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Cadence CTO Calls for Power Savings in Chip Design
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Asserting that power consumption consideration is “not a first-class citizen” in the current state of microprocessor design, Ted Vucurevich, chief technology officer of Cadence Design Systems, said the industry needs a common power format to help optimize power versus performance in future designs. He made his remarks at the Microprocessor Forum here, which…
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Juniper Preps Metro Ethernet Switch/Router
Juniper Networks on Oct. 18 will seek to silence critics who bemoan the company’s lack of an Ethernet edge aggregation switch for service providers by launching its new X-Series product line. The X-Series switch/router is built to optimize both Layer 2 and Layer 3 functions and provide high-density Ethernet interfaces. The 14-slot X960 chassis can…
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Microsoft Services Chief Resigns
Rick Devenuti, Microsoft’s services chief, announced his retirement Oct. 11. Devenuti, senior vice president, Microsoft Enterprise Services & IT since 2003, is stepping down to spend more time with his family and focus on “his next challenge,” Microsoft officials said in a statement. He is 48 years old. No successor has been identified, but one…
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Ingram Micro to Distribute Bio-Optronics Solutions
Ingram Micro, the world’s largest distributor, has signed an agreement to distribute solutions made by Bio-Optronics, a Rochester, N.Y., software company. Specifically, Ingram, based in Santa Ana, Calif., will distribute the company’s Dynamic Hospital Suite solutions, which will help give the distributor and its VARs an expanded set of products to offer in the vertical…
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Tech Worker Wages See a Bump in Q3
Hourly wages for skilled tech workers in the third quarter of 2006 improved over the year before, according to the Yoh Index of Technology wages released Oct. 11 by the Philadelphia-based talent management company. Wages increased .1 percent in July, 1.4 percent in August and finally 2.4 percent in September. The Index ended the third…
