BUSINESS BRIEFS
IBM unveils fast server chip
Advertiser Staff and News Services
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Delivering on its promise of a superfast server chip, IBM Corp. said today that its new Power6 microprocessor will go on sale next month, boasting twice the clock speed of the previous generation while consuming roughly the same amount of power.
Analysts said the chip, which operates at 4.7 gigahertz and cycles at a speed 25 million times as fast as the flap of hummingbird wings, will allow businesses to consolidate servers and handle substantially larger workloads.
By comparison, Intel Corp.'s Itanium 2 server processor tops out at 1.66 gigahertz.
PET-FOOD MAKER WRITES OFF CHINA
Menu Foods, North America's biggest maker of wet pet foods and the company that launched the pet-food recall, is phasing out ingredients from China.
It won't resume using them until Menu and the "world community" are assured that they are safe, says Menu's outside counsel, David Lillehaug of Fredrikson & Byron.
Menu, which makes pet foods for dozens of brands, recalled hundreds of products in mid-March after reports of kidney failure in pets. An ingredient imported from China was later found to be contaminated with melamine and melamine byproducts that are not allowed in foods.
CINGULAR'S 'JACK' LOGO IS HISTORY
Say goodbye to Jack.
AT&T Inc. is accelerating its rebranding of Cingular Wireless LLC, pulling down signs in its 1,800 stores and other vestiges of what was one of the best-known brands in the market. The orange "Jack" logo and Cingular name will also disappear from new devices that are being sold.
AT&T began phasing out the logo in January after it got full ownership of Cingular in the buyout of BellSouth Corp. But starting today, the logo will disappear in favor of the blue AT&T globe.
