Intel inside . . . smartphones?
The recently announced partnership between Google and Intel to create Android-OS, Atom-based smartphones could represent a realistic option to further increase the strength of Android in the mobile...
View ArticleIntelâs new chip bridges graphics gap
Although the actual release of CPU chips these days includes about as much surprise as the New York Yankees being in the playoff chase, Intel managed to surprise industry experts recently with its new...
View ArticleAMD Aims to Compete
This acronym-heavy analysis has Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) as the centerpiece of a unique perspective on consolidation; announcements at the AMD Fusion Development Summit (AFDS) reveal an...
View ArticleIBM's Sequoia and the politics of dual-use supercomputers
Once again, the United States can claim having the fastest supercomputer in the world. The US system, built by IBM and funded by the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA), is called Sequoia and...
View ArticleTargeted TV ads: silver bullet or privacy nightmare?
"People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to...
View Article450mm plus EUV: has Moore’s Law met its Waterloo?
Intel cemented the future of 450-millimeter wafer technology with a recent $4.1 billion investment in ASML, a leading provider of lithography machines for the semiconductor industry. The move helps...
View ArticleIntel’s mobile strategy needs your blessing
Intel spent three days last week trying to convince the world it still needed PCs. The PC industry hoped the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco would reinvent computing and reinvigorate a stale PC...
View ArticleDARPA UPSIDE: Analog microprocessors could be the unforseen future of computing
DARPA has recently taken a keen interest in the development of a new computer paradigm based on the re-introduction of previously dismissed analog microprocessor technologies. According to DARPA,...
View ArticleGlobalFoundries’ 14-nm chip saves fabless-foundry model from doomsday
In a surprise attack against Intel, GlobalFoundries accelerated its semiconductor roadmap by announcing plans for a 14-nanometer chip using FinFET technology. The breakthrough chip is due by 2014,...
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