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Intel 7th Gen Core CPU To Tackle 4K UHD Video
Promises three-fold improvement in graphics for gamers and the power to tackle 4K ultra HD video
Intel Unveils VR And 4K-Focused 10-Core i7 CPU
Intel lifts lid on new Broadwell family at Computex, including 10-core Extreme Edition 'mega-tasker' ready for 4K, gaming, and virtual reality
IBM, Huawei, AMD, ARM And Qualcomm Unite On Data Centres
Xilinx, Mellanox also join CCIX Consortium to give data centre CPUs an open sharing architecture to boost speed and efficiency
Moore’s Law Worry As Intel Changes Chip Upgrade Strategy
Chip giant quietly retires its 'tick-tock' processor development plans as limit to Moore's Law approaches
Intel Brings Mac Pro Xeon Chips To Laptops
Intel's Xeon chips are coming to notebooks as firm announces E3-1500M v5 product family
Intel Premieres Skylake 14nm Processors With PC Gaming Parade
Intel's i5-6600K and i7-6700K can be overclocked by the dedicated PC gamer and promise 10 percent performance hike compared to one-year-old PC
IT Life: Do You Want Chips With That?
AMD's EMEA head Darren Grasby talks about his career in IT, excitement for VR and why he's firmly on the fence about cloud
Green500 Supercomputer List Reveals Intel, Nvidia Surprise
Intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs are used in the world's top 10 most energy-efficient supercomputers
Intel Opens Up About Xeon Phi ‘Knights Landing’ CPU
Intel promises its upcoming "Knights Landing" chip will deliver significant performance improvements
Micron Reveals New Parallel Processing Architecture
A new computing architecture from Micron will outperform rival CPUs when dealing with unstructured data
AMD Releases R-Series CPUs For Embedded Systems
AMD expands its embedded CPU portfolio, one of the key strategic areas for the company going forward
Intel Haswell Chip Set For June Appearance
Intel has revealed that its next generation "Haswell" processors will debut at a computer show in June
AMD Sues Former Employees, Says They Spied For NVIDIA
Chipmaker claims VP Robert Feldstein recruited “double agents”
AMD Launches “Trinity” Chipset, Challenges Intel
AMD's new processors include a GPU, making them hot hits for gaming, but also for ultrabooks and for Windows 8
AMD Offloads Last Stake In Globalfoundries
AMD has sold the last of its stake in chip fabrication company Globalfoundries, its former manufacturing unit
Venray Touts Combined CPU/DRAM Chip For Heavy-Duty Applications
A US company emerging from stealth mode says combining CPU cores and DRAM on a single piece of silicon brings benefits
AMD Reveals Own Memory Chip Range For Desktops
AMD has introduced its own range of memory chips geared towards performance desktop PCs
Intel Launches Rival To AMD Bulldozer With i7-2700K
Intel has launched its fastest quad-core Core i7-2700K to take the fight to AMD's FX desktop chips
Intel Reaps PC Reward But Atom Sales Struggle
Intel has posted record financial results for the sixth consecutive quarter, but Atom sales were slow
AMD Launches Fast FX ‘Bulldozer’ Desktop CPUs
Desktop PC users now have the opportunity to purchase AMD's new eight-core FX Bulldozer chips
Supercooled AMD Bulldozer Breaks Overclock Record
AMD has smashed the overclocking speed record thanks to the use of liquid nitrogen and liquid helium
Intel Reportedly Declines Ultrabook CPU Price Cuts
Intel is refusing to halve CPU prices to help OEMs improve profitability from their ultrabooks, reports say
AMD Llano Platform Arrives In New HP Machines
AMD has officially launched its “Llano” platform, its Fusion A-Series accelerated processing units
ARM President Targets Mobile PC Domination
ARM officials aim to dominate the mobile PC market within four years, but are more cautious about servers
AMD Preps Chips For Tablet Devices
AMD is reportedly developing a CPU that is aimed squarely at the burgeoning tablet market
Mobile Industry Engulfed In Chip ‘Core Wars’, Analyst Warns
Intel, ARM, Nvidia are contributing to the 'Core Wars' in the mobile chip sector, an analyst has warned
Scottish Scientists Develop 1000-core Super Processor
A new chip that could see computers becoming much faster and greener has been developed by Scottish researchers
AMD Denies CPU Debugger Was A Secret
AMD has denied reports that the debugging mechanism found in its CPUs was a secret, or indeed a security risk
Secret Debugger Discovered In AMD Chips
A secret debugging mechanism has been discovered in AMD CPUs, prompting some security concerns