chips in photos
Photos: Apple's MacBooks refresh their flavour
Photo It will provide five times faster graphics than the integrated graphics chips Apple has been using, he says. Compared to graphics shipping in the MacBook Pro, the new chips will be 55 per cent better in... [15 Oct 2008]
Photos: Say hello to Intel's little helpers
Photo Its 32-nanometer chipsets, set for production in 2009, enable more chips per wafer, faster transistors, and less energy per transistor than their 45-nanometer predecessors, which have been shipped inside 15 million... [18 Jun 2008]
Photos: Feeling chipper about green IT
Photo Shelves of number-crunching servers at Rackspace Hosting's data centre in Slough will be running on nothing but organic waste, including wood chips, fibre and paper. Burning wood might be a chip off the old block but it... [20 May 2008]
Photos: RFID bumblebees create a buzz
Photo Tiny RFID chips have been attached to hundreds of bees at labs in east London by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, using the process seen here. The chips allow researchers to monitor the... [29 Feb 2008]
Photos: Heathrow bags RFID tech to end lost luggage
Photo Heathrow Terminal 3 and Emirates airlines are running a six-month trial of tagging luggage with RFID chips on flights to and from Dubai. Heathrow expects to keep running both systems side-by-side to allow processing of... [14 Feb 2008]
Photos: Accenture gets touchy feely with its interactive wall
Photo Positions of staff, patients and equipment tagged with RFID chips were instantly visible and tapping each zone would call up more details on each individual such as their position and training. There were shades of... [01 Feb 2008]
Photos: Accenture waves goodbye to the wallet
Photo NFC readers in phones also allow them to download data and web links for more information on posters and products by allowing the phone to read embedded RFID chips. The SMS is on the wall for crumpled notes and battered... [31 Jan 2008]
Photos: Microsoft Surface in depth
Photo Surface is also wi-fi and Bluetooth capable so will be able to react in a similar way to mobile phone commands and RFID chips. This table-like device is actually a demonstration of Microsoft's Surface technology, which... [02 Oct 2007]
Photos: Cambridge boffins showcase tech of tomorrow
Photo Chips that can sniff out explosives, in-train entertainment systems and mobile advertising are just some of the inventions that have been showcased at a Cambridge innovation centre. For example, these... [13 Nov 2006]
Photos: Inside Fifa's World Cup IT operation
Photo FIFA sold all tickets released on general sale over the internet and by doing so were able to create a database of all travelling fans and link each one to the RFID chips embedded in their tickets. As ticket holders pass... [20 Jun 2006]
Photos: Viva Las Vegas...and tech
Photo Wynning ways: The new Wynn casino includes RFID chips in every single chip played on the casino floor - a project which added to the $2.7bn cost of setting up the casino and resort. Harrah's has put the controversial... [08 Jul 2005]
