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The secret's out for secure chip design

...story that Cambridge researchers have identified a back door in a military chip made in China is stirring up a lot of interest, verging on... Read more

28 May, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins

ARM arrives on servers with Calxeda's Ubuntu demo

...Ubuntu 12.04, a significant move that ratchets up competition in the chip industry. Calxeda has demonstrated Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin running on... Read more

8 May, 2012 by Jack Clark

AMD's Trinity processors take on Intel's Ivy Bridge

...AMD has revealed its answer to Intel's Ivy Bridge ultrabook chip: Trinity, the second generation of its accelerated processing unit. AMD's Trinity... Read more

15 May, 2012 by David Meyer

Intel updates Core vPro chips with Ivy Bridge

...was unveiled on Tuesday. The security components and add-ons in the chips deal with threat management, identity and access, and data protection, among other... Read more

15 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Nvidia: Windows on ARM a 'genius' idea from Microsoft

...would develop its upcoming Windows update for both Intel x86 and ARM chip architectures. Huang noted that a mismatch between user expectation and experience might... Read more

18 May, 2012 by Liau Yun Qing
Sony brings Intel Ivy Bridge to Vaio S Series

Sony brings Intel Ivy Bridge to Vaio S Series

...improved graphics performance over its predecessor. The high-end quad-core i7 chip will be available in the 13-inch model. Sony hasn't been... Read more

16 May, 2012 by Andrew Hoyle
Intel's victims: Eight would-be giant killers

Intel's victims: Eight would-be giant killers

...an overwhelming presence in servers and supercomputers. Starting with the 8086 — the chip IBM chose for its 1981 industry-defining PC — Intel has defined the... Read more

4 December, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins
Intel shows off 3D Tri-Gate transistors

Intel shows off 3D Tri-Gate transistors

...new 3D transistor structure shows off the capabilities of the next-generation chips. Photo credit: James Martin/CNET News This story originally appeared as Intel... Read more

5 May, 2011 by James Martin

Graphene-based chips a step closer, say researchers

...breakthrough in graphene research which they say could contribute to new computer chip designs. Dr Leonid Ponomarenko of Manchester University and his colleagues have outlined... Read more

11 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Chip-and-PIN crack code released as open source

...Software to crack the encryption used by credit card chip-and-PIN readers has been publicly released on the web. Cambridge University... Read more

25 October, 2010 by Tom Espiner
Intel's 22nm Ivy Bridge <endeca_term>chips</endeca_term> set for launch

Intel's 22nm Ivy Bridge chips set for launch

...Ivy Bridge family of 22nm processors, a new class of energy-efficient chips crucial to its push to popularise ultrabooks and get a foothold in... Read more

23 April, 2012 by Jack Clark

Microsoft reveals Windows On ARM will bind developers

...of the first version of Windows to be tailored to ARM-based chips, revealing that the OS will have a number of restrictions for app... Read more

9 February, 2012 by Simon Bisson

Calxeda and HP unleash ARM server tech

...ARM-backed start-up Calxeda has continued the Cambridge chip designer's push into servers with the introduction of its EnergyCore system... Read more

1 November, 2011 by Jack Clark

ARM joint venture aims to secure phones and tablets

...to secure ARM-based smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and games consoles, the chip designer said on Tuesday. "The integration of the hardware, software and services... Read more

3 April, 2012 by David Meyer
DEC's 40 years of innovation

DEC's 40 years of innovation

...subsequently very important — niches. The design proved more important as a bargaining chip than a processor chip, as it was passed to Intel as part... Read more

12 February, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

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