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  • Aust researchers develop small multichannel fibre optic cable

    Researchers at the Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre have developed a small multichannel optical fibre that has the potential to improve the way computer chips communicate with each other.

  • Intel unveils Tukwila Itanium processor

    Intel is set to unveil a range of new innovations, including a new two-billion transistor, quad-core Itanium microprocessor codenamed Tukwila, at the International Solid State Circuits Conference this week.

  • Fake chips kill performance, endanger lives

    Chip firms have warned that counterfeit components such as integrated circuits can reduce systems' performance and reliability, and in some cases endanger lives.

  • Intel takes on mobile computing, picks new fights

    Intel has announced that "Atom" will be the name given to its new family of low-powered processors designed for ultra mobile PCs and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs).

  • Silverthorne deal hints at 3G iPhone

    Apple is forming closer ties with Intel and will begin rolling out a variety of products based on an upcoming Intel processor that has been designed to work with mobile devices, according to reports.

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    What do you want to sell me today?

    In light of Intel's latest celebrity-infused Centrino Duo ads, here is a look back at five great tech ad campaigns.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    When will operators let me IP freely?

    Writing a blog about mobile technology on 28 April almost necessitates holding forth on CDMA shutoff. But if you ask me, there's something far more disruptive happening in the wireless world right now.

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  • Intel eyes the future of Itanium

    Intel's Pat Gelsinger on the future of Itanium, technology in the developing world and the one-chip blade server of tomorrow.

  • Photo gallery: 35 years of Intel chip design

    A look at how Intel chips have evolved -- from the revolutionary 4004 to the teraflop-ready 80-core prototype of tomorrow.

  • Intel inside: Self-healing PCs

    In the future, PCs infected with worms or viruses may try to contain the plague by putting themselves in quarantine.

  • 'Strained silicon' to pump up chips

    Processor powerhouses IBM and Intel are set to reveal their plans to use the 'strained silicon' technique to build faster, power-efficient chips--and maybe break free of Moore's Law.

  • Intel shrinks chips to 90 nanometres

    The chipmaker says it has produced memory chips in its labs containing 330 million transistors through manufacturing technology that will hit the mainstream next year.

Reviews (33)

  • IBM bakes new 3D circuit design

    IBM says building better microchips is kind of like baking a cake.

  • Inside Intel's Napa platform

    Intel's latest mobile platform, now officially christened Centrino Duo, introduces the Core Duo (Yonah) chip with dual CPU cores. This and other developments should deliver useful -- if not revolutionary -- increases in notebook performance and battery life.

  • 3GHz Pentium 4 means pricier PCs

    Motherboard makers are gearing up to support Intel's upcoming 3GHz Pentium 4, and the cost of their upgraded parts could mean a price hike for PC buyers.

  • Intel tests potential chip breakthrough

    Chipmaker Intel has ordered a test version of a new tool it says will allow the company to hurdle an impending industry-killing roadblock and continue to punch up chip performance.

  • Intel produces chips for the next generation

    Intel said it has produced chips with the 65-nanometer manufacturing process, a strong sign the company will continue to keep pace with Moore's Law.

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