Apple has made another of its characteristically low-key acquisitions, buying chip design company Intrinsity.

A chip company is set to demonstrate its USB 3.0 to SATA bridge chip this week, and a research firm is tipping adoption of the new standard beginning next year with rapid takeup.

The forthcoming 'Pine Trail' Atom chips will deliver smaller, thinner, lighter netbooks with longer battery life, Intel has promised. And desktop PC chipset changes will take HD video into the mainstream.

Intel has completed the development of its 32nm chip technology, and expects it to go into production during the fourth quarter of 2009. The new process should usher in higher performing and more energy efficient chips.

Chip market leader Intel has launched the Intel Core i7 processor, which the company claims is its most advanced desktop processor ever. The Core i7 processor is the first of the new Nehalem processor designs and is claimed to boost performance for video editing, immersive games and other Internet and computer activities by up to 40% without increasing power consumption.

Three new CPUs have shown up on Intel's latest price list, ranging from a Core 2 Quad to a Celeron D. The more powerful chips are fabricated with Intel's 45 nm technology.

It would appear that wealthy Mexicans are so worried about being kidnapped that some are prepared to be microchipped in order for them to be traced in such an eventuality...

Intel is promising PC manufacturers and users a new generation of processors featuring a "turbo mode" that delivers high performance without generating additional heat. The chip maker unveiled plans for the new processor range at its Developer Forum in San Francisco.

DreamWorks Animation will produce all its future movies in stereoscopic 3D, and Intel's going to help.

Driving a V8 gas guzzler in these days of skyrocketing fuel prices and fossil fuel induced climate change is no longer considered cool. So why should it be cool to own a supercharged power hungry desktop or laptop computer? Is Moore's Law dead? Not according to Intel.