News

Article | 27/09/2010 Intel: Gadgets to learn users' daily habits
The future of computing lies in devices that are not only smarter but also more aware of the habits and day-to-day lives of their users, says Justin R...
Article | 25/09/2010 Weak server chip shipments on the horizon, analysts say
The server market is showing signs of weakening, which could lead to a downturn in server chip shipments, further affecting the revenue of chip makers...
Article | 24/09/2010 Marvell announces triple-core chip for tablets
Marvell on Thursday announced a triple-core chip for tablets and smartphones that it says will deliver breakthrough graphics and application performan...
Article | 23/09/2010 Browser GPU acceleration: Navigating standards minefield
Once upon a time, in the distant past, there was VGA. VGA begat "Windows Accelerators" -- graphics chips that were slightly enhanced beyond dumb frame...
Article | 23/09/2010 Nvidia's CUDA to support x86 processors
On Tuesday, Nvidia announced it was going to support x86 processors as a target for CUDA applications. This means that apps that are currently written...
Article | 22/09/2010 Intel must prove CPU upgrade is worth the cost
Intel is testing a processor-upgrade program that may alienate the power users it hopes to attract. The Intel Upgrade Service pilot is a retail store...
Article | 22/09/2010 High-performance computing rules at GPU Tech Conference
Nvidia's GPU Tech Conference is evolving to have an even stronger emphasis on high performance computing than the past couple of years. Yes, there are...
Article | 21/09/2010 Annoying Intel pilot program offers chip upgrade for fee
In a move that has train wreck written all over it, Intel has started a new pilot project that puts a DRM-style software lock on your computer's downg...
Article | 18/09/2010 Quantum computing boosted by 'photon walk' chip
Scientists led by a Bristol University team have pioneered an experimental method for quantum computers to perform calculations using photons travelli...
Article | 14/09/2010 Nvidia brings new tools for building GPU-accelerated applications
Nvidia on Tuesday will unveil upgrades to Parallel Nsight, a toolkit for building GPU-accelerated applications from within Microsoft's Visual Studio I...
Article | 15/09/2010 IDF 2010: Intel Atom-based DVRs to run embedded Windows Media Center
Acer and ASUS DVRs powered by the Intel Atom C4100 processor have been shown at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.
Article | 15/09/2010 Intel’s Sandy Bridge: PC Sales Supercharger?
Intel's upcoming Sandy Bridge microprocessor design is generating a lot of buzz, primarily because it'll integrate the chipmaker's high-end graphics t...
Article | 15/09/2010 Intel opens app store, unveils Atom chips
SAN FRANCISCO -- Intel kicked off the second day of its developers conference by officially launching its app store and rolling out new Atom processor...
Article | 14/09/2010 Intel announces 2011 shipping date for Sandy Bridge
Intel has announced that its new Sandy Bridge processors will begin shipping "in high volume" early next year. The long-awaited processor line, now re...
Article | 14/09/2010 IDF 2010: Cool demonstrations at the Intel Developer Forum 2010 keynote
Here are some of the product demonstrations we recorded during the opening keynote at the 2010 Intel Developer Forum. The demonstrations showcased the...
Article | 14/09/2010 IDF 2010: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor to specialise in media processing
Intel's Sandy Bridge CPU architecture is set to hit mainstream PCs by 2011 and it will be known as 2nd Generation Core. The improvements over the curr...
Article | 14/09/2010 Sandy Bridge chips to take notebooks into the future, says Intel
When Intel engineers began thinking about designing a new chip architecture, they first decided to reconsider the way they think about laptops.
Article | 14/09/2010 Intel pushes itself beyond the chip
Intel CEO Paul Otellini kicked off the company's annual IDF conference today by announcing that Intel is on track to ship a 22-nanometer processor in ...
Article | 13/09/2010 IDF 2010: Intel OASIS technology: Microsoft Kinect for the kitchen?
Intel's research and development labs have been working on an interactive 3D technology called OASIS, which may one day give consumers a whole new way...
Article | 11/09/2010 Analyst: TI to sample chip with new Arm CPU next year
Texas Instruments could implement Arm's latest Cortex-A15 processor design in a chip that could be built and sampled as early as next year, an analyst...

Best Deals on PCWorld

PC ComponentsView all »
Desktop PCsView all »
NotebooksView all »
Servers & StorageView all »
Software and ServicesView all »