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• October 26, 2021 26 Oct'21

  COP26: Is the tech sector ready to rise to climate challenge?

  There is growing recognition that the tech sector produces mountains of e-waste and consumes significant amounts of energy and natural resources

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Alibaba Cloud to open datacentres in Thailand and South Korea

  Chinese cloud supplier is expanding its regional datacentre footprint to Thailand and South Korea in 2022 alongside technology investments that include a custom Arm-based server chip

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  What will the 2025 end of life mean for enterprise Windows 10?

  Businesses have until 2025 to migrate to Windows 11, but older hardware may need updating and there’s a chip crisis

• October 17, 2021 17 Oct'21

  Graphcore opens Southeast Asia hub in Singapore

  The AI chipmaker is looking to expand its sales teams and hire more engineers to support customer deployments in Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  The power of two: quantum or neuromorphic computing?

  No one wants to run a computer operating at temperatures close to absolute zero – this is pushing the boundaries of new computing architectures

• September 30, 2021 30 Sep'21

  NUS and Thales to develop quantum technologies

  The National University of Singapore and Thales have joined hands to test quantum technologies for commercial applications in security and sensing

• September 29, 2021 29 Sep'21

  Security boost in Windows 11 limits PC reuse

  Microsoft has put a lot of emphasis on improving security in Windows 11, but this comes at a cost as old hardware is no longer supported

• September 24, 2021 24 Sep'21

  IBM ramps up quantum education initiative

  IBM is trying hard to break quantum computing away from the boffins to find real-world application areas

• September 17, 2021 17 Sep'21

  British home computing inventor Sir Clive Sinclair dies

  While the US started home computing in the 1970s, it was Sir Clive Sinclair’s low-cost devices which brought computing to the UK public

• September 17, 2021 17 Sep'21

  Aftershock eyes corporate PC market

  Singapore-based custom PC supplier Aftershock has set up a corporate sales team and is looking to offer a desktop as a service for business customers

• September 16, 2021 16 Sep'21

  European president outlines tech vision to drive Europe

  President of the European Commission has set out plans for a stronger European economy, with less reliance on US and Chinese tech giants

• September 02, 2021 02 Sep'21

  NUS researchers develop brain-inspired memory device

  A team of researchers led by the National University of Singapore have developed a brain-inspired molecular memristor that can be configured to perform a range of computing tasks

• August 31, 2021 31 Aug'21

  More NAND SSD in fewer hands as WD $20m Kioxia bid likely

  The NAND flash market could soon go from six major players to four, but the fusion of Kioxia into WD and SK Hynix with Intel’s NAND business will still leave Samsung atop the pile

• August 23, 2021 23 Aug'21

  IBM unveils Telum to combat financial fraud in real time

  Completely new architecture means the AI accelerator chip does not need to pass data to and from the main processor, PCI bus or operating system

• August 20, 2021 20 Aug'21

  CMA urges further scrutiny of Nvidia purchase of Arm

  Competition and Markets Authority has decided an in-depth investigation should be mounted into the proposed acquisition of Arm by US chipmaker Nvidia

• August 20, 2021 20 Aug'21

  Swedish IT industry braced for China’s response to Huawei 5G ban

  Swedish IT and communications equipment suppliers fear economic backlash from China following Huawei ban

• August 10, 2021 10 Aug'21

  New machine learning algorithm to detect quantum errors

  University of Sydney and quantum control startup Q-CTRL have developed a new way to reduce quantum computing errors using custom machine learning algorithms

• August 03, 2021 03 Aug'21

  Intel hails data analytics-powered GB Olympics swimming success

  Intel has claimed its part in the GB swimming team’s Olympics success, with the analysis of ‘data pools’ and the use of its servers and workstations

• July 23, 2021 23 Jul'21

  Can India become a global manufacturing hub?

  India can be a major player in the global manufacturing supply chain by shoring up IP protection and tapping opportunities in contract manufacturing and firmware design

• July 13, 2021 13 Jul'21

  BMW launches quantum challenge for automotive sector

  Car maker is encouraging researchers and startups to submit industry-specific algorithms that take advantage of quantum computing

• June 22, 2021 22 Jun'21

  GlobalFoundries to open new fab in Singapore

  US chip foundry GlobalFoundries is building a $4bn semiconductor fabrication plant in Singapore to expand its manufacturing capacity as chip demand surges worldwide

• June 16, 2021 16 Jun'21

  Tech features high on McKinsey’s disruption list

  The management consulting firm has published a list of innovations that could disrupt business models, with many related to IT

• June 10, 2021 10 Jun'21

  How Ubisoft is embracing the cloud

  Game developer Ubisoft has been tapping cloud computing to overcome the constraints of game development and create gaming experiences that live on for years to come

• June 04, 2021 04 Jun'21

  IBM and Hartree partner on AI and quantum research

  Hartree Centre joins IBM’s Digital Accelerator programme to further research into artificial intelligence and quantum computing

• June 03, 2021 03 Jun'21

  Swedish university is behind quantum computing breakthrough

  Chalmers University of Technology simplifies the process of measuring the temperatures of quantum computers during complex calculations

