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ARM Challenges Intel With 64-Bit PC And Server ChipsARM Challenges Intel With 64-Bit PC And Server Chips

ARM Challenges Intel With 64-Bit PC And Server Chips

The ARMv8 chip architecture will bring ARM into closer competition with Intel and AMD in server and PC markets

13 years ago
ARM Unveils Big.Little, Low-Power Cortex-A7 PlanARM Unveils Big.Little, Low-Power Cortex-A7 Plan

ARM Unveils Big.Little, Low-Power Cortex-A7 Plan

ARM’s new Cortex-A7 is a key part of the company’s new Big.Little load-sharing mobile architecture

13 years ago
Ultrabook Partners Look For Cut In Intel Chip PricesUltrabook Partners Look For Cut In Intel Chip Prices

Ultrabook Partners Look For Cut In Intel Chip Prices

Acer and Compal say again it will be difficult price ultrabooks under $1,000 unless Intel cuts chip prices

14 years ago
IBM Chip Prototypes Mirror The Human BrainIBM Chip Prototypes Mirror The Human Brain

IBM Chip Prototypes Mirror The Human Brain

IBM's prototype “cognitive computing” chips act like a brain, collecting and analysing information

14 years ago
AMD Leak Reveals Hondo Tablet ChipAMD Leak Reveals Hondo Tablet Chip

AMD Leak Reveals Hondo Tablet Chip

Leaked AMD marketing slides show the company’s ‘roadmap’ for Fusion APUs for tablets to coincide with Windows 8

14 years ago
AMD Launches First APU For Desktop PCsAMD Launches First APU For Desktop PCs

AMD Launches First APU For Desktop PCs

AMD rolls out the Fusion A-Series, its first APU's for desktop users looking for a high-end graphics experience

14 years ago
Does HPC Belong In The Cloud?Does HPC Belong In The Cloud?

Does HPC Belong In The Cloud?

The cloud makes high performance computing more widely available - but introduces several problems of its own, says John Hengeveld

14 years ago
IBM Uses Graphene Nano-Chips For Wireless DevicesIBM Uses Graphene Nano-Chips For Wireless Devices

IBM Uses Graphene Nano-Chips For Wireless Devices

Minute graphene-based integrated circuits for wireless devices offer better performance for much lower prices

14 years ago
Intel Foundry Relationship With Apple RumouredIntel Foundry Relationship With Apple Rumoured

Intel Foundry Relationship With Apple Rumoured

Speculation Intel may become a foundry partner for Apple’s mobile chips, fuelled by Citigroup report

14 years ago
LG Licenses ARM Cortex Mobile Processor DesignsLG Licenses ARM Cortex Mobile Processor Designs

LG Licenses ARM Cortex Mobile Processor Designs

LG is licensing mobile chip designs from ARM, bringing it into greater competition with other chip makers

14 years ago
Intel’s Oak Trail Processor Wrestles ARM In TabletsIntel’s Oak Trail Processor Wrestles ARM In Tablets

Intel’s Oak Trail Processor Wrestles ARM In Tablets

Intel's Atom Z670 processors are thin and efficient, but most importantly they can run Windows on tablets

14 years ago
Japan Disasters Will Not Hurt Chip ProductionJapan Disasters Will Not Hurt Chip Production

Japan Disasters Will Not Hurt Chip Production

Intel and Qualcomm say their operations' geographical spread will insulate them from Japan's shortages

14 years ago
UKCA Tries To Block Chip & PIN Hack Research PaperUKCA Tries To Block Chip & PIN Hack Research Paper

UKCA Tries To Block Chip & PIN Hack Research Paper

The UK Card Association tried to block a university Chip & PIN report showing how the system can be fooled

14 years ago
Qualcomm Restyles Snapdragon Chip For Phones And TabletsQualcomm Restyles Snapdragon Chip For Phones And Tablets

Qualcomm Restyles Snapdragon Chip For Phones And Tablets

Qualcomm has redesigned the Snapdragon chip to deliver five times the performance at 75 percent less power

14 years ago
Broadcom Releases Samples Of Its 100Gb Ethernet SiliconBroadcom Releases Samples Of Its 100Gb Ethernet Silicon

Broadcom Releases Samples Of Its 100Gb Ethernet Silicon

Broadcom unveiled the BCM88600 chip for 100GbE switches to meet the growing demands of data and video network traffic

14 years ago

AMD ‘Llano’ APU Chip Shows Off Its Paces

AMD showed off its upcoming “Llano” APU, which integrates compute and graphics capabilities for notebooks and desktop PCs

14 years ago

Low Power Bluetooth Chips Coming For Smartphones

CSR predicts new applications for the new low-energy Bluetooth standard, working alongside classic Bluetooth

14 years ago

CEO Otellini Says Intel Will Be Major Player In Tablet Market

Intel will be a dominant player in the rapidly-growing tablet market, riding on the strength of its Atom chips, Intel…

14 years ago

Broadcom Unveils New EEE Silicon Chips

Deploying end-to-end silicon in data centres can bring energy savings of more than 70 percent, according to Broadcom

15 years ago

IBM Enters The Power Management Chip Business

Wireless integrated on a power management chip promises to help the drive towards sustainable power and smart buildings

15 years ago

Intel’s Otellini Talks Up ‘Sandy Bridge’

As devices proliferate, Intel wants its technology to form the basis for everything from smartphones to servers

15 years ago

ARM Announces 2.5GHz Cortex Processor

Chip maker ARM announces the Cortex-A15 MPCore which claims five times the speed of current smartphone processors at 2.5GHz

15 years ago

Intel Rolls Out Parallel Computing Tools

Intel has launched Parallel Studio 2011, a new version of its tool set for building applications for parallel systems

15 years ago

HP, Hynix To Manufacture Memristors

Memristors could replace traditional memory technologies such as Flash and hard drives, as well as CPUs

15 years ago

ARM Taking Aim At Green Server Space

Chip designer ARM is looking to move into the low-end server space through virtualisation support

15 years ago

AMD To Unveil Bulldozer And Bobcat Chip Details

AMD is to use the Hot Chips Conference at Stanford University to discuss the technical details of its "Bobcat" and…

15 years ago

Intel’s McAfee Acquisition Means Chip-Level Security

Intel is buying software security firm McAfee for $7.9 billion. It’s now time to bake security into the hardware rather…

15 years ago

Chip Market Grows As Intel Dominates, IDC Finds

Worldwide sales and shipments of PC microprocessor units saw uncharacteristic growth during the second quarter of 2010, IDC has found

15 years ago

Chip Start-Up Focuses On Probability Processing

Many now ubiquitous applications are not looking for the yes/no answers, but rather the best guess answer from among a…

15 years ago

Researcher Warns Of Memory Chip Shortage

A new report has warned that a high demand for DRAM chips, coupled with supply bottlenecks, could lead to a…

15 years ago