Intel inks Russian agreement for sub-45nm research

BERLIN — Intel's Craig Barrett has signed an agreement with
Rosnanotech, Russia's state nanotechnology organization, for
co-development in several areas including sub-45 nanometer ICs.

The agreement was signed at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, held June 6 to 8.

The joint research work is in several nanotechnology areas and
will include the development of new materials for the production of
sub-45nm ICs, according to Rosnanotech.
Additionally, Intel and Rosnanotech plan co-research in multiprocessor
and multicore systems, as well as in software for modeling
nanomaterials.
Management training and technology commercialization are also part of
the agreement, which also aims to spark Russian startup activity from
the research.

The value of the agreement wasn't disclosed.

In 2007, the Russian state allotted 130 billion rubles (about
$5.5 billion) to Rusnanotech, which aims to build Russia's
nanotechnology infrastructure.

Among its activities are making early stage investments in
nanotechnology projects with private sector partners and involvement in
business incubators and investment funds. "Collaboration with Intel
affords us the opportunity to build on the solid foundation of
practical application of scientific development," said Leonid Melamed,
General Director of Rusnanotech, in a statement.

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Intel inks Russian agreement for sub-45nm research

BERLIN — Intel's Craig Barrett has signed an agreement with
Rosnanotech, Russia's state nanotechnology organization, for
co-development in several areas including sub-45 nanometer ICs.

The agreement was signed at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, held June 6 to 8.

The joint research work is in several nanotechnology areas and
will include the development of new materials for the production of
sub-45nm ICs, according to Rosnanotech.
Additionally, Intel and Rosnanotech plan co-research in multiprocessor
and multicore systems, as well as in software for modeling
nanomaterials.
Management training and technology commercialization are also part of
the agreement, which also aims to spark Russian startup activity from
the research.

The value of the agreement wasn't disclosed.

In 2007, the Russian state allotted 130 billion rubles (about
$5.5 billion) to Rusnanotech, which aims to build Russia's
nanotechnology infrastructure.

Among its activities are making early stage investments in
nanotechnology projects with private sector partners and involvement in
business incubators and investment funds. "Collaboration with Intel
affords us the opportunity to build on the solid foundation of
practical application of scientific development," said Leonid Melamed,
General Director of Rusnanotech, in a statement.

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Intel Fans Not Feeling Feds' Heat

Don't tell that to Intel(INTC - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) investors, though.

As the Federal Trade Commission launched a formal antitrust
probe of the world's largest chipmaker Friday, the reaction on the
Street was marked more by apathy than anxiety.

The chipmaker's stock was down 4% to $22.90 amid a broad-based
selloff. A day earlier, when South Korean regulators fined Intel $25
million for anticompetitive behavior, Intel's stock was actually up 25
cents.

For many investors, the legal clouds gathering over Intel don't represent a credible threat.

Daniel Morgan, a portfolio manager at Synovus Trust, summed up
the attitude among Intel's investors to the FTC investigation: "I'll be
monitoring it, but it's not something I'm overly worried about," says
Morgan, whose firm owns Intel shares.

"They [Intel] have been investigated before; so has Microsoft(MSFT - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), about a million times. So I'm just kind of immune to it," Morgan says.

The example set by Microsoft, which has been under antitrust
scrutiny for nearly two decades, doesn't provide much reason to panic.

Microsoft has been hit with billions of dollars in fines and
has even been forced to change business practices, such as bundling
certain software with its Windows operating system.

Yet analysts don't believe the various actions have held Microsoft back.

"They still have a monopoly on the operating system and the
productivity software market with Office, and that's what drives most
of their business value," says Allan Krans of Technology Business
Research.

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Sony NWZ-A828K Bluetooth Walkman reviewed: slimly superb

Ubiquitous wireless headphones are perhaps the no-brainer Next Big
Thing in the portable media market, waiting only on battery life that
can keep up. Last year we reviewed one of the first PMPs to feature
the Bluetooth A2DP profile, Samsung’s YP-T9, and now Gear Diary’s Doug has been spending some time with Sony’s long-coming retort, the NWZ-A828K Walkman. Announced back in February
as part of the company’s new PMP lineup, the headline feature might be
wireless but the 2.4-inch display and 3/8ths of an inch thickness don’t
hurt either.

We gave the YP-T9 a swift kicking for not including a set of
Bluetooth cans in the retail packaging, but Sony have escaped
punishment by not only bundling its DR-BT21G Bluetooth headphones but -
for Doug at least - a set of wired in-ear ‘phones too. Looking at
Sony’s own listing for the PMP, it doesn’t look like you get both
normally; however they’ve made the right choice and the wireless set
are standard. Battery life for the A828K is rated at up to 36hrs music
or 10hrs video; even with the wireless and the screen turned on, Doug
got around 20hrs mixed-content per full charge.

Criticisms include the absence of a memory card slot (though there’s
a bigger, 16GB version of the 8GB model Doug tested) and the fact that
Sony don’t include an AC adaptor, only a USB charging cable. The A2DP
Bluetooth connection was “a bit wonky at times” but the ease of use
seemed to push that aside.

The NWZ-A828K Walkman is available now direct from Sony and priced at $269.99.

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