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Apple Buys Intrinsity, a Maker of Fast Chips

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

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According NY Times report that Apple Buys Intrinsity, a Maker of Fast Chips. Do you know what are purpose of Apple when they buy Intrinsity ? Also, this is second time in two year that Apple buy small company which related about chip maker. They purpose from buy small chip maker company to to gain [...]

Samsung launches investigation of chip lines following cancer allegations

Monday, April 19, 2010

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Samsung Electronics today said they will launch independent reviews in response to reports that toxic materials used in chip making may have caused cancer in some of its employees. On Thursday, the company said twenty of them employees who worked at them chip plants had been diagnosed with leukemia or lymphoma, and between 1998 and [...]

25 percent of Intel CPUs to have an IGP by end of 2010

Sunday, April 18, 2010

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Intel has informed its own partners that by the end of 2010, 25 percent of Intel’s CPUs will feature a integrated graphics. It’s 32nm Clarkdale CPU that has 45nm graphics and this means that in late 2010 Intel might be making more money per Core than it used to, simply as it now has an [...]

New dual-core Atom chip coming

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

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Intel will bring out a new dual-core Atom in the second quarter, CEO Paul Otellini said Tuesday during an earnings conference call. Because Intel already has a dual-core Atom for small desktops, called Nettops, Otellini is likely referring to a dual-core design for the Netbook and small-device market. Currently, Intel offers only single-core Atom processors [...]

AMD Divulges Phenom II X6 Secrets, Turbo Core Enabled

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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Last month Intel introduced its first desktop 6-core CPU, the 32nm Gulftown Core i7 980X. Running at 3.33GHz we loved the fact that it is quite possibly the first Extreme Edition part that is able to justify its price. For $999 you get six cores and better performance all in the same power envelope as [...]

Dell refreshes Latitude E series with latest Intel chips

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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New additions to the line of popular Dell Latitude E-family laptops, and complementary software and services solutions- will make it simple and affordable for public and private sector organizations worldwide to refresh laptops. Recent economic turmoil, technology shifts, hardware advances, and changing workforce needs have created an opportunity for CIOs to rethink their IT infrastructure [...]

Nvidia Readies Graphics Chip to Challenge AMD

Thursday, March 25, 2010

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Nvidia Corp. plans to launch Friday the first chip using its next-generation graphics technology, heating up a rivalry with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. The new chips, to be part of Nvidia’s GeForce line of graphics processing units, or GPUs, will more than double the performance of its current products. The chips also are designed to [...]

Super Vision Chip scans 200 page book in 60 seconds

Thursday, March 18, 2010

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After speculation earlier today about the lag involved in Sony’s PlayStation Move system, how about a really fast camera?  University of Tokyo professor Masatoshi Ishikawa has developed the simply-titled “Super Vision Chip”, capable of scanning an entire 200 page book in a minute (you can see the demo after the cut).  While obviously that would [...]

Intel investigating sale of fake Core i7 chip

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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Intel acknowledged Monday that at least one counterfeit version of its Core i7-920 processor made its way into the U.S. market, and said it’s trying to determine how many more are out there. On Friday, hardware site HardOCP reported that one of its forum members received a counterfeit processor from Newegg, an online seller of [...]

For Chip Makers, the Next Battle Is in Smartphones

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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The semiconductor industry has long been a game for titans. The going rate for a state-of-the-art chip factory is about $3 billion. The plants typically take years to build. And the microscopic size of chip circuitry requires engineering that practically defies the laws of physics. Over the decades, legions of companies have found themselves reeling, [...]

IBM scientists move closer to light-based chip communication

Sunday, March 7, 2010

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IBM has announced that its scientists have created a system that allows computer chips to communicate using light instead of electrical signals. The device, known as a nanophotonic avalanche photodetector, is claimed to be be ultra-fast while minimizing power consumption. The device converts faint optical signals into electrical signals, as incoming photons free electrons which [...]