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Acorn co-founder on the BBC Micro and the early days of personal computing
Comment I helped with some of the chip work, some of the CAD work that implemented the chips for the original machine and some of the networking so I have some of things relating to that. I have chips and disk... [07 Oct 2009]
Netbooks, Apple goodies, vintage kit and a futuristic datacentre
Photo CEO Paul Otellini showed off Intel's first wafer of silicon chips made with a new 22-nanometre manufacturing process. Bonhams previewed some vintage tech last month as the London auctioneer prepared to put a selection of... [02 Oct 2009]
Warren East
AS Profile Another panellist pointed to the pervasiveness of ARM's chips - something the company has achieved by licensing its IP to partners, rather than having its own fabs with all the associated cost and risk. [29 Sep 2009]
Photos: Intel's latest technology on show
Photo CEO Paul Otellini showed off Intel's first wafer of silicon chips made with a next-next-generation 22-nanometre manufacturing process. These chips were SRAM memory chips often used to... [28 Sep 2009]
Intel takes aim at clever TVs as the gogglebox gets connected
News By virtue of compatibility with other x86 processors such as Intel's mainstream Core line, its TV-oriented chips can run software written to run on Adobe Systems' Flash Player with relative ease. Intel may not have... [28 Sep 2009]
The PC is past it: Computing power is everywhere, says Intel
News Also in his speech, Otellini showed off the first working chips using 22nm process technology. These 22nm manufacturing techniques will be the basis for future chips from Intel that will begin arriving... [24 Sep 2009]
Photos: 10 of the best mini laptops
Photo The Eee was tiny, it ran Linux, it was cheap as chips and it was wildly popular - spurring the creation of the netbook phenomenon that we know today. While the idea of a mini laptop may have been around for donkey's... [21 Sep 2009]
Intel chip expert heads to EMC
News Among his roles: chief architect of a flagship chip from the 1990s, the 486 that followed the 386 and preceded the Pentium; the company's first chief technology officer; and most recently co-general manager of the Digital Enterprise... [15 Sep 2009]
Apple tablet, Windows 7, Nokia mini laptop, 3D printers and future mobiles
Photo August saw technologies such as smart prosthetics, 3D computer chips and a new type of landmine detector recognised in the R&D 100 Awards. This 3D semiconductor generates little waste heat and so can be packed tightly... [02 Sep 2009]
Apple's Snow Leopard: Embracing the brave new multicore world
News Worse, the chips required extraordinary amounts of power and produced corresponding amounts of hard-to-handle waste heat. Now the company has begun talking more publicly about it and other deeper projects to take... [01 Sep 2009]
Open source hack could make mobiles vulnerable to prying ears
News There are at least four commercial tools that allow for decrypting GSM communications that range in price from $100,000 to $250,000 depending on how fast you want the software to work, said Nohl, who previously has publicised weaknesses... [26 Aug 2009]
Photos: Artificial eyes and airport scanners - what's hot in R&D
Photo This year's winners represent a broad range of technologies - from smart prosthetics to 3D computer chips, and a new type of landmine detector. Before they became household names, technologies like ATMs, halogen lamps,... [21 Aug 2009]
Google Chrome for Linux, arriving soon in 64 bits
News The work to rebuild JavaScript engines for 64-bit chips applies to multiple operating systems, so producing a version for one operating system does help move a given browser to the others. Google has begun work on a... [21 Aug 2009]
Optical Proximity Communication in Packaged SiPhotonics
White Paper To date architects are combating these challenges by devising processor chips with multi-core, multithreaded solutions as well as attempting higher speed clocking. This paper reports 10Gb/s... [31 Jul 2009]
Designing Embedded Systems for Testability
White Paper This application note specifically focuses on the TAP controller facilities, XDP facilities, and the XOR facilities provided on the chips. The purpose of this paper is to provide a context of how to utilize the test and... [31 Jul 2009]
