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USB 3.0 on the way
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2009-09-21 03:14:43
A chip company is set to demonstrate its USB 3.0 to SATA bridge chip this week, and a research firm is tipping adoption of the new standard beginning next year with rapid takeup.


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Netbooks getting thinner and faster, HD desktops going mainstream: Intel
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2009-06-02 02:28:28
The forthcoming 'Pine Trail' Atom chips will deliver smaller, thinner, lighter netbooks with longer battery life, Intel has promised. And desktop PC chipset changes will take HD video into the mainstream.


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Intel's tick-tock trick on track for 32nm in '09
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2008-12-10 00:10:36
Intel has completed the development of its 32nm chip technology, and expects it to go into production during the fourth quarter of 2009. The new process should usher in higher performing and more energy efficient chips.


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Intel claims new Core i7 fastest processor in the world
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2008-11-18 02:28:14
Chip market leader Intel has launched the Intel Core i7 processor, which the company claims is its most advanced desktop processor ever. The Core i7 processor is the first of the new Nehalem processor designs and is claimed to boost performance for video editing, immersive games and other Internet and computer activities by up to 40% without increasing power consumption.


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Intel introduces new Core 2 and Celeron processors
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2008-09-02 00:04:16
Three new CPUs have shown up on Intel's latest price list, ranging from a Core 2 Quad to a Celeron D. The more powerful chips are fabricated with Intel's 45 nm technology.


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Ay Carumba: microchipping middle-class Mexicans
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2008-08-23 13:14:41
It would appear that wealthy Mexicans are so worried about being kidnapped that some are prepared to be microchipped in order for them to be traced in such an eventuality...


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Intel showcases turbo low power processors at Developer Forum
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability

Category: Green IT

2008-08-20 01:31:41
Intel is promising PC manufacturers and users a new generation of processors featuring a "turbo mode" that delivers high performance without generating additional heat. The chip maker unveiled plans for the new processor range at its Developer Forum in San Francisco.


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DreamWorks, Intel team to make all future movies 3D
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2008-07-08 22:35:50
DreamWorks Animation will produce all its future movies in stereoscopic 3D, and Intel's going to help.


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Intel tries to reconcile global warming and Moore's Law
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2008-06-07 21:31:39
Driving a V8 gas guzzler in these days of skyrocketing fuel prices and fossil fuel induced climate change is no longer considered cool. So why should it be cool to own a supercharged power hungry desktop or laptop computer? Is Moore's Law dead? Not according to Intel.


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Hot chips? Call in the plumber!
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2008-06-05 21:42:46
Is Mario working at IBM's research lab? Surely only a crazy plumber would think of building microscopic water pipes inside silicon chips.


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Intel scores supercomputer gig with Cray
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts

2008-04-28 16:20:25
Cray - the company once practically synonymous with supercomputers - is hitching up with Intel.


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AMD puts four to the floor with Phenom X4 quad-core
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-03-27 03:29:40
Five AMD Phenom X4 ‘true’ quad-core processors have landed alongside the new X3 range – forever banishing single and dual-core technology to the bottom drawer?


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AMD’s triple treat: the world’s first x86 triple-core processor
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-03-27 02:16:45
Although triple-core processors aren’t new, they are in the x86 world, with the launch of the AMD Phenom X3, coupled with the AMD 780G chipset. Is it enough to shake Intel to the core, and what more is in store from AMD?


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IBM builds world's smallest photonic switch
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2008-03-17 15:29:58
Scientists at IBM's TJ Watson Research Center have created a nanophotonic switch so small that 2000 of them could fit into an area as small as one square millimetre. The development has implications for future multicore processor designs.


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Ten times more energy-efficient microchip recharges itself
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Sustainability

Category: Green IT

2008-03-17 04:49:59
Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have designed a new chip that they claim could be up to 10 times more energy-efficient than the current generation. The power consumption in the new chip is so low that devices using them may even be able to be recharged by human body heat.


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