Tom Krazit

Intel Corp.'s new Dothan Pentium M processors outperform their predecessors by enough of a margin to prompt Intel, IBM Corp., and Cadence Design Systems Inc. to launch a pilot program aimed at unleashing chip designers with lightweight mobile workstations based on the Pentium M, the companies are expected to announce Monday.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) will precede rival Intel Corp.'s midyear product launches with four new Athlon 64 processors, expected to be introduced Tuesday at the Computex exhibition in Taipei.

Toronto-based All Computers Inc. filed a patent lawsuit against Intel Corp. Thursday claiming that Intel's Pentium II processor infringed upon a circuit design patented by All Computers.

Dell Inc. plans to unveil three new Axim personal digital assistants Tuesday, adding the Bluetooth short-range wireless networking technology to its PDAs for the first time.

Later this year, Intel Corp. will turn on security features and 64-bit extensions within the Prescott core as it ships PC and server processors based on Prescott and the Grantsdale chipset in the second half of the year, Intel president and chief operating officer Paul Otellini said during Intel's spring analyst meeting Thursday in New York.

A slew of notebook PC vendors lined up behind Intel Corp.'s three new Dothan Pentium M processors on Monday with new and updated systems that feature the improved chip.

By the end of 2005, Intel Corp. will have shifted all of its processor designs for everything from notebook chips to symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) servers to dual-core chips, resulting in the discontinuation of two single-core processors on its current road maps.

Two key improvements for the security and performance quality of Wi-Fi devices are scheduled to reach wireless network users this year as the adoption of wireless technology continues to grow within businesses and home users.