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A discovery by Patently Apple reveals that the company run by Tim Cook has recently trademarked the term “Macroscalar”, which may be related to 3D transistors as part of a new A-processor architecture, according to Extreme Tech’s Joel Hruska.
Up until now, work on Apple’s “Macroscalar&r... |
7 February 2012
04:49 GMT |
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It certainly doesn't look like much, but that strange chip that is pictured right bellow this post is the world's first commercially available microprocessor, the Intel 4004, that celebrates its 40th birthday today.It all began back in 1969, when Japan's Nippon Calculating Machine Corporation asked Int... |
16 November 2011
05:19 GMT |
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VIA Technologies, Inc, makers of x86 processors, are suing Apple Inc. in the US District Court of Delaware for patent infringement by the chips found inside the iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Apple TV.VIA is a fabless supplier of power-efficient x86 processors that, according to the company, “are driving system innova... |
23 September 2011
03:53 GMT |
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Once upon a time, the main, and possibly only, concern of hardware makers was coming up with new ways to improve the performance of their products. Intel and AMD strove to enhance the clock speeds of their CPUs, memory and storage makers kept looking for ways of increasing capacity, etc. Those times ended when the wo... |
17 June 2010
11:15 GMT |
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According to a recent industry quarterly report announced by research firm IDC, the global PC microprocessor shipments for the first quarter of 2009 were down for the second quarter in a row, confirming an ongoing market decline. The recently announced data demonstrates that the world's number two in PC micropro... |
12 May 2009
03:10 GMT |
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According to the latest news, VIA is set to launch a dual-core version of its Nano processor sometime before the end of 2009, while also preparing it for mass production starting with 2010. The chip has been rumored for quite a while now, but this time all seems to be on track for the said release. Also, it appears ... |
27 November 2008
05:20 GMT |
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Because of an injunction preventing Mark Papermaster from starting work at Apple, IBM will negotiate a bond with the "blade server guru" that will allow monetary compensation to be sought by either party, if the injunction is found to be unjust, according to InternetNews.The report notes that, if the court finds IBM&... |
12 November 2008
03:43 GMT |
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On Monday, IBM announced that it was ready to start manufacturing processors under the 45nm silicon-on-insulator fabrication technology. The Big Blue developed the technology in partnership with AMD, which was said to start the shipments of its new 45nm SOI central processing unit within the following days. &ldq... |
11 November 2008
05:59 GMT |
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The two major players on the microprocessor market, Intel and AMD, have both announced their profits for the recently ended third quarter of the year. The results unveiled by the chipmakers to the press and analysts came as a bit of a surprise. While Intel scored quite nicely in times of economic crisis, AMD had surp... |
20 October 2008
03:21 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices is expected to announce on Tuesday its plans for dividing into two separate companies, one that will design microprocessors and one focused on manufacturing chips. The Sunnyvale company has been rumored in the recent few months to be on the verge of spinning off its fabs in an effort to overcom... |
7 October 2008
03:12 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices seems well prepared for a powerful comeback on the microprocessor market area. The latest news on its Shanghai server chip unveiled the fact that the company is getting ready to launch a powerful and reliable chip, one that is expected to become a real competitor to Intel's server CPUs. Wh... |
6 October 2008
05:58 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices announced on Monday that its next-generation “Shanghai” microprocessor was getting ready to be rolled out. The company also said that the new chip would come with many improvements over its predecessors and without the bugs we saw in those CPUs. Shanghai is expected to replace the c... |
30 September 2008
04:13 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices were rumored earlier this week to have stopped working on the development of the ultra low power Bobcat microprocessor. The second largest x86 chip manufacturer denied these rumors on Wednesday. “Bobcat remains under development as an important future core for AMD,” said Damon Muzny... |
25 September 2008
03:02 GMT |
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The battle on the ULPC market seems to begin tightening up. We already know that Intel marked a big success with its Atom processor, yet responses to it appeared right away. That is the Nano chip from VIA, which turned to be quite a strong competitor. The other big player in the industry, Advanced micro Devices, also... |
22 September 2008
04:00 GMT |
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In the ever-increasing need for speed, the semiconductor industry prospects gallium arsenide semiconductors as potential replacements for silicon ones. The year 1974 recorded the birth of the first microprocessor for general usage, the Intel 8080, which was able to operate with about 500.000 instructions pe... |
10 September 2008
09:28 GMT |
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New documents issued by Intel unveil more information on the company's highly expected Nehalem processors. Earlier leaked info on the CPU's roadmap has already been presented in an article, yet it seems that there are a few things that may be added to the story. The chips will still make their debut on earl... |
8 September 2008
04:10 GMT |
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Although the second quarter is considered to be a rather slow one when it comes to processor demand, this year, the worldwide PC microprocessor shipments reached a record level during Q2, says IDC. There was a 3.1 percent quarter over quarter increase in processor unit shipments, while the year over year shipments we... |
15 August 2008
05:14 GMT |
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It seems that Intel plans to extend its mobile microprocessors line with the launch of some new models during August. The addition also includes Intel's first Core 2 Extreme quad core, announced for an August 17th launch. The Core 2 Extreme QX9300 processor features a 45W TDP and will definitely need serious coo... |
28 July 2008
05:59 GMT |
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According to the new chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices, Dirk Meyer, AMD has already started pilot production for microprocessors on the 45 nanometer manufacturing process. The statement, made during a conference call with financial analysts, also included the announcement that the chip developer has e... |
22 July 2008
03:10 GMT |
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Recent reports have revealed that Apple has agreed to do business, to a bigger or smaller extent, with chip designer PA Semi, as in, it bought them. Answering the burning questions coming from Forbes, an Apple spokesman confirmed that they decided to buy PA Semi for their sophisticated designs for low-power chips tha... |
23 April 2008
05:14 GMT |
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The device created by the UK researchers, measuring only a few millimeters across, has the capability to process the signals carried by individual photons of light, much in the same way electronic logic gates control electrical signals. While electronic logic gates may be manufactured into tiny silicon chips and inco... |
29 March 2008
08:19 GMT |
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I think we have had enough of computers packed with tens of fans, all blowing air around like it's some kind army experiment to develop a new air turbine engine, and of worrying all the time about the possibility of the microprocessor fan dying on us, and ruining the chip. Most people think that the microproces... |
20 December 2007
06:48 GMT |
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Co-founder of the Intel Corporation, Gordon E. Moore, predicted in 1965 in a paper that the number of transistors that can be inexpensively placed on an integrated circuit would grow exponentially and duble every two years. Since then this prediction has become known as Moore's Law and described relatively accur... |
17 December 2007
04:02 GMT |
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