The processor war continues on the dual-core front, as AMD brings its dual-core processor to market against Intel.

Something old is new again, as Intel displays the small Pandora PC concept last seen in March.

Intel Corp. has announced the follow-up to its Pentium processor Extreme Edition, which was its first multi-core processor. The new dual-core processor for use in desktop PCs is called the Pentium D.

Aimed at making a transition to widely used multicore processing, Intel released its sequel to the Pentium Extreme Edition, Pentium D.

The chipmaker expects to deliver that number of dual-core processors to the consumer market by year’s end.

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple Computer was in talks with Intel leading to speculation that Apple may put Intel chips in its Macs.

Though Apple publicly refers to a switch from IBM to Intel chips as rumors and speculation, the two companies have been talking over the years.

A slate of new features for corporate desktop users will be in a new platform available later this month.

The chipmaker and the telecom company want to offer hardware and services for the proposed wireless broadband standard.

Their funded virtual desktop project at Cambridge University has become a Silicon Valley startup, and Intel is tweaking its chips to take advantage of their work.

Citing tougher US immigration laws, the proliferation of Asian (specifically Chinese) engineering, and a declining number of US engineering grads, Bill Gates issued a warning to educational institutions that the US is in danger of losing its leading technological status.

Chipmakers ATI, Nvidia, both see declines as Intel’s Centrino line gets a new addition.

Here’s the cold, hard truth. Careful, it stings a bit. Intel, though seeming to finish first in the release of multicore processing, rushed itself to the market on the wrong racetrack.

1965 issue of Electronics magazine containing Dr. Gordon Moore’s article where “Moore’s Law” is first mentioned is found in the home of a Surrey engineer.

Internet on a donkey. Internet in a tent. Lord, almost anywhere. Everybody’s on the wagon, ready to brave the frontier of ethereal messaging and downloading.

Intel announced first-quarter revenue of $9.4 billion, up 17 percent year-over-year and down 2 percent sequentially.

Intel reported that first-quarter net income was $2.2 billion, up 25% year-over-year and up 1% sequentially.

Everyone knows the jingle, the happy little tones of Intel. We all giggled when we spied the little “Intel Inside” sticker on the outside of that first Pentium CPU-it was like a whisper through our cochlea that said, “this is gonna be so much better than that 486, hallelujah, praise be to God.”

While WiMax chip sets are being shipped from an Intel plant in Panang, Malaysia for a price of $45 to those who buy in bulk, the cost of a WiMax modem would still exceed $500.

On the heels of WiFi is Intel’s latest high speed offering, WiMax, a chip designed to pick up (fanfare please) long-range high-speed wireless Internet.

Taking the milk to the market a full two days early, Intel put its new Pentium Extreme Edition 840 chip on sale today to ensure a lead over rival Advanced Micro Devices’ own dual-core processors scheduled for release on April 21.