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Windows 7

Be cautious upgrading to Windows 7

Technology / Software

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (14) | comments 4

Before you buy a copy of Windows 7, you'd do well to check whether your computer -- and you -- are ready for the upgrade.


STMicroelectronics and ARM Team Up to Power Next-Generation Home Entertainment

Technology / Semiconductors

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

STMicroelectronics, one of the world’s leading set-top-box chip makers, and ARM, announced today that ST has adopted the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor, in addition to the Mali-400 graphics processor, for its upcoming set-top-box ...


Embedded systems -- the whole picture

Embedded systems -- the whole picture

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Embedded computer systems must be fast and efficient. A European consortium has created a new modelling framework that lets designers strike the best balance between static, reconfigurable ...


ARM Delivers The Internet Everywhere With Most Power-Efficient and Cost-Effective Multicore Processor

ARM Introduces New Cortex-A5 Power-Efficient and Cost-Effective Multicore Processor

Technology / Semiconductors

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- ARM today announces the launch of the ARM Cortex-A5 MPCore processor, the smallest, lowest power ARM multicore processor capable of delivering the Internet to the widest possible range of ...


AMD Athlon II

AMD Announces Eight New Athlon II Processors

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (16) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD announced today eight new, low cost, Athlon II processors to their Athlon II processor family.


Computers Faster Only for 75 More Years? Physicists determine nature's limit to making faster processors

Computers Faster Only for 75 More Years? Physicists determine nature's limit to making faster processors

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (26) | comments 32

With the speed of computers so regularly seeing dramatic increases in their processing speed, it seems that it shouldn't be too long before the machines become infinitely fast -- except they can't.


Researchers save electricity with low-power processors and flash memory

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Labs Pittsburgh (ILP) have combined low-power, embedded processors typically used in netbooks with flash memory to create a server architecture that is fast, but far more ...


Silicon Image Introduces New 18 MegaPixel Camera Processor IP Core

Technology / Semiconductors

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Silicon Image today introduced the camerIC-18, the newest member of its family of camerIC camera processor IP cores.


Windows 7

Upgrade to Windows 7? It all depends...

Technology / Software

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (17) | comments 3

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.


Intel's Atom CE4100 SoC

Intel's Atom CE 4100 SoC Will Transform Internet TV (w/ Video)

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the IDF event, in Santa Clara, California, Intel announced the debut of their newest System-on-Chip (SoC), the Intel Atom processor CE4100. The CE4100 SoC is designed exclusively to facilitate ...


Intel Unveils Fastest Laptop Chips Ever With the New Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor

Intel Unveils Fastest Laptop Chips Ever With the New Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Intel Corporation introduced its revolutionary Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor and Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor Extreme Edition today, bringing Intel’s award-winning and super-fast Nehalem microarchitecture ...


Intel Atom Processor Developer Program for Mobile Devices to Spur New Wave of Applications

Technology / Software

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

To encourage the creation of innovative applications for Intel Atom processor-based products, Intel Corporation today launched the Intel Atom Developer Program for independent software vendors (ISVs) and developers.


Intel logo

Moore's Law Marches on at Intel

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (30) | comments 10

Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini today displayed a silicon wafer containing the world's first working chips built on 22nm process technology. The 22nm test circuits include both SRAM memory as well as ...


IBM Announces Highest Performance Embedded Processor for System-on-Chip Designs

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

IBM today announced the industry's highest performance, highest throughput processor for system-on-chip (SoC) product families in the communication, storage, consumer, and aerospace and defense markets.


Intel's new Core i5 processor.

Intel Launches Three New Quad-core Processors

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (12) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel has launched three new quad-core processors utilizing Intel's new Nehalem architecture. These processors, formerly codenamed Lynnfield, are aimed at desktop computers, as well as the ...