http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/tom_halfhill used for category lists, takes arguments en http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/amd_too_needed_fail <p><img src="http://www.maximumpc.com/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imce-images/tomH.jpg" width="140" height="180" align="right" />AMD continues to suffer through corporate misery, most recently by losing almost $1.2  billion in a single quarter, forcing the replacement of CEO Hector Ruiz with his subordinate, Dirk Meyer. If AMD collapses and Intel becomes the only major vendor of PC processors, will prices soar?</p><p>Unfortunately, monopolies usually do inflate prices. They also retard progress. AMD stimulates Intel to price its processors more aggressively and develop better processors. Without AMD, we might not have 64-bit x86 processors today or PC processors with integrated memory controllers. Right now, we’d probably be looking forward to the first quad-core x86 processors instead of the first eight-core chips.</p><p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/amd_too_needed_fail">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/amd_too_needed_fail#comments Fast Forward From the Magazine October 2008 amd Columns columns competition fast forward intel monopoly nvidia progress tom halfhill 2008 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:00:00 -0500 Tom Halfhill 3615 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/mids_pda_30_omg <p><img src="http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u22694/tomH.jpg" alt="Tom Halfhill" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="140" height="180" align="right" />Intel’s strategy for Atom processors and WiMAX hinges partly on a new class of handheld computers called mobile Internet devices (MIDs). Larger than cellphones but smaller than subnotebook PCs, MIDs are supposed to make the Internet available anytime, anywhere.<br /> </p><p>Actually, MIDs aren’t new. They’re the third major attempt to establish the nebulous product category of personal digital assistants (PDAs). Hit the jump for a history lesson, and read what challenges need to be overcome. </p><p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/mids_pda_30_omg">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/mids_pda_30_omg#comments Fast Forward August 2008 From the Magazine Columns columns fast forward mids mobile internet devices pda tom halfhill 2008 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:34:53 -0500 Tom Halfhill 2803 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/another_one_bites_dust <p><img src="http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u22694/tomH.jpg" alt="Tom Halfhill" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="140" height="180" align="right" />Will they never learn? Another start-up hoping to compete with mighty Intel has crashed, sending some 200 engineers to the unemployment line and squandering about $74 million from disgruntled investors. Montalvo Systems, originally named MemoryLogix, is now just another smoking crater in Silicon Valley.</p><p>Hit the jump for the full scoop on another chip maker who coulda been a contendah. </p><p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/another_one_bites_dust">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/another_one_bites_dust#comments Fast Forward July 2008 From the Magazine Columns columns fast forward Montalvo Systems tom halfhill transmeta VIA 2008 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:10:48 -0500 Tom Halfhill 2508 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_intels_atom_the_smallest_x86 <!--paging_filter--><p>Intel's Atom has low power consumption, full x86 compatibility, and good performance. </p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_intels_atom_the_smallest_x86">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_intels_atom_the_smallest_x86#comments Fast Forward June 2008 From the Magazine atom Columns fast forward intel tom halfhill x86 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 16:42:06 -0500 Tom Halfhill 2189 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_transmetas_rebirth <p>A new lease on life working with its former competitors.</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_transmetas_rebirth">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_transmetas_rebirth#comments Fast Forward February 2008 From the Magazine Columns fast forward longrun2 tom halfhill transmeta 2008 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:18:04 -0600 Tom Halfhill 1800 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_amds_odd_phenom <p>What's so weird about</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_amds_odd_phenom">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_amds_odd_phenom#comments January 2008 Fast Forward From the Magazine amd Columns fast forward Phenom tom halfhill 2008 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:43:05 -0600 Tom Halfhill 1696 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_the_future_of_cpu_integration <p>Code-named Niagara, Sun's new server processor boasts 8 64-bit processor cores and a slew of other features. This is where the future's headed.</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_the_future_of_cpu_integration">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_the_future_of_cpu_integration#comments Fast Forward From the Magazine Columns fast forward multicore November 2007 sun tom halfhill 2007 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:07:26 -0600 Tom Halfhill 1623 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_is_amd_running_out_of_gas <p>AMD needs to recover, for the sake of the industry's future.</p> <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_is_amd_running_out_of_gas">read more</a></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fast_forward_is_amd_running_out_of_gas#comments Fast Forward From the Magazine amd barcelona Columns fast forward tom halfhill Holiday 2007 2007 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:58:34 -0600 Tom Halfhill 1883 at http://www.maximumpc.com