performance in photos
Photos: The world's fastest supercomputers revealed
Photo Able to slice through quadrillion tasks every second, the searing performance of US supercomputers once again monopolised a list of the world's processing powerhouses. The colossi of computing took their places on the... [17 Nov 2008]
Gadget Watch: Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook S6420 review
Photo Mobile broadband module; spill-proof keyboard, performance We like the S6420 for its solid build quality, performance, security and mobile broadband capability. Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? [14 Nov 2008]
Photos: Brain of Britain
Photo The processing powerhouse at the heart of the High Performance Computing Centre of Excellence has about four million megabytes of memory and 256 standard compute nodes containing 2,048 Intel Xeon 3GHz cores. [07 Nov 2008]
Photos: Taking the wraps off Windows 7
Photo Here's a look at Windows 7 Ultimate Build 6801, a remarkably feature-rich and performance-stable alpha version. Microsoft's upcoming operating system, Windows 7, seems to be geared more for the consumer, with a lot more... [29 Oct 2008]
Photos: Apple's MacBooks refresh their flavour
Photo There are 16 parallel graphic cores, and it delivers 54 gigaflops of graphics performance. Compared to graphics shipping in the MacBook Pro, the new chips will be 55 per cent better in 3D graphics... [15 Oct 2008]
Photos: Scots HQ is green office of the future
Photo The building has achieved an Energy Performance Certificate A rating. Building services company NG Bailey has opened a Scottish HQ, consolidating a number of other sites and showcasing a number of features that save or... [10 Sep 2008]
Gadget Watch: Asus Eee Box
Photo Lacklustre performance; small hard drive; can't play 1080p Full HD video Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? Check out the latest in our new series of gadget mini-reviews, courtesy of... [29 Aug 2008]
Photos: New Dell laptops shed the pounds
Photo Dell has also added some models to its high performance Precision workstation range. This is the new Latitude family of ultra-portable laptops from Dell. The company has collaborated with almost 4,000 IT professionals... [13 Aug 2008]
Photos: The solar powered speedster
Photo The CUER team, seen here, has been monitoring and analysing the solar power consumption and mechanical performance of Affinity using mobile workstations, handhelds and business notebooks provided by HP, which is... [16 Jun 2008]
Photos: Supercomputers signal when storms are a-brewing
Photo Its high performance computers already impressive performance will leap forward by the end of the year when the centre completes the installation of a new system, seen being built here, capable of 20... [06 Jun 2008]
Photos: Australian broadband goes for a deep-sea dive
Photo This gives an indication of the performance of the cable and enables it to be continuously monitored. The Ile de Sein (pictured) is a massive ship that sports a crew of 60, who work in shifts to lay cable 24 hours a day,... [14 Apr 2008]
Photos: Renault F1 races into Second Life
Photo After a spirited performance silicon.com came in second to last. The ING Renault Formula One team has opened its very own island and race circuit (above) - in virtual world Second Life. The island was launched at a... [01 Jun 2007]
Photos: The tech driving Renault Formula 1
Photo For example, at this week's testing at Silverstone the Renault team will be using the software to help measure the performance of various Michelin tyre combinations ahead of the Suzuka Grand Prix. The ability to solve... [20 Sep 2006]
Photos: The tech secrets behind Wimbledon
Photo After matches, players on Centre and Number 1 courts are also provided with a detailed analysis of their performance using this data. This keypad might not look like much but the data it conveys is central to many of the... [03 Jul 2006]
Photos: See the new Firefox
Photo Version 1.5 includes a slew of improvements, including more sophisticated security and better performance. Earlier this week the Mozilla Foundation released its first major update to the open source Firefox web browser. [02 Dec 2005]
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