Hardware

ARM Launches ‘Most Energy-Efficient’ Microprocessor Design

British chnip maker ARM says it has the most efficient 32-bit chip ever

12 years ago

Broadcom Shows Secure TV Chips

Broadcom's new processors allow operators to offer mobile, web-based TV services without compromising security

12 years ago

Facebook To Tackle Open Source Storage Hardware

Social networking site plans to build own storage hardware to handle growing number of user uploads

12 years ago

Single-Atom Transistor Created By Australian University

Physicists have created a transistor out of a single phosphorus atom, opening new doors for quantum computing

12 years ago

Tilera Launches Third-Generation Chips

Tilera has released its latest 36- and 16-core server processors, offering performance and energy efficiency improvements

12 years ago

PCIe Virtualisation Boosted As Micron Aquires Virtensys

Micron's aquisition of Virtensys enables data centres to share local storage across multiple servers with more efficient virtualisation of NAND…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

The Uphill Struggle For Data Centre Efficiency

After years of effort, why has the efficient data centre movement made so little impact, asks Peter Judge

12 years ago

Raspberry Pi Goes Into Production

Britain's Raspberry Pi ARM-based microcomputer, designed for education, is rolling off the production lines -- in China

12 years ago

Cambridge Scientists Reveal Quantum Computing Breakthrough

Researchers have generated a quantum fluid thousands of times larger than usual that acts as a superconductor

12 years ago

Nanoscale Wiring Technology May Open Doors To Quantum Computing

New microscopic wires could help microchips to keep shrinking and have applications in quantum computing

12 years ago

Fujitsu And SuVolta To Cut Chip Power Consumption

SuVolta and Fujitsu plan to use PowerShrink CMOS technology to cut energy use with no performance loss

12 years ago

IBM Shows Graphene Technology In Action

Developments in graphene chips, racetrack memory and transistor size will take us beyond Moore’s Law

12 years ago

Intel Sets Release For First ‘Ivy Bridge’ Chips

Intel's 'Ivy Bridge' chips will feature better performance, energy efficiency and graphics

12 years ago

Intel Expands Lead Over Samsung

Intel's lead over Samsung in semiconductors is boosted by microprocessors and flash memory

12 years ago

HP Exceeds Analysts’ Expectations

HP chief Meg Whitman has promised 'no more surprises' for a while in dealings with press and shareholders

12 years ago

New AMD Chips, Nvidia GPUs In Cray Supercomputer

Cray's £118m Blue Waters machine will use new XK6 blades based on AMD and Nvidia technology

12 years ago

China Builds Supercomputer With Home-Grown Chips

China has constructed an energy-efficient supercomputer using its own processor technology

13 years ago

Data Centre Spend To Surpass Pre-Downturn Level

Worldwide data centre hardware spending for 2011 is set to rise 12.7 percent from 2010, says Gartner

13 years ago

Dell: Big Buyers Are Big Winners

If you've got the infrastructure, the brand and the balance sheet, why wouldn't you grow by acquisition, asks Dell's Dave…

13 years ago

HP Plans to Keep webOS Unit Away From Hardware

A report says an email confirms HP's decision to split its webOS software and hardware into separate divisions

13 years ago

Microsoft Makes Play For WebOS Developers

Microsoft is coaxing webOS developers left in the lurch by HP's shock move to switch to Windows Phone

13 years ago

Microsoft Trials Kinect Developer Kit

Microsoft has released a test version of its development kit for the hands-free Kinect gaming technology

13 years ago

IPv6: Pathetic Tools And Poor Hardware Support

World IPv6 Day proved there is a lot of IPv6 out there, but adoption is still disappointing. The industry needs…

13 years ago

Microsoft Readies Branded Windows 8 Tablet

Microsoft is reportedly considering joining the tablet race with its own branded Windows 8 tablet

13 years ago

Intel Says 3D Chips Will Be In Phones This Year

Intel's Tri-Gate 3D technology will cut power and boost performance of devices using 22-nm Ivy Bridge chips

13 years ago

Report Finds Disappointing ‘Sandy Bridge’ Sales

Intel's 'Sandy Bridge' processors are not stimulating laptop sales as much as expected, after a chipset design flaw

13 years ago

Mobile Chip Unit Boss Quits Intel

The executive leading Intel's push into the smartphone market, Anand Chandrasekher, is to leave the company to pursue other interests

13 years ago

‘Super-Efficient’ Server Chips Imminent From Calxeda

Calxeda will soon begin sampling quad-core ARM-based system-on-chip processors for super-efficient servers

13 years ago

Dell Builds New Opterons Into PowerEdge C6145

Dell has used AMD's new Opteron chips in the 96-core PowerEdge C6145 server

13 years ago