Toshiba Corporation today announced development of the "SpursEngineTM", a high-performance stream processor integrating Synergistic Processing Element (SPE) cores derived from the Cell Broadband EngineTM (Cell/B.E.TM).

Delivering a multi-core triple threat, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the addition of AMD Phenom™ triple-core processors to its desktop roadmap. AMD Phenom triple-core processors, expected to be the world’s first PC processors to integrate three computational cores on a single die of silicon, can help deliver the visual experience, performance and multitasking capabilities of true multi-core technology to a broader audience.

Driving the market growth for next-generation, portable, high-definition (HD) video products, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced the availability of a new DaVinci(TM) processor with ARM host control and complete development tools.

Intel Corporation has unveiled the industry's first quad-core processors specifically designed for multi-processor (MP) servers running applications requiring uncompromised performance, reliability and scalability. Such applications are typically run in virtualized environments for server consolidation and database uses, enterprise resource planning and business intelligence.

In a new white paper made available this week and at an industry address at KVM Forum 2007, AMD today disclosed details about “AMD-V™ Extended Migration”, a feature dating back to the First-Generation AMD Opteron™ processor that enables virtual machines to migrate between different versions of AMD processors.

Intel Corporation today further reinforced desktop PC security by unveiling the newest generation of Intel® vPro™ processor technology for businesses and IT with new innovations that add better protection against hacking, viruses and other threats.

Marking the next step in Intel's "tick-tock" product strategy and cadence to deliver a new process technology with an enhanced microarchitecture or entirely new microarchitecture every year, Intel Corporation will begin producing its next-generation Penryn family of processors in the second half of this year.

Continuing with its flurry of delivering quad-core server processors and other products ahead of schedule, Intel Corporation launched two quad-core Intel® Xeon® processors.

Researchers who use the TeraGrid, the nation's most comprehensive and advanced infrastructure for open scientific research, can now leverage the computing resources of a powerful, 2048-processor BlueGene/L system at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

Intel presented its new Mobile Core 2 Extreme X7800 processors for high-end users.

Advanced Micro Devices will start selling its quad-core Barcelona Opteron processors in August.