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Chips and processor hardware

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  Spectre: How reverse-engineering a microprocessor revealed a fundamental flaw

  Researchers have published their work on Spectre, a flaw that affects every modern CPU. We find out what went wrong from one of the engineers

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Intel to set up new group to focus on hardware security

  Chip maker is reportedly planning to form a new group to focus on hardware security as it scrambles to limit the impact of recently discovered security flaws in chip designs

• November 29, 2017 29 Nov'17

  As Meg Whitman steps down, HPE fleshes out hybrid ambitions

  Hybrid IT represents a $100bn business, and is a segment HPE has set its sights on

• November 28, 2017 28 Nov'17

  HPE Superdome Flex in-memory supports Big Bang research

  Stephen Hawkin’s Cosmos research group takes delivery of a Superdome HPC to enable it to test theoretical models of the Big Bang

• November 03, 2017 03 Nov'17

  How soon will we be driving fully autonomous cars?

  Nvidia sets out vision for driverless cars as its new Pegasus processor promises to support “level 5” autonomy

• August 16, 2017 16 Aug'17

  Fiat joins BMW's autonomous car platform initiative

  Car makers Fiat and BMW are working in collaboration with Intel and Mobileye to develop a scalable platform for self-driving vehicles

• May 23, 2017 23 May'17

  Racetrack Memory products in five years, says IBM fellow

  Millennium Prize winner Stuart Parkin says flash and 2D methods of storage are fatally limited – Racetrack Memory offers 100x the capacity without flash’s wear issues

• May 02, 2017 02 May'17

  Intel urges business to patch critical remote-execution flaw

  Intel advises business customers to apply a security update for some versions of its administration firmware for vPro processors to fix a remote execution flaw

• April 26, 2017 26 Apr'17

  Demo shows GPUs are more than simple accelerators

  Graphics processor units have helped to accelerate a reservoir simulation program, showing that the technology could be applied to complex code

• February 10, 2017 10 Feb'17

  MWC 2017: 4G still has plenty of mileage, say mobile analysts

  5G is likely to be a hot topic at this year’s Mobile World Congress, which kicks off at the end of February, but operators should be paying more attention to getting more out of their 4G networks

• October 12, 2016 12 Oct'16

  PC market in longest period of decline since records began, says Gartner

  PC shipments across the globe enter an unprecedented period of decline, Gartner reveals

• August 18, 2016 18 Aug'16

  Intel Developer Forum: Silicon Photonics boosts datacentre connectivity

  Microsoft Azure datacentres increase connectivity to 100Gbps thanks to Silicon Photonics interconnect

• May 18, 2016 18 May'16

  Nike and BMW pilot HP Inc's first 3D printer

  HP Inc rolls out its first 3D printer, with hopes that it will revolutionise manufacturing

• May 04, 2016 04 May'16

  IBM develops quantum as a service

  IBM starts the ball rolling on what it would mean to program a universal quantum computer

• April 15, 2016 15 Apr'16

  BBC turns micro:bit computers into IoT devices

  The BBC and Nominet demonstrate a new use case for the micro:bit computer and hope to turn Britain’s schoolchildren into internet of things pioneers

• March 08, 2016 08 Mar'16

  Virgin supplies Ethernet connectivity to Met Office supercomputer

  The Met Office has awarded the contract to provide Ethernet connectivity for its next-generation supercomputer to Virgin Media Business

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  Intel share price drops despite strong results

  Despite growth in Intel's key datacentre and IoT businesses, investors remain concerned by falls in its core PC chip business amid market declines

• June 29, 2015 29 Jun'15

  The rise of general-purpose AI and its threat to humanity

  Socially aware general-purpose artificial intelligence in the form of a dog could be the ideal form factor to take over the world

• April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15

  Juniper Networks goes after finance market with switch-integrated compute

  Juniper launches a compact compute-integrated network switch to boost performance of sensitive applications for financial institutions

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  ARM unleashes internet of things potential with starter kit

  Chip-maker ARM has collaborated with IBM to launch the mbed IoT Starter Kit, pitched at SMEs and application developers

• January 28, 2015 28 Jan'15

  Wellcome Trust builds 1,728-core grid for DNA analysis

  The Wellcome Trust Centre has deployed a high-performance computing cluster based on Fujitsu servers

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Price cuts and posturing in the public cloud war

  The price battle among commodity cloud players is set to rage on, but how much impact is it really having for enterprise customers?

