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June's powerful new PC hardware: The dawn of a glorious future
After years of iterative tweaks and minor evolution, the flood of next-gen PC hardware in June felt like a glimpse of a glorious future.
Scientists give quantum computing a big boost with laser beams and microwaves
One of the challenges on the way to realizing the benefits of quantum computing is finding a way to compactly assemble and then precisely control enough quantum bits, or "qubits," to deliver on the technology's enormous processing potential. Researchers at Penn State University said they've made a big advance.
Oracle pledges 'x86 economics' with new Sparc servers
Oracle launched a new family of servers and a new Sparc chip on Wednesday, both aimed at customers considering x86 servers for a scale-out cloud infrastructure.
Battle lines are drawn: IBM prepares Power9 to take on Intel and ARM
IBM has many goals with its upcoming Power9 chip, and one is to challenge the dominance of Intel's x86 chips in the data center.
IBM wants to sell Power servers based on OpenCompute designs
IBM is warming up to the idea of adding servers using its Power processors and the OpenCompute open design to its product portfolio.
Intel's appealing $1.4 billion European antitrust fine over blocking out AMD
Intel is still contesting a €1.06 billion (then $1.4 billion) antitrust fine from the European Commission, which in May 2009 found it had abused its dominant position in the market for x86 processors.
Intel's megachips will take on Nvidia's GPUs and Google's TPUs
In 2018, Intel will likely release a faster and more power-efficient Xeon Phi, a supercomputing chip that is already in some of the world's fastest computers. Intel is also looking beyond CPUs to FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays), which can be faster in key tasks.
Fujitsu drops SPARC, turns to ARM for Post-K supercomputer
Alternative chip architectures are taking some thunder away from Intel's x86 at this week's International Supercomputing Conference in Frankfurt. The ARM architecture, which dominates mobile-device chips, will appear in Fujitsu's next flagship supercomputer.
Intel pits monster 72-core Xeon Phi chip against GPUs
When introducing its new monster 72-core Xeon Phi chip, Intel couldn't help but take a swipe at graphics processors being sluggish for some tasks.
China's secretive mega chip powers the world's fastest computer
Fifteen years ago, China decided to build homegrown processors for PCs, servers, and supercomputers. Now the country's latest chip is powering the world's fastest computer.
Meet KiloCore, a 1,000-core processor so efficient it could run on a AA battery
Researchers at UC Davis have created a monstrous 1,000-core computer processor that's so power-efficient, it could run on a AA battery.
Nvidia monstrous Pascal GPU-powered Tesla P100 is getting a PCI-E version, too
Some of the world's fastest computers employ Nvidia's graphics processor for computer vision and complex calculations, and a new GPU will supercharge these applications.
This tiny PC proves AMD's APUs can power competitive gaming on a tight budget
Can AMD's A10-7860K APU power effective, yet affordable e-sports gaming PCs? Yes—though it'll take tinkering with settings.
HP Enterprise shows off a computer designed to emulate the human brain
Intelligent computers that can make decisions like humans are on the roadmap for Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Dell claims its external graphics card tech beats Thunderbolt 3 options
Dell is working to improve its Alienware Graphics Amplifier to support faster speeds.
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