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Intel, AMD Form x86 Group To Tackle Challenge Posed By ARM

New x86 ecosystem advisory group formed by Intel, AMD, as well as a slew of tech giants, to confront ARM challenge

Faster and cheaper deliveries for EMEA customers, says Lenovo, as Hungary shop starts production on storage and networking equipment

A hardware flaw detailed at Black Hat allows attackers to take control of Intel chips' most privileged mode

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Gartner: Worldwide server market grew 4.8 percent in shipments, EMEA server shipment declined 0.7 percent

Protests at Chinese factory concern the terms of new contracts following IBM’s agreement to sell its server business to Lenovo

Lenovo will also take on 7,500 IBM workers under terms of the deal

After failed negotiations last spring, a deal between IBM and Lenovo on a sale of the US company's x86 server operations may now be imminent

Intel wants your sofware defined switches on its x86 processors

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Oracle hasn't yet announced plans for ARM-based servers, but why not?

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Intel and the NY Attorney General have settled a lawsuit over Intel's alleged pressure on PC makers not to use AMD chips

AMD is said to be helping with an unofficial project designed to port Android onto x86-based PCs

Lenovo is closing in on HP and has passed Dell in global PC shipments, according to an IHS report

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AMD's market share of the x86 space rose almost two points, although Intel still dominates the sector

AMD plans to stick with its x86 chips as it moves into tablets, dashing rumours of an ARM licensing deal

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AMD plans to move x86 architectures into the tablet space while Marvell aims an ARM chip at the data centre

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Google's Android 2.2 mobile OS will run on the x86 architecture and promote its Atom processor in more netbooks and smartphones