Intel reports earnings worth $16.1 billion in Q1 2019-- an essentially flat result on a Y-o-Y basis, with data-centric revenues dropping by -5% Y-o-Y and PC-centric revenues growing by 4% Y-o-Y.

"Results for Q1 2019 were slightly higher than our January expectations," Bob Swan says in his first earnings call as permanent Chipzilla CEO. "We shipped a strong mix of high-performance products and continued spending discipline while ramping 10nm and managing a challenging NAND pricing environment."

Dell and Cisco announce the extension of a decade-long system integrator agreement-- one that sees the two companies share product roadmaps and collaborate on "strategic development activities."

The pact pushes converged infrastructure (CI) solutions based on technologies developed by Cisco and what was then EMC together with VMware back in 2009. One result of the alliance is the VxBlock 1000 technology stack bringing together Cisco compute and networking and Dell EMC storage and data protection. Most recently the VxBlock 1000 got support for the Cisco 6454 fabric interconnect, as well as a broader range of Cisco M5 server options.

Intel announces the 9th generation of Core mobile H-series processors-- the "most powerful" generation of laptop chipsets from the company yet, offering up to 8 cores and 16 threads with clock speeds of 5GHz.

“Our new 9th Gen platform is designed to delight gamers, creators and performance users by giving them more of what they want," Chipzilla says. "We are bringing desktop-caliber performance with up to 5Ghz and 8 cores in a range of thinner systems and new level of connectivity with Wifi 6 (Gig+) so users can game or create where they want.”

The legal battle over patent licensing going on between Apple and Qualcomm since January 2017 comes to a close, as the two companies drop all litigation in favour of a 6-year license agreement and a "multi-year" supply of wireless chips.

The two companies do not reveal what brought the sudden end to the bitter feud, especially since yet another round of court litigation had just started earlier this week. It is probable both Apple and Qualcomm simply tired of spending on corporate and legal maneuvering, as until now neither of the two budged on their position on iPhone patent royalties.