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Desktop chips zip past 4GHz; next stop 5GHz?

Mobility has all but eclipsed speed and anything else as the capability garnering the most attention in desktop processors.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 10 May, 2013 19:33

Tags: hardware, Mobile/Wireless, Networking, wireless, AMD, hardware systems, Components, processors, mobile, intel

Indiana University dedicates biggest college-owned supercomputer

Indiana University today dedicated the fastest supercomputer owned by a university to date -- the new Big Red II system.

By Jon Gold | 26 April, 2013 21:00

Tags: big red, Configuration / maintenance, suse, NV, AMD, hardware systems, Cray, Data Center, hpc, Supercomputer, HP, Dell

DARPA, SRC pony up $194 million to fund chip research

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and a consortium of top semiconductor companies are handing out US$194 million to universities for research that addresses the physical limitations of semiconductors and chips.

By Agam Shah | 17 January, 2013 20:34

Tags: Semiconductor Research Corporation, U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, micron technology, IBM, Components, globalfoundries, processors, intel

AMD eyes server revival with aggressive new approach

To break its slump in the server market, Advanced Micro Devices is adopting an aggressive strategy whose goals include the introduction of new ARM and x86 chips by 2014 and continued improvements to its Opteron line in the meantime.

By Agam Shah | 17 December, 2012 11:16

Tags: hardware, SeaMicro, Advanced Micro Devices, AMD, hardware systems, Components, processors, cloud computing, intel, internet

AMD cuts chip orders to GlobalFoundries as PC market slumps

Advanced Micro Devices has cut orders to contract chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries, expecting a "choppy demand environment" in the next few quarters.

By John Ribeiro | 07 December, 2012 05:56

Tags: servers, Advanced Micro Devices, hardware systems, desktop pcs, Components, globalfoundries, laptops, processors

AMD denies reports company is for sale

Advanced Micro Devices is denying reports that executives have taken steps that could lead to the company's sale.

By Sharon Gaudin | 13 November, 2012 22:50

Tags: JPMorgan Chase, IT industry, Reuters, Advanced Micro Devices, AMD, Components, processors, intel

Did AMD shoot itself in the foot by laying off open-source talent?

The staff of Advanced Micro Devices' Operating System Research Center has been laid off, according to a report from The H Online, dramatically reducing the company's ability to contribute to the Linux community and support its own hardware on the platform.

By Jon Gold | 07 November, 2012 21:38

Tags: open source, Linux, Advanced Micro Devices, AMD, software, operating systems

AMD Piledriver CPUs hit the market

AMD has announced that processors based on its much-anticipated Piledriver architecture are now available to the public, in a move that marks the company's competitive return to the world of high-end desktop PCs.

By Jon Gold | 23 October, 2012 15:43

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, PC, Bull, AMD, hardware systems, eight-core, AMD Piledriver, Data Center, intel, AMD CPU, desktop PC, Piledriver

New Android version rolled out to AOSP, Nexus 7 devices

The latest version of Google's Android mobile OS has been released to the Android Open-Source Project, bringing with it several changes that apply to the Nexus 7 tablet - and hint at a new Nexus tablet to come.

Half of U.S. adults now own a tablet or smartphone, Pew study finds

The results of a new study from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism indicate that half of American adults have mobile Internet access via a tablet or smartphone, further highlighting the quickly changing nature of media consumption.

Android apps coming to an AMD-powered PC near you

A new partnership between virtual Android specialist BlueStacks and microchip maker AMD will see much of the Google Play store's stock of apps made available to Windows users running AMD hardware, the company announced Thursday.

Oracle, AMD urge support for Java GPU proposal

Java processing would be segmented via OpenJDK into work for graphics processor and work for CPU

IT execs explain their moves to solid-state storage

The adoption of flash storage in the enterprise is boosting database performance, cutting in half the time needed for nightly full backups and providing users with real-time responses. Here's how four companies chose to up their game with flash.

Intel dishing out $29K to Android developers in game app contest

Intel is dishing out a total of US$29,000 in cash prizes to Android developers in an effort to encourage coders to write games for tablets and smartphones using Intel chips.

Sprint to sell IdeaPad U310 Ultrabook for $800

Sprint has become the first U.S. wireless carrier to offer an ultrabook, which is being sold with a 3G/4G mobile hotspot device at no added cost.

Court dismisses Novell antitrust case against Microsoft

Microsoft has won a motion to dismiss a seven-year-old, US$1.3 billion lawsuit from Novell charging Microsoft with illegal antitrust actions around its Windows 95 release.

AMD to detail upcoming Jaguar low-power processor design for tablets

Advanced Micro Devices will detail its upcoming low-power CPU for tablets code-named Jaguar at the Hot Chips show in August, and share the stage with IBM, Oracle and Fujitsu, which will provide further insight into next-generation server processors.

Broadband program adds more digital literacy training

A nonprofit program focused on making broadband available to low-income U.S. residents has added a job-training partner to its roster and will increase its focus on using broadband to train and search for jobs, officials announced Monday.

Nvidia investigates claims that its online stores were hacked

Graphics chip manufacturer Nvidia is investigating claims that hackers have compromised its online stores as part of a larger attack that affected several of its websites.

Intel purchases Lustre purveyor Whamcloud

Fortifying its resources for the high-performance computing (HPC) market, Intel has purchased Whamcloud, a commercial purveyor of the open-source Lustre file system. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.