AMD shows dual-core microprocessor
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has demonstrated a working version of dual-core microprocessor technology based on its Opteron chip, reports Information Week.
The technology was demonstrated in a Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL585 server utilising four dual-core Opteron processors manufactured in a 90-nanometer process. AMD plans to make the dual-core Opterons available in volume for use in workstations and servers in mid-2005, with dual-core versions for PCs expected in the second half of next year.
Longhorn to ship without WinFS
Microsoft will ship its next Windows client code-named Longhorn in 2006 as scheduled, but without the next-generation file system known as WinFS, reports Computer Reseller News.
The company will deliver WinFS after the next major client operating system ships in 2006. Microsoft said the delay was due to revised plans that will now include a WinFS server as well as a client.
SA biometrics firm in Zambian drug testing project
South African company Biometrics.co.za has supplied locally developed biometrics hardware and software to be used to monitor a new drug testing programme in Zambia.
Dr Stewart Reid of Zambia`s Centre for Infectious Disease Research says a large proportion of testing in the past had to be scrapped because patients registered at a number of clinics simultaneously, duplicating results. Biometrics.co.za reports that a similar system is running at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, to ensure integrity of the information collected in drug trials related to an HIV/AIDS retroviral regime.
Veritas to acquire storage software maker
Veritas Software aims to erode EMC`s lead and rebuild investor confidence with the acquisition of KVault, which makes e-mail archiving software, reports Business Week online.
Veritas announced plans yesterday to acquire the British software house, which specialises in technology for archiving e-mail. The $225 million cash acquisition of KVault Software should help Veritas compete head-on with rival EMC for the e-mail archiving market, which has been ignited by legislation that forces some companies to maintain massive records of e-mail traffic.
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