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Intel settles AMD claims but isn't off the hook
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Intel Corp. is paying Silicon Valley rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. $1.25 billion to squash a legal battle over Intel's sales tactics, a rift that led to antitrust charges against Intel in several ...
Superior 3D Graphics for the Web a Step Closer
Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The development of improved three-dimensional graphics in Web-based applications took a step forward recently, when programmers began building WebGL into the Mozilla Firefox nightly builds, ...
More chip cores can mean slower supercomputing, simulation shows
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The worldwide attempt to increase the speed of supercomputers merely by increasing the number of processor cores on individual chips unexpectedly worsens performance for many complex applications, ...
Physician revolutionizes gene research
Mar 26, 2008 |
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A dramatic new study published in the most recent issue of Nature questions some of the mechanisms underlying a new class of drugs based on Nobel Prize-winning work designed to fight diseases ranging from macular degeneration to dia ...
Bringing Second Life To Life: Researchers Create Character With Reasoning Abilities of a Child
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 10, 2008 |
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Troy, N.Y. – Today’s video games and online virtual worlds give users the freedom to create characters in the digital domain that look and seem more human than ever before. But despite having your hair, your ...
IBM Alliances Announce Advancement in High-K/Metal Gate Technology
Dec 14, 2007 |
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IBM and its joint development partners -- AMD, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Freescale, Infineon, and Samsung -- announced an innovative approach to speed the implementation of a breakthrough material ...
Trust Linux!
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers has implemented support for 'trusted computing' in a commercially available version of the open source operating system Linux, breaking new ground in the global drive ...
Oak Ridge 'Jaguar' supercomputer is World's fastest
Nov 16, 2009 |
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An upgrade to a Cray XT5 high-performance computing system deployed by the Department of Energy has made the "Jaguar" supercomputer the world's fastest. Located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Jaguar is ...
NY files antitrust suit against Intel (Update)
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- New York's attorney general hit Intel Corp. with an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday, claiming the company used "illegal threats and collusion" to dominate the market for computer microprocessors.
Science at the petascale: Roadrunner supercomputer results unveiled
Oct 26, 2009 |
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The world's fastest supercomputer, Roadrunner, at Los Alamos National Laboratory has completed its initial "shakedown" phase doing accelerated petascale computer modeling and simulations of a variety of unclassified, fundamental ...
AMD Announces Eight New Athlon II Processors
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD announced today eight new, low cost, Athlon II processors to their Athlon II processor family.
Upgrade to Windows 7? It all depends...
Oct 08, 2009 |
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With Windows 7 scheduled for release Oct. 22, the question many readers will be asking is, "Should I upgrade?" The answer depends on your circumstances.
EU publishes e-mails to back case against Intel (Update)
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The European Union on Monday published e-mail excerpts from computer makers and Intel Corp. to show that Intel pressured chip buyers into choosing Intel over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Taiwan's chip makers still face dangers: analysts
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Taiwan's chip makers, powerful drivers of growth on the island, may have survived their worst crisis ever, but lacklustre sales and new rivals still make these risky times.
Graphics chips speed up medical imaging
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Beyond just jazzing up video games, one of the growing array of applications being found for the powerful graphics-oriented chips that Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices sell is in speeding up medical imaging, which can be ...
