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Chips and processor hardware

• August 19, 2024 19 Aug'24

  CXL moves forward as memory technology for AI

  A recent demo has showcased how the new memory technology could be applied in Red Hat Linux to speed up AI workloads cost-effectively

• August 19, 2024 19 Aug'24

  Singtel expands GPUaaS offering to Southeast Asia

  Singapore telco teams up with the Bridge Alliance industry group to bring its GPU-as-a-Service to enterprises across Southeast Asia

• August 15, 2024 15 Aug'24

  ASEAN organisations lack mature AI strategy

  IBM-commissioned study reveals that while ASEAN organisations are engaging with AI, only 4% have reached a transformative level of AI maturity

• August 09, 2024 09 Aug'24

  The Security Interviews: Google’s take on confidential computing

  We speak to Google’s Nelly Porter about the company’s approach to keeping data as safe as possible on Google Cloud

• August 06, 2024 06 Aug'24

  Labour drops Edinburgh exascale supercomputer but funds more AI

  The £1.3bn pledge by the former government to build an £800m supercomputer in Edinburgh has gone – but there’s new money for artificial intelligence

• August 02, 2024 02 Aug'24

  Second round of ChipStart sees 11 more companies receive support

  Government-backed ChipStart initiative aims to support UK startups developing semiconductor technology

• July 29, 2024 29 Jul'24

  UK government invests £106m in five quantum tech hubs

  Five university hubs are receiving funding to support the development of quantum applications that can support healthcare and businesses

• July 11, 2024 11 Jul'24

  ITER workshop highlights the role of computing technology in nuclear fusion

  One of the themes from the private sector workshop run in France this May is that information technology remains a key enabler for nuclear fusion

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  Gulf Edge to operate Google Distributed Cloud in Thailand

  The Gulf Energy subsidiary will offer Google’s sovereign cloud service in Thailand with a focus on air-gapped configurations

• June 06, 2024 06 Jun'24

  Are diamonds a quantum computer’s best friend?

  The UK report on quantum tech is out, revealing that synthetic diamonds could play a key role in establishing a niche for the UK quantum sector

• June 05, 2024 05 Jun'24

  HPE takes $4.5bn in enterprise IT AI server orders

  The server company is prepping everything for greater enterprise artificial intelligence demand

• May 30, 2024 30 May'24

  The challenges of supporting Copilot+ PCs in the enterprise

  Windows PCs generally use x86 compatible hardware, with Intel or AMD processors. Microsoft is now propelling Windows on Arm for AI

• May 26, 2024 26 May'24

  Nutanix beefs up AHV hypervisor, doubles down on AI

  Nutanix takes aim at VMware with enhancements to its AHV hypervisor along with tighter integrations with Nvidia and Hugging Face to simplify AI deployments

• May 20, 2024 20 May'24

  Dell Technologies World: AI at core of Dell’s next chapter

  With a significant anniversary just passed, Dell CEO Michael Dell was in reflective mood as he looked ahead to the impact of artificial intelligence on the tech giant’s product stack

• May 20, 2024 20 May'24

  DSIT unveils plans for independent institute to underpin UK Semiconductor Strategy

  The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is marking the first anniversary of the launch of the UK Semiconductor Strategy by setting out plans to create an institute to underpin its plans

• May 13, 2024 13 May'24

  Bristol goes live with UK AI supercomputer

  The Isambard-AI supercomputer is set to revolutionise AI research in the UK

• April 15, 2024 15 Apr'24

  Swedish company first to use STMicroelectronics chips

  Powerful new processors help power next-generation industrial human machine interfaces, starting in the Nordics

• April 15, 2024 15 Apr'24

  Arm accelerates Edge AI with Ethos-U NPU and IoT reference design

  NPU said to deliver 4x performance uplift for high performance edge AI applications such as factory automation and smart cameras through new IoT reference design platform to accelerate deployment of voice and vision systems

• April 10, 2024 10 Apr'24

  The challenges of securing a UK semiconductor supply chain

  The UK’s national semiconductor strategy aims to establish the country's credentials as a leader in the sector. We look at how it stacks up

• April 10, 2024 10 Apr'24

  Qt Group teams with Qualcomm to streamline industrial IoT UI

  Product development lifecycle software provider partners with mobile processor platform giant to reduce time-to-market for IoT manufacturers

• April 10, 2024 10 Apr'24

  Embedded World 2024: Edge AI to transform industry

  Keynote from global chip manufacturer says rapid developments in both artificial intelligence and edge computing are setting new standards, with real-time performance, data security and customisation as critical reasons for growth

• April 09, 2024 09 Apr'24

  Report highlights shortcomings in UK chip plans

  The national semiconductor strategy needs to encourage greater collaboration with international parters such as South Korea

• March 28, 2024 28 Mar'24

  Government lifts chip strategy with a bit more cash

  Unlike the EU and US, the UK government appears to be taking its time on providing a large cash injection to build out the UK semiconductor sector

• March 26, 2024 26 Mar'24

  Cern: Challenges of GPU datacentre management

  Cern is a major user of Kubernetes. The container orchestration technology offers a way to democratise AI hardware