• November 18, 2014 18 Nov'14

  Intel merges PC and mobile divisions

  Intel plans to merge its profitable PC group with the loss-making division that sells chips for smartphones and tablets

• November 14, 2014 14 Nov'14

  Amazon unveils Docker-friendly container service and EC2 instance

  Amazon has launched its free, Docker-friendly EC2 container management service

• November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14

  Airbus interview: research, innovation and the future of aviation

  IT plays a substantial role in creating the aircraft of the future, with research and innovation at the core of the Airbus business strategy

• October 28, 2014 28 Oct'14

  Met Office supercomputer to increase weather forecast accuracy

  Met Office buys £97m Cray supercomputer to help predict disruptive weather events with a far greater degree of accuracy

• October 28, 2014 28 Oct'14

  Government replaces Becta education IT procurement framework

  Government seeks up to 20 suppliers to form a £300m procurement framework for ICT services to public-sector education organisations

• October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14

  Why Shell, BP and PwC teamed up to launch platform-neutral IT4IT Forum

  Lack of IT integration and workload interoperability is pushing enterprises such as Royal Dutch Shell to collaborate with IT providers to develop standards

• October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14

  IBM operating income falls by 18% as it offloads semiconductor unit

  IBM reported lower-than-expected earnings for the third quarter of 2014, with revenue down by 4% year-on-year

• October 13, 2014 13 Oct'14

  Embedded SIMs key to unlocking internet of things

  GSMA’s eUICC Embedded SIM Specification will help M2M communications and the IoT become mainstream, say analysts

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  Intel unveils first 14nm processor aimed at mobile computing devices

  Chipmaker's first processor based on 14nm micro-architecture will be thinner, cooler and aimed at tablet PCs

• August 11, 2014 11 Aug'14

  Intel watches ARM as low-powered computing thrives

  As the PC market continues to decline, ARM is proving that non-x86 chips have a long and prosperous future

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  TCG releases TPM 2 specification for improved security

  The Trusted Computing Group has published an updated specification for the Trusted Platform Module

• February 25, 2014 25 Feb'14

  Interview: Prepare for the end of the silicon era

  IT breakthroughs are governed by the insights of Intel's Gordon Moore in 1965. IBM fellow Bernie Meyerson believes Moore’s law no longer holds true

• January 06, 2014 06 Jan'14

  Accenture: get ready for the smart tech revolution

  Consumers are gravitating towards wearable devices like smart watches to complement their digital lifestyle, a new study from Accenture has found

• December 16, 2013 16 Dec'13

  Nvidia delivers GPU grid to power Citrix virtual workstations

  Nvidia has released vGPU grid technology for Citrix XenDeskop and Xenserver to support remote, hardware accelerated graphics processing.

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Samsung reports record Q3 profits of £4.8bn

  Samsung has reported record third quarter profits of £4.8bn driven mainly by revenues from memory chips

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Case study: Coca-Cola embarks on green IT strategy

  Coca-Cola is aiming to reduce the carbon footprint of its IT. Kevin Sirjuesingh, director of IT strategic initiatives, discusses the plan

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Businesses hit digital roadblock due to paper processes

  A survey of business and IT leaders has found that paper-based processes are creating inefficiencies

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Intel Q2 profits down, but in line with expectations

  Chip maker Intel reported a second quarter profit of $2bn, down 29% from a year ago, roughly in line with analysts’ estimates

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  AMD launches low-power server processors to rival Intel's Atom

  AMD has launched Opteron X-Series low-power server processors that it claims “beat the top-performing Intel Atom processor”

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  Microsoft to bring back the Start button in Windows 8?

  Amid lacklustre take-up of Windows 8 and a declining PC industry, Microsoft may be set to reintroduce the much-loved Start button in Windows 8

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  ARM CEO Warren East steps down

  Warren East, CEO of semiconductor firm ARM, is retiring from the company after almost 12 years in the leadership role

• November 23, 2012 23 Nov'12

  UKtech50 winner: Warren East, CEO of ARM

  ARM CEO and UKtech50 winner Warren East talks to Computer Weekly about fostering the market innovation necessary for the digital age

• October 17, 2012 17 Oct'12

  Intel sales and profits fall in third quarter

  Computer chip maker Intel has reported falls in both sales and profits in the third quarter due to the "tough economic environment”

• August 16, 2012 16 Aug'12

  IBM acquires Texas Memory Systems

  IBM buys flash storage specialist Texas Memory Systems for an undisclosed sum and promises to invest in further product development

• August 07, 2012 07 Aug'12

  Interview: Warren East, CEO of chip designer ARM

  ARM chief discusses the growth of machine to machine technology,  patent wars and why he hopes the company will stay independent

• July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12

  Broadcom touts ‘5G Wi-Fi’ mobile chip

  Semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom announces the first mobile chip based on the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard, set to launch in early 2013

• July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12

  Intel warns of slowdown amid falling PC sales

  Chip maker Intel warned of a slowdown over the next quarter as it announced its sales and profit for its latest three-month period.

• June 26, 2012 26 Jun'12

  Cambridge University turns to computer games to unlock secrets of the universe

  Cambridge University is turning to technology developed for computer gaming to help it solve some of the fundamental problems of science