Certain strains of bacteria can pull magnetic materials out of their backside, so to speak. And scientists at Ames Laboratory want to imitate it in an effort to make smaller memory or medical devices.
AMD has dramatically revised its road map for server processors, adding a new six-core processor and pushing out the arrival of a next-generation core well into the next decade.
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.
The world's smallest hard drives have already shrunk to the size of a postage stamp, but nanoscale computing may soon make that achievement look elephantine, say some of the stars of information technology.
Via Technologies has unfurled a prototype for a mini notebook that will compete against similar small computers touted by Samsung and Intel, but sell for less.
He led the Pentium team, and had a major hand in Centrino... what's next for Anand Chandrasekher?
Would you avoid buying a PC with an Advanced Micro Devices chip inside because it wouldn't let you host an Internet conference call with six of your friends?
Mooly Eden, general manager of Intel's Mobile Platforms Group, sat down in San Francisco to explain why he thinks Intel's next-generation chips will blow the competition away.
If ever there were a case for Dell to do a Texas two-step to AMD, analyst says, the Compaq nx6125 might just be it.
Although AMD has painted Intel as a bully, execs who've dealt with company draw a more ambiguous picture.
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IBM says building better microchips is kind of like baking a cake.
The chipmaker is expected to launch new Xeon chips shortly, running at clock speeds of 3GHz and 3.06GHz and featuring faster data-shuttling components.
Researchers at Advanced Micro Devices report significant new design techniques that the company says will lead--eventually--to higher chip performance.
SINGAPORE--Taiwanese wives worried about their husbands' fidelity can now buy a special phone that allows them to listen in on nearby sounds and voices.
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