Computex 2014: Intel announces its fastest consumer processor ever
Intel seems to have a clear target audience with the launch of its new Devil’s Canyon processor range at Computex in Taipei. A new devilish logo combined with an emphasis on overclocking thanks to a...
View ArticleNew Intel Xeon chip to offer 20x better performance
Intel is a changing semiconductor manufacturer. It announced that it would ship a Xeon processor with a FPGA (Field-programmable gate array) component. The latter is connected to the actual processor...
View ArticleARM debuts 64-bit Juno reference platform
ARM has unveiled a new 64-bit hardware development platform called Juno, one which aims to provide with a solid, stable and most importantly, vendor-neutral, platform. The launch coincided with...
View ArticleIntel Xeon E5 to move to Haswell within months
Intel has started shipping new models of its Xeon E5 processors with products likely to come over the next few months, its CEO Brian Krzanich announced during an earnings call. These will sport...
View ArticleIntel tweaks its Xeon CPU for Oracle
Intel has announced that Oracle’s Exadata Database Machine X4-8, a data crunching powerhouse, will come be powered by a 15-core Xeon processor. That means that the CPU can be optimised on the fly...
View ArticleIntel’s Haswell processors hit by TSX bug
Intel has quietly started to disable TSX instructions in Haswell and early Broadwell processors, something the company candidly revealed to a group of US-based technology journalists during a meeting...
View ArticleIBM says its new server line can outperform Intel’s by 20%
IBM will launch a range of servers that process data faster (and 20% less expensively) than Intel Xeon v3 Processor-based servers, the company said in a statement. The Power8 processor-based servers,...
View ArticleAmazon gets Intel to build custom Xeon CPU
Amazon revealed that Intel has built a custom, Haswell-based processor called the Xeon E5-2666 v3, one that will deliver compute-optimised EC2 instances called C4. The processor runs at a base clock...
View ArticleIntel rumoured to be acquiring FPGA partner, Altera
Semiconductor giant Intel is said to be in talks with Altera, a specialist in the FPGA (field-programmable gate array) market for a potential outright buyout worth more than $10 billion (about £6.8...
View ArticleIntel’s eASIC partnership boosts custom Xeon chips for big data workloads
Intel has agreed a deal with eASIC to develop a new breed of customised Xeon chip designed for specific workloads like security and big data that can cut the time-to-market for chips in half. The...
View ArticleInternet of things gets massive boost with Intel-Altera deal
After the acquisition of Broadcom by Avago a few days and that of Freescale by NXP a couple of months ago, Intel has announced that it is buying Altera for a cool $16.7 billion (about £11 billion,...
View ArticleHave researchers just sounded the death knell for RAM?
System memory (or RAM) is the cheapest replaceable storage solution in a computer. 32GB can cost around £140 and supercomputers use a lot of them, terabytes at a time in many cases. Researchers at the...
View ArticleWhy Intel is close to become the Apple of computer hardware
Intel announced that it was teaming up with Micron, another US semiconductor company, to release what could be considered to be a game changing technology, a non-volatile memory technology called 3D...
View ArticleIntel pushing powerful Xeon chips into notebooks for first time
Intel is ready to make enterprise dreams come true after confirming that Xeon-based processors are on their way to high-powered notebook PCs for the first time. First reported by ZDNet, Intel will...
View ArticleIntel’s first graphics card prototype shows off 1.5 billion transistors
The first signs of Intel discrete graphics cards start with the unveiling of the company’s first GPU prototype. See the original article here: Intel’s first graphics card prototype shows off 1.5...
View ArticleIntelligent manycore processors for data centers and embedded systems
Powering an intelligent future. Link to original – Intelligent manycore processors for data centers and embedded systems
View ArticleThe best iPhone apps we’ve used in 2019
The top choices, everything from the best iPhone X apps to the best apps for photographers See more here – The best iPhone apps we’ve used in 2019
View ArticleIntel announces major 5G IP auction
As Intel prepares to sell of its modem business, the company will also auction off its wireless connectivity patents. More: Intel announces major 5G IP auction
View ArticleSony CEO: The PS5 will prioritize AAA games over indie games
Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida says that the PS5 will focus on ’hardcore gamers who obsess over the latest features’. Credit: Sony CEO: The PS5 will prioritize AAA games over indie games
View ArticleSamsung CEO admits the Galaxy Fold was released before it was ready
In a media roundtable, Samsung’s CEO reportedly admitted that the Galaxy Fold was released before it was ready. See the original article here: Samsung CEO admits the Galaxy Fold was released before...
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