Sunday 5 July, 2009

Hardware

Slideshow -- Tech of Yesteryear: Where Old Computers Find Their Final Resting Place
Max Burnet has turned his home in the leafy suburbs of Sydney into arguably Australia’s largest private computer museum. Since retiring as director of Digital Equipment Corporation a decade ago, Burnet has converted his interest in the computing industry into an invaluable snapshot of computer history. Every available space from his basement to the top floor of his two-storey home is covered with relics from the past. His collection is vast, from a 1920s Julius Totalisator, the first UNIX PDP-7, a classic DEC PDP-8, the original IBM PC, Apple’s Lisa, MITS Altair 8800, numerous punch cards and over 6000 computer reference books. And more. He happily opened his doors for CIO to take a look.
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Chip shipments could face slow growth
Growth in processor shipments could slow down in the fourth quarter and through 2009, inhibited by a reduced demand for chips and the global economic downturn, IDC said on Monday.
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Gartner to slash 2009 chip forecast by $25 billion
The global financial crisis prompted market researcher Gartner on Monday to lower its preliminary chip industry revenue projections for the next few years, including a US$25.5 billion reduction for next year.
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Researchers find state of matter that may extend Moore's Law
Researchers at McGill University in Montreal have discovered a new state of matter that they say could greatly extend Moore's Law.
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Forgotten history: the true origins of the PC
This year marks an almost forgotten 40th anniversary: the conception of the device that ultimately became the PC. And no, it did not happen in California.
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Researchers develop bug-blocking chip monitor
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed technology that can fence off microprocessor bugs and keep them from seizing up a PC.
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Intel, AMD multicore chip sales may be slowed by software
Trying to boost the IT capabilities at his digital forensics company, Brian Dykstra invested in a quad-core processor-based server. After all, he figured, more cores means a more powerful machine that can do far more work than single-core systems.
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Asustek turns to Celerons amid Atom shortage
Asustek Computer has turned back the clock to use Intel microprocessors first launched in 2004 in its latest Eee PC netbooks, in part due to a shortage of Intel's Atom chips.
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Strong Intel sales push global PC chip market to record Q2
Defying a bad economy and what is normally a bad season for computer chip sales, worldwide PC microprocessor shipments in the second quarter of this year reached what IDC analysts called record levels.
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Via pushing into laptop, desktop markets with 5 new chips
After watching the market's giants move into its territory, Via Technologies Thursday began moving to push back against the likes of Intel and Advanced Micro Devices with five new processors.
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Xerox showcases erasable paper, smart documents
Xerox's research arm Monday showcased its latest innovations, including erasable paper and tools that make documents "smart" by adding a deeper meaning to words and images.
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AMD goes after the enterprise with new business push
Advanced Micro Devices is looking to forge ahead into the enterprise market by creating a commercial road map and realigning desktop platforms into an enterprise offering.
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11-step buyers' guide to designer PCs
Computers come in many different guises; some barely resemble a PC at all. We've had it with plain-vanilla and boring black machines, and we've gone designer. Here's how to get a PC that looks good, both inside and out.
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Dell gives glimpse at its smallest desktop ever
Dell announced that the company is working on a desktop computer that is slated to be 81 percent smaller than a standard mini-tower machine, while using 70 percent less energy. It also comes in recycled and recyclable packaging.
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