Featured comment by jtanz0:
"Came here expecting to read that AMD would be cranking up the clock speed and putting in more cores - was not dissapointed" More »
Anyone who's dropped a mobile in the bath knows that water and microelectronics don't usually mix well. But at IBM's Swiss lab in Zurich, marrying the two is becoming almost commonplace: microprocessors with water coursing through microchannels carved deep inside them are already crunching data in SuperMUC, an IBM supercomputer - with the heat that the water carries away used to warm nearby buildings. Read More >>
Featured comment by dirtymagic86:
"Is that 18 per cent more efficient WHILE running the desalination part as well? Or just because of the cooling effect?" More »
SSDs are wonderful things that massively speed up your computer and they're getting cheaper too. But currently they don't offer the capacity that some users demand. Fortunately, that could all be about to change. Read More >>
Hidden away within Google's X laboratory, where all kinds of secret projects are underway, its engineers have been working on creating an artificial brain. With 16,000 computer processors and freedom to learn whatever it chooses from the internet, though, it turns out that the brain does just what you do online: watch cat videos. Read More >>
Featured comment by TrustyDuckling:
"Surely "one million times BIGGER than that within a human brain". Or have Google discovered some insane level of nano-processor?" More »
Many Android handsets feature incredible processing power these days, with multiple cores and high clock speeds seeming to offer incredibly smooth performance. According to Mike Bell, from Intel's Mobile and Communications Group, though, the specs might not be as impressive as they first appear. Read More >>
Featured comment by Kauzion:
"Agreed.
My quad core PC seemed over the top 4/5 years ago, but I'm still using the fucker to this day and it's still quick enough.
Future proofi..." More »
While it might sound like a dumb idea, designing a computer processor that can make mistakes could be a good thing—especially where energy use is a concern. Read More >>
Chip maker Qualcomm has announced that it can't meet demand for some of its mobile phone processors — which means that Android and Windows-based phone manufacturers will have to seek an alternative in the coming months. Read More >>
Featured comment by bingowings85:
"That's incredible that Qualcomm can't churn them out quick enough. If anybody can think of a way to improve production i'm sure Q will be all ears." More »
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