• March 26, 2024 26 Mar'24

  GTC 2024: Storage suppliers queue up to ride the Nvidia AI wave

  Storage supplier announcements at Nvdia conference centre on infrastructure integration, tackling the GPU I/O bottleneck and AI hallucinations by running Nvidia NeMo and NIM microservices

• March 25, 2024 25 Mar'24

  IBM enhances network IT automation capabilities with Pliant acquisition

  Tech giant makes strategic purchase to further boost software networking capabilities, offering customers the tools to enable network infrastructure observability, connectivity, control and automation across hybrid cloud environments

• March 19, 2024 19 Mar'24

  Vast targets AI checkpointing write performance with distributed RAID

  AI checkpointing operations targeted by Vast Data as it touts QLC-based storage for AI workloads

• March 18, 2024 18 Mar'24

  G7 nations sign deal to harness AI potential

  G7 nations will produce a joint report on how to increase artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, boost growth of the quantum sector and create an AI toolkit to inform policy-making

• March 13, 2024 13 Mar'24

  UK gets funding boost through EU Horizon chip initiative

  Signing up to the Chips Joint Undertaking means the UK will receive up to £35m to support chip development

• March 12, 2024 12 Mar'24

  UK and German governments sign up to greater R&D collaboration

  Declaration aims to build on joint R&D efforts, as well as support artificial intelligence, quantum computing and clean tech

• February 28, 2024 28 Feb'24

  Government urged to take a pro-innovation approach to quantum regulation

  Responsible innovation, learning from AI and the use of foresight techniques should inform policymaking

• February 22, 2024 22 Feb'24

  Toshiba and Orange test quantum encryption on traditional network

  Researchers used QKD on a fibre-optic network spanning 184km to show how the technology could be used to secure networks cost-effectively

• February 20, 2024 20 Feb'24

  Rolls-Royce looks at viability of quantum computing in nuclear safety

  The manufacturing firm is one of several participating in a Digital Catapult programme looking at industrial applications for quantum computing

• February 07, 2024 07 Feb'24

  Government funds two semiconductor centres

  So-called information knowledge centres in Bristol and Southampton are each receiving £11m

• February 05, 2024 05 Feb'24

  UK quantum initiatives get funding boost

  Government funds new initiatives to drive quantum computing opportunities across the public sector

• January 31, 2024 31 Jan'24

  Singtel ropes in industry partners in datacentre push

  Singtel inks partnerships with Nvidia, Gulf Energy, Medco and others in its efforts to grow its datacentre business and support AI adoption in Singapore and Southeast Asia

• January 31, 2024 31 Jan'24

  Forrester: Curb your AI enthusiasm

  Ongoing supply issues with semiconductors mean IT departments may have to wait up to a year for the latest hardware

• January 30, 2024 30 Jan'24

  Quantum computing in 2024: What are the challenges?

  Research shows that while there has been a big reduction in quantum computing investment, governments have been ploughing in funding

• January 30, 2024 30 Jan'24

  Inside India’s supercomputing journey

  India is looking to shore up its supercomputing capabilities, but more needs to be done to realise its ambition of becoming a world leader in the field

• January 23, 2024 23 Jan'24

  NVM Express boosts computational storage standards

  New command sets allow for computational storage with NVMe flash and includes frameworks to allow local memory usage in processing workloads on storage hardware

• January 16, 2024 16 Jan'24

  AMD bets on India, doubles down on AI

  The chipmaker recently inaugurated its largest global design facility in Bangalore as part of a $400m investment in India to support its expanded portfolio and build artificial intelligence capabilities

• January 09, 2024 09 Jan'24

  QuEra Computing sets out plan for error-correcting quantum computing

  QuEra Computing is betting on transversal gates, a technology which it believes is key to simplifying error correction

• January 04, 2024 04 Jan'24

  Risks and opportunities for the UK chip sector

  In May 2023, the UK government unveiled a national semiconductor strategy. We find out how it has been going

• December 13, 2023 13 Dec'23

  Microsoft’s Christmas present for cyber teams: no zero-days

  Barely 30 vulnerabilities, and no zero-days, have been fixed in the final Patch Tuesday drop of 2023

• December 08, 2023 08 Dec'23

  AMD goes after Nvidia with AI accelerator and software library

  AMD has signed up major hardware companies to support its latest initiative to build out datacentre AI optimisation

• December 07, 2023 07 Dec'23

  How server makers are surfing the AI wave

  While hyperscalers extend the life of their x86 equipment, the industry’s desperate pleas to find a new killer application to drive up server sales may well be coming true

• December 05, 2023 05 Dec'23

  Quantum supercomputing: IBM plots roadmap beyond Condor

  New quantum system and classical computing hybrid forms the basis of next-gen supercomputing at IBM

• December 04, 2023 04 Dec'23

  CTO interview: Greg Lavender, Intel

  Computer Weekly caught up with Intel’s chief technology officer to find out the semiconductor giant’s plans for the European market

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  Autumn Statement reveals more AI and quantum initiatives

  With the government keen to position the UK as pro-innovation, the chancellor used the 2023 Autumn Statement to discuss more plans to support that ambition

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  Republic of Korea deal adds to UK quantum momentum

  The new agreement paves the way to greater collaboration on AI and quantum computing