the first security firms to offer products that leverage Intel's Identity Protection Technology. IPT makes it possible for Symantec to embed in Intel's chipset the credential that supporting Web sites would use to identify the PC user.
Looking to help customers strengthen data security, Intel said it will include stronger one-time password authentication in its upcoming 2nd Generation Intel Core Processor platforms.
Intel's Sandy Bridge chipset headache took another turn today. Last week Intel announced that it was pulling all Cougar Point chipsets that support its new Sandy Bridge desktop and laptop CPU family due to a flaw in the chip controlling the Serial ATA II data inputs.
Citing high demand from its desktop- and laptop-selling customers, Intel announced today that while it works on re-manufacturing the chipset, it would resume shipping the older flawed version, and pledged to work with system vendors to either eliminate or minimize customer exposure to the potential problem.
