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US Government To Investigate Hauwei Breakthrough Phone

American officials are seeking more information, after teardown of new Hauwei smartphone revealed shocking discovery

1 year ago

US Supreme Court Rejects Wisconsin’s Apple Patent Appeal

Victory for Apple after rejection of patent challenge, but a Midwestern university is not giving up its legal fight against…

5 years ago

Cerebras Delivers World’s Largest Computer Chip For AI

New chip is the size of an iPad and contains 400,000 cores to handle machine learning challenges

5 years ago

Intel CPUs At Risk From Foreshadow Flaw

Not again. Intel rocked by another data stealing vulnerability that affects the secure CPU enclave

6 years ago

Facebook Building Team To Design Own Chips – Report

Artifical intelligence move? Facebook is reportedly building a team to design its own semiconductors

7 years ago

Meltdown & Spectre: Intel Chip Exploit Also Impacts ARM, AMD Chips

'Not just us' says Intel, as ARM and AMD are also said to be vulnerable to one of the flaws

7 years ago

Fix For Intel Chip Design Flaw Likely To Hurt Performance

Linux and Windows kernels to be redesigned because of Intel chip design flaw, but fix will likely slow PCs down

7 years ago

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

8 years ago

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

9 years ago

These Ultrathin Chips Could Lead To Super-Efficient Computers

Ultra thin laptops of the future could become a lot thinner, after MIT breakthrough with chip construction

9 years ago

IBM’s Neurosynaptic Chip Aims To Transform Science And Technology

IBM deepens its cognitive computing capabilities with new energy-efficient chip the size of a postage stamp

10 years ago

AMD Releases ‘Seattle’ 64-Bit ARM Developer Kit

AMD offers its Seattle ARM-based server chips to the developer community

10 years ago

Applied Micro Issues Data Centre Challenge As Sales Slide

Intel's server unit can expect more competition as Applied Micro signals a data centre challenge

10 years ago

IBM Pledges £1.7bn Chip Research Investment

IBM to spend $3bn on computer chip research to reinvigorate its slumping hardware unit

10 years ago

Intel Discusses ‘Braswell’ Chip And Android Efforts

Intel opens up about its efforts around Android and its new entry-level 14-nanometer Atom chip

11 years ago

AMD Revamps Globalfoundries Agreement

AMD and Globalfoundries agree a new deal so the latter will now also produce console and graphic chips

11 years ago

AMD Adds To Opteron 6300 With 12-, 16-Core Chips

AMD aims Opteron 6338P and 6370P chips at virtualised data centres and cloud environments

11 years ago

Texas Instruments To Cut 1,100 Jobs Despite Q4 Profits

US chipmaker to cut 3 percent of total workforce in spite of profitable year

11 years ago

Smartphones, Tablets Drive Global Processor Shipments

Mobile devices replace PCs as the driving force behind the global chip business, says analyst firm

11 years ago

Intel To Open Retail Stores For Christmas Period

Intel is the latest tech vendor to open retail stores to reach out to consumers, but the shops will be…

11 years ago

Intel Opens Up About Xeon Phi ‘Knights Landing’ CPU

Intel promises its upcoming "Knights Landing" chip will deliver significant performance improvements

11 years ago

Intel Ships 4G LTE Modem For Tablet Devices

Intel has finalised its challenge to Qualcomm after it began shipping its long-expected LTE modem

11 years ago

AMD Back In Black Thanks To Gaming Consoles

AMD returns to profitability thanks mostly to the Playstation and Xbox gaming consoles

11 years ago

IDF 2013: Intel Shows Off New Xeon Chips

Intel touts a more dynamic data centre offering after unveiling its new Xeon E5-2600 server chips

11 years ago

IDF 2013: Intel CEO Touts Growing Industry Reach

CEO Brian Krzanich uses his keynote IDF speech to highlight Intel’s push into new industry markets

11 years ago

Intel Avoton C2000 Microserver Chips Arrive For Data Centres

Intel makes available its low power 'Avoton' Atom C2000 chips for microservers and data centres

11 years ago

HP Launches Intel Avoton-based Moonshot Servers

HP reveals its latest Moonshot server, which boasts Intel's Atom C2000 System on a Chip (SoC)

11 years ago

Intel Readies LTE Chips For Qualcomm Challenge

Intel is to beef up its LTE mobile chip portfolio, in a move that will heighten its competition with Qualcomm

11 years ago

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

11 years ago

IBM Forms Power Consortium To Challenge Intel

IBM is taking a leaf out of ARM’s book by licensing its Power chip technology to third party companies

11 years ago