Motorola: New Technology Makes Chips 35 Times Faster

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) on Tuesday unveiled what it calls a breakthrough microprocessor technology -- combining silicon with optical components -- that the company says will make chips perform 35 times faster than traditional silicon microprocessors

This article was found on Newsfactor.com, and is interesting since it comes just days after Motorola's announcement that it found ways to increase chip density by 50%. This new development bodes well for Motorola's future, although their stock price is in somewhat of a freefall, after Merryl Lynch cut its rating from Accumulate to Nuetral.

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"I Wish I had a Brain"

"It was a cult hit," said Morgenstern. "The Talking Moose was the perfect example of what the Mac was about and what the PC wasn't. Remember that this was way before Windows, so all PC users had was a DOS prompt. The Moose showed that computers were fun and personal. People could have business and fun in one machine."

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HP Chief Dropped Hints. Hewlett Packard's multibillion-dollar decision to acquire Compaq might've been a surprise to most of the tech world. But in remarks made well before the deal's close, HP CEO Carly Fiorina offered clues that something big was afoot. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   12:36:22 AM