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Another potential material for replacing silicon emerges
A new material called molybdenite could succeed as the building block for computer chips one day, according to physicists at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). The
Nvidia guns for desktop, server market
Nvidia will build new processors that are targeted squarely for the desktop and server market. Code-named Denver, the announcement comes as a bombshell to an industry used to a Wintel-dominated
Intel puts upgradeable CPU on trial
Intel ( NASDAQ: INTC ) has started trials of an "upgradeable" processor known as the Pentium G6951. Currently offered only to some system builders on a trial basis, the idea revolves around selling a
Nvidia releases free GPU developer tool for Visual Studio
Nvidia has released a free edition of its Parallel Nsight tool that works with Microsoft's ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) flagship Visual Studio 2008 SP1 professional. Parallel Nsight is a GPU-accelerated
Intel porting Android 2.2 to Intel for summer release
Intel ( NASDAQ: INTC ) will be porting Android 2.2, also known as Froyo, to run on x86-based CPUs, specifically Intel chips. While it is true that there have already been efforts in this direction by
Red Hat unveils beta for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2
Red Hat has just released a new beta of its Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) KVM hypervisor this week. Version 2.2 will double the number of supported virtual CPUs to 16 and increase the
Expect more 45nm AMD desktop processors
According to The Inquirer, chip maker AMD is likely to shift production of its desktop CPUs to the 45nm process technology soon. This should happen by Q3 this year, and will be preceded by the launch
Fujitsu develops world's fastest processor
Japanese firm Fujitsu has revealed a new processor, touted to be the fastest in the world in terms of raw CPU computations. Named "Venus," the processor can supposedly crunch numbers at a rate of 128
Red Hat and AMD migrate VMs across CPU architectures
AMD and Red Hat have done what has, so far, proved impossible; they have demonstrated a live migration of virtual machines (VM) across different CPU architectures. For those not familiar with the