• June 02, 2021 02 Jun'21

  Oracle debuts low-cost Arm compute instances

  Oracle is offering Arm instances powered by Ampere’s Altra processors at one cent per core hour as enterprises look to deploy more Arm-based workloads

• May 20, 2021 20 May'21

  HP taps micro virtual machines in endpoint security

  HP’s Wolf Security technology stack uses an endpoint security controller to run computing tasks in micro virtual machines so that any potential malware can be isolated and contained

• May 12, 2021 12 May'21

  IBM demonstrates ‘120x speedup’ in target quantum application

  A simulation of the molecule lithium hydride, which even on a quantum computer takes 45 days, can now be run in just nine hours, researchers claim

• May 10, 2021 10 May'21

  IBM: Another chip in the wall

  Big Blue has developed technology it hopes will support semiconductor developments for the next decade

• April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21

  Impact of low chip supply spreads

  Covid-19, shifts in consumer purchasing, sanctions and a drought in Taiwan have come together as a perfect storm to squeeze the supply of semiconductors

• April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21

  Intel seeks broader platform play with Ice Lake

  Company is counting on performance improvements from its third-generation Xeon ‘Ice Lake’ chip and its broader platform strategy to regain its mojo in the market

• April 23, 2021 23 Apr'21

  Intel quarterly results reveal tactics to address ARM in the datacentre

  The chipmaker aims to make use of standard chip libraries and offer its customers different ways to package and optimise Intel silicon

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  Met Office prepares for 1.5 million processor, 60 petaflop supercomputer

  Azure, Cray supercomputers and Epyc core are the key ingredients inside weather forecasting service’s latest development to improve data

• April 19, 2021 19 Apr'21

  Digital secretary steps in on Nvidia/Arm deal

  The first stage of a formal investigation by the CMA is now underway, to look at whether the sale of Arm to Nvidia will damage the chip industry

• April 12, 2021 12 Apr'21

  Nvidia targets datacentre memory bottleneck

  The graphics processing unit (GPU) chipmaker has introduced its first datacentre chip, named after computer pioneer, Grace Hopper

• April 05, 2021 05 Apr'21

  How Lenovo is tackling HCI workloads

  Lenovo has teamed up with AMD to address mission-critical workloads such as in-memory databases as APAC organisations look beyond VDI in their hyperconverged infrastructure deployments

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  Intel puts chips on everyone’s menu

  Digitisation and geopolitical tension between the US and China may be behind Pat Gelsinger’s news about building fabrication plants in the US and Europe

• March 23, 2021 23 Mar'21

  Laying the groundwork on quantum roadmap

  IBM has plans to develop a 1,000-plus qubit quantum computer system within two years. We look at how it is preparing software developers

• March 18, 2021 18 Mar'21

  Coronavirus: How PCs in quarantine and intensive care units can be managed remotely

  NHS IT staff generally have limited access to deployed devices, especially if that device is in an operating theatre or intensive care unit

• March 12, 2021 12 Mar'21

  UK Space Agency funds projects to tackle space rubbish and micropropulsion

  The UK Space Agency is funding projects such as climate change sensors, compact propulsion systems and satellite image analysis to support the nation’s space ambitions

• February 19, 2021 19 Feb'21

  Oracle unveils final cog in cloud strategy

  Oracle’s Roving Edge Infrastructure is getting interest from mining companies in Australia and manufacturers in ASEAN that are looking to run cloud-based workloads in edge locations

• January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21

  Saudi IT spending to hit $11bn in 2021

  Saudi Arabian organisations will spend about $11bn on IT this year, with emerging technologies high on shopping lists

• January 22, 2021 22 Jan'21

  Where is Intel going to place its next strategic bet?

  Intel is getting a new CEO and the company is on a mission to move beyond the x86, a processor architecture that it has defined and dominated

• January 14, 2021 14 Jan'21

  Qualcomm announces Nuvia acquisition plan

  Mobile chip giant makes strategic acquisition to augment technology roadmap to redefine compute performance for next-generation devices

• January 07, 2021 07 Jan'21

  Competition and Markets Authority kicks off Nvidia/Arm investigation

  In September, Arm and Nvidia announced a £31bn merger. Will Arm chip design remain free from Nvidia’s influence?

• January 05, 2021 05 Jan'21

  AI advancement: Mimicking decision-making

  In The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger is transported back to 1984. If Arnie had to rely on cloud connectivity, he’d still be walking around naked

• December 13, 2020 13 Dec'20

  Singapore trials beacons to bolster police operations

  Police beacons equipped with video cameras, sirens, floodlights and speakers are being deployed at two parks to improve public safety in a year-long trial

• December 04, 2020 04 Dec'20

  Atos develops Q-Score benchmark for quantum computing

  HPC will outpace quantum computer performance for a few years, but Atos believes businesses need a quantum computing strategy

• December 03, 2020 03 Dec'20

  Dangerous Trickbot evolves to target UEFI/BIOS firmware

  Dubbed Trickboot by researchers, Trickbot’s new features enable malicious actors to read, write or even erase UEFI/BIOS firmware

• December 02, 2020 02 Dec'20

  How IoT keeps water flowing in rural communities

  Non-profit organisation Charity: water has built an internet-of-things device packed with sensors to keep wells in remote parts of Africa and Asia flowing with clean water