World’s first bioprocessor made with human brain tissue uses a million times less power
A Swiss startup has claimed to create the world’s first bioprocessor, which is part of an online platform with remote access to 16 human brain …
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Most Ivy Bridge processors have not been delayed, report claims
Reports that Intel was notifying partners about plans to postpone mass shipments of Ivy Bridge processors turned out to be only partially true, according to VR-Zone. The …
Intel may postpone mass shipments of Ivy Bridge processors
Intel recently notified partners of its plans to postpone mass shipments of the company’s Ivy Bridge processors, reports DigiTimes. The company still plans to announce new …
Intel may unveil new 22nm Ivy Bridge processors on April 8th
Intel could be preparing to unveil most of its next-generation 22nm Ivy Bridge processors “on or around” April 8th according to a recent rumor. The company is …
Huawei announces 7-inch MediaPad Android Honeycomb tablet
On Monday, Huawei officially announced the MediaPad, a 7-inch tablet powered by Android 3.2 (Honeycomb). The MediaPad sports a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a 5-megapixel camera, …
Intel discusses new ‘Ultrabook’ notebooks, Atom roadmap
During the Computex trade show in Taiwan on Tuesday, Intel’s executive vice president Sean Maloney discussed a new category of laptop computers called “Ultrabooks” that …
‘PC market is in its twilight,’ says former Apple exec
In a “Monday Note” blog post that questioned Intel’s new 3D transistors and the company’s lack of presence in the mobile space, former Apple executive …
Apple to become Samsung’s No. 1 customer with $7.8 billion in parts purchases this year
According to an unconfirmed report originating in the Korea Economic Daily newspaper, Apple will become Samsung’s largest customer in 2011. Citing anonymous industry sources, the …
Tegra 2 handsets a plenty at CES, says NVIDIA
According to a fresh press release by NVIDIA, a “new wave of super phones” will be “announced shortly at CES.” Touting the specification prowess of …
Android 3.0 aka Gingerbread gets detailed
It’s no secret that the next delicious chapter in Android will be made out of Gingerbread, but until today we didn’t have much of an …
Intel targets the smartphone market with new Atom processors
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor might be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of powerful mobile chipsets, but Intel is hoping to change …
Apple rumored to be courting ARM Holdings
ARM Holdings, the Cambridge-based company which holds the licensing rights to the majority of processors found in modern mobile devices, is said to be in …
Industry exec: Next iPhone to feature A4-based chipsets
Samsung is reported to be singing the blues as it scrambles to recover from the partial loss of one of its largest customers. According to …
Future Apple hardware to be powered by AMD?
Those sleuthing Apple informants seem to have struck gold once again. After noticing a continuous stream of AMD bosses and representatives travelling to and from …
AMD Opteron 4000 & 6000: 12 cores, 1 chip
Last week, we reported on several chip set announcements — of the 6-core variety — from both Intel and AMD. Today, just one day before …
Hard Core: Intel and AMD update CPU lineups
Processor manufacturers AMD and Intel are updating their desktop processor lineups, and they will be bringing 6-core number-smashing goodness, as well as a few low …
