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IBM sets sights on faster, efficient "light" chips
IBM has come up with a technology that could one day let different cores on a processor exchange signals with pulses of light, rather than electrons, a change that could lead to faster and far more energy efficient chips. Read more »
Google: Server efficiency needs new recipe
Chipmakers have been applying lessons learned in mobile computing to servers in an effort to increase efficiency by lowering power consumption. But a noted Google engineer threw some cold water on the approach on Monday, arguing the two styles of computing are too different. Read more »
Sun to buy chip start-up?
Sun Microsystems is negotiating to buy Montalvo Systems, the chip start-up that has concocted a chip for portables, according to sources. Read more »
Intel shows off Penryn chips
Intel says its 45-nanometer chips are almost ready for prime time. Read more »
Intel learns from insects to make 80-cores practical
Researchers at chip giant Intel are looking to create insect-like exoskeletons that will help make 80-core processors work with today's software and hardware. Read more »
Intel to boost single-core performance
Intel plans to increase the performance of individual cores in the Itanium processor, and not just increase the number of cores to it, according to an Intel engineer. Read more »
OLPC has 3m orders for US$100 laptop
The One Laptop per Child organisation has pencilled in October for the production of its ruggedised device, the XO, and has orders for three million machines already. Read more »
HP shifts last of Itanium work to Intel
Hewlett-Packard and Intel designed the Itanium chip together, but HP is handing the project over. Read more »
Intel reveals Core i7 chips
Intel has revealed the branding for the successor to its Core 2 Duo brand. Read more »
IBM explores biological binary for chip refinery
Can scientists use the binary of biology, DNA, to grow carbon nanotubes into more efficient circuits? IBM thinks so. Read more »
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Linux maker takes on Windows
SWsoft, whose Virtuozzo software lets several copies of Linux run simultaneously on the same Intel server, plans to expand its reach next year. Read more »
Programming for Cell
As the Cell has seven usable cores and some exotic memory features, it can offer more parallelism than other chips in the marketplace but it comes at the cost of ease of programming. We discuss the challenges faced by this difficult yet highly parallel architecture. Read more »
Despite its aging design, the x86 is still in charge
With most of the world's software written with x86 in mind, it's doubtful that any future chip architecture would be able to displace it. Read more »
Are you ready for 64-bit architecture development?
Many chipmakers have announced desktop-ready CPU chips based on 64-bit architecture. Will such desktops lead to a migration to 64-bit architecture development in the coming year? And, more importantly, will you be ready for it? Read more »
Faster XML ahead?
The Net's top standards body is getting closer to speeding up XML-based software, a move that could benefit everyone from mobile phone carriers to television broadcasters to the military. Read more »
Mac OS X on x86 tested
Steve Jobs might not approve, but Apple's latest operating system can be installed on any x86 hardware. How well does it function? Read our preliminary labs test to find out. Read more »
Java beyond the server
Java has a somewhat deserved reputation for being a server-side-only affair. But now, the language is becoming an increasingly popular choice for embedded development as well. Read more »
Unplugged: Sun chief engineer Rob Gingell
After 17-years trying to get the other technology gurus at Sun to follow his lead recently appointed software CTO Rob Gingell is now responsible for steering the shift from Unix to Java. Read more »
Wireless Visionary: Wi-Fi speeds into the future
Although Wi-Fi has turned into one of the hottest young technologies, Vic Hayes says the real excitement will start after the computer industry hurdles the 100mbps speed barrier. Read more »
James Gosling Q & A
James Gosling was in Australia this week to give two question-and-answer session to local developers. A rare opportunity for local developers, Builder AU was on hand to transcribe the event for those who couldn't make it. Read more »
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