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As reported in the Financial Times, Intel CEO Paul Otellini has stated that the processor manufacturer is considering re-entering the mobile phone market in view of the increasing revenue from data services and internet access. Intel apparently feels that because mobile devices increasingly resemble small computers, Intel can use its experience in processor design and manufacture to advantage in the new mobile market. In the FT interview, Paul Otellini said that he thinks it is easier to add telephony functions to a small computer than to add computer functionality to a mobile phone.

Intel will delay the launch of its upcoming Centrino 2 platform for laptop computers to resolve issues related to the chipset and the antenna used with the wireless chipset.

Centrino 2, also called Montevina, is the next version of Intel's popular Centrino platform for laptops and was previously slated for a June launch. Computer makers are now expected to begin shipping Centrino 2 systems to retail shops in July, with production reaching high volumes during the first week of August, said Elvin Ong, an Intel spokesman in Singapore.

Intel, the world’s biggest chipmaker, said on Tuesday it would be involved in the first commercial roll-out of WiMax broadband technology in south-east Asia.

Craig Barrett, Intel’s chairman, told the Financial Times that the group, which has been at the forefront of promoting WiMax, had invested in Green Packet, the Malaysian technology company set to launch services next month.

Mr Barrett said the significance of the deal between Intel Capital, the venture capital investment arm of the chipmaker, and Green Packet was much greater than its size, initially MY$50m ($15m).

Microprocessor giant Intel (NSDQ: INTC) has struck a deal with supercomputer maker Cray to bolster Intel's share of the market for the highest of high-end computers, executives said Monday.

Cray and Intel unveiled a multiyear deal to build the next generation of high-performance computers capable of processing petaflops -- quadrillions of machine instructions a second -- or twice the power of the world's top existing supercomputer.

Intel Corporation chairman Craig Barrett has made his first trip to Kuwait during which he conducted a number of high-level meetings.

The visit was part of a Gulf-wide tour by Barrett who visited Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Abu Dhabi before arriving in Kuwait.

His trip recognised the significant growth opportunities in the ICT sector in Kuwait and showed Intel’s commitment to broadening access to computers, the internet and the other tools to further their education and use of the global online community, said a statement.

The trend toward ever smaller and cheaper PC components is, of course, nothing new. Chips have shrunk and prices have fallen for over 30 years now. Yet that trend has accelerated dramatically in recent years, spurred onward by the rise of mobile computing and signified by the success of low-cost laptops like the Asus Eee PC and high-zoot mobile computers like the iPhone.

Intel's Proteus security software starts out by getting to know you better—understanding your habits and network demands—using those statistical guidelines to clamp down on stuff that, let's face it, doesn't really sound like You. At least, not the You that Proteus has grown to love. This kind of learning really helps when trying to protect company-owned portables: Not surprisingly, typical behavior at work and typical behavior at home turn out to be two very different things.

Intel Corp said on Wednesday sub-$300 laptops initially designed for poor children will soon be available to U.S. and European consumers in a move that could further push down computer prices.

PC makers in the United States and in Europe will sell a yet-to-be-unveiled, second-generation version of the Intel-designed Classmate PC for $250 to $350, said Lila Ibrahim, general manager of Intel's emerging market platform's group, in an interview with Reuters.

"This is a very big deal," said Laura Didio, an analyst with Yankee Group who follows the personal computer industry.

Stanford president John Hennessy calls parallel programming for multicore processors the biggest challenge computer science has faced in more than 50 years. But that's not stopping Intel from moving ahead with plans to bring even greater core counts to your laptop.

According to trade-media reports, Intel is readying a new breed of quad-core mobile processors for release this fall, marking what could be the first concerted effort by the chip giant to aim its high-end multicore processors at the general mobile market.

Intel, the world’s biggest chipmaker, faces questions from analysts on Wednesday on whether it has a future in the memory chip business after taking another hit to its financial performance.

Intel shares fell below $20 in afternoon trading in New York on Tuesday, down 1.90 per cent, at $19.63, following its warning that first-quarter gross margins were likely to be about 54 per cent, against its previous forecast of 56 per cent.