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NewsIntel's IPT gains new fan in MasterCard
Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) campaign to bake security into its processors gained a new adherent as MasterCard decided to use the chip maker's Identity Protection Technology. Eventually, MasterCard holders Read more...
Startup unveils chip for quickly calculating probabilities
Calculating probabilities is an increasingly critical and commonplace computing task--key to things such as financial modeling, fraud detection and target marketing--and a new processor system from Read more...
IBM unveils 22nm technology for chips
By using a technique called "computational scaling," IBM has unveiled a strategy to produce future chips based on a 22nm fabrication process. The idea is to do so by avoiding a complete overhaul of Read more...
Intel eyes graphics card market
Intel has unveiled a new family of microprocessors which it says will be initially targeted at the graphics card for the personal computer. Code-named Larrabee, it will feature between 16 and 48 Read more...
Intel unveils Centrino 2 platform
In the latest salvo against arch-rival AMD, Intel is releasing a total of five new processors as part of its Centrino 2 platform that is designed to do tasks like high-definition video playback, yet Read more...
Customer data should drive IT decisions
Michelle McKenna, the CIO at Universal Orlando Resorts, has some advice for her members of her profession--think like your customers and use your data to focus on your company's markets. "In today's Read more...
IBM turning to water for cooling its processors
IBM
this week demonstrated using water to cool three-dimensional stacks of
processors. While still years away from
production, this technology could well be implemented for its multicore servers
as Read more...
HP working to fix Windows XP SP3 problemsHP has confirmed that the existence of an endless-reboot problem with certain systems that are based on processors from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) after the installation of Windows XP service Read more...Faster CPUs on the way
Researchers at Princeton University have discovered a means to eliminate nano flaws or minuscule defects in computer chips, a breakthrough that could improve chip performance and allow manufacturers Read more...
Big Blue is still Mr. Big of supercomputersIt has only been eight years since the supercomputer crossed the 4 teraflops (4 trillion calculations per second) mark. But the leader then remains the leader now and Big Blue is not looking back. Read more... | Press ReleasesTeamF1 Announces Support for Cavium OCTEON® III Multicore MIPS64® Processor FamilyNext Generation of TeamF1 Turnkey Gateway and Storage Software Combines High Performance, Rich Networking and Iron-clad Security on OCTEON III ProcessorsFREMONT, Calif., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Read more >> New ThinkPad Edge Laptops Fuse Small Business with Lifestyle ComputingPortfolio Includes Essential, Mainstream and Premium Laptops RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today announced its new portfolio of small-to-medium Read more >> Strategy Analytics: Multi-Core Processors Dominated Smartphones in Q3 2011Samsung and Qualcomm Take Top Rankings BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Multi-core smartphone applications processors gained strong traction in Q3 2011, accounting for almost 25 percent of total smartphone Read more >> STMicroelectronics Sets New Performance Record in Industry Benchmark Tests for World's Most Powerful Cortex™-M MicrocontrollerSTM32 F4 series featuring unique ART accelerator achieves record-breaking CoreMark™ benchmark with latest compiler upgrade from Green Hills SoftwareGENEVA, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Read more >> Mindspeed Ships Five Millionth Multi-Core Packet Processor for Customer Premises EquipmentComcerto-Series Processors Continue to Drive New Era of Value-Added Carrier Services for the Connected Home NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPD), a Read more >> |
