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Chips are everywhere. Processors are in your PCs, laptops, servers, cars and every gadget you can think of. In addition, the processor market is shifting---especially in the mobile market. Key trend: Graphical processing units. Key players include Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments among others.
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Intel bets on heterogeneous future for supercomputing
Intel on how future advances in supercomputing lie in looking beyond the power of the typical CPU.
How much will AMD's new FX-9000 desktop processors cost?
An online retailer priced the forthcoming chips between $500 and $1,000 before removing them from its site. Would AMD really charge that much for its top-performing CPUs?
Intel puts the crosshairs on ARM
Intel's sudden — and dramatic — arrival to the mobile market is making investors and analysts twitchy.
AMD bets ARM, server chip experience means market gains
AMD wants to be more than just an alternative to Intel. It wants to lead ARM's gains in the data center as 2014 shapes up to be a pilot year for hyperscale servers.
Intel-based 'Milky Way 2' debuts as 'world's fastest' supercomputer
The 'surprise' win for the machine also known as Tianhe-2 marks China’s first return to top spot since 2010.
Big data spurring HPC, co-processor workloads
Big data meet HPC: 76.9 percent of HPC systems were using co-processors and accelerators, up from 28.2 percent in 2011. Intel Xeon Phi and Nvidia GPUs are running for the lead in HPC systems.
Broadcom debuts processor for entry-level smartphones
Quad-core. ARM. HSPA+. And other acronyms as well.
Apple's Mac Pro beautiful swan song is no match for Extreme SaaS
While the new Mac Pro may be the butt of jokes for its odd visual appearance, it's packed with state of the art desktop technology. But is it too late to make much of a difference in today's mobile world and the future of cloud computing and SaaS?
AMD beats Intel by unveiling world's first 5GHz processor
AMD scores another win by being the first to release a 5GHz processor. Is AMD on the up?
MacBook Air gets battery boost from Haswell
The new MacBook Air may look a lot like the old MacBook Air, but the battery life improvement delivered by Intel’s fourth-generation Core processor looks significant.
How Apple's new Mac Pro revolutionizes the desktop workstation
Let's take a look at this new king of Macs and see what makes it tick.
Qualcomm tablet reference design makes way to Brazil
Local manufacturer CCE will use Qualcomm's reference designs to produce two tablet versions with its Snapdragon processor
Apple's updated Mac Pro is another win for AMD
Apple has finally announced an update to the aging Mac Pro desktop workstation, and it is another win for AMD.
Dell introduces Latitude E6540 laptop with beefed-up security, Intel Haswell processors
The company claims it's the most secure business notebook on the market.
Intel's Computex honeymoon unlikely to last, says analyst
An analysts argues that Intel's chip developments at the Computex show this week are a good step, but can't slow the march to cheap processors that will hurt the chip giant's profitability.