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News about processors
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Intel crowns a new PC chief
Intel has named Michelle Johnston Holthaus as the new head of its Client Computing Group (CCG), which includes Intel's Core processor line.
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Intel's next monster 24-core chip is made for high-performance computers
Intel continues to pump more horsepower in its chips, by releasing a 24-core processor for high-performance computers.
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Intel's fastest 22-core Broadwell chip comes to new servers
Every time Intel announces new Xeon chips, server makers waste no time in announcing new products.
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Quantum computing is now a big step closer thanks to Australian breakthrough
Quantum computing is now within closer reach thanks to a major breakthrough in which scientists have demonstrated for the first time that a key building block can be assembled.
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Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 could yield big camera gains
Qualcomm has teased out some more details about its upcoming Snapdragon 820 processor, including a refreshed GPU and an image processing unit that could lead to big improvements in smartphone cameras.
Features about processors
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Moore's Law at 50: The past and future
When you're strapping on the latest smart watch or ogling an iPhone, you probably aren't thinking of Moore's Law, which for 50 years has been used as a blueprint to make computers smaller, cheaper and faster.
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Mindspeed acquisition fuels Intel's hopes for bigger network role
Intel's acquisition of mobile network assets from silicon vendor Mindspeed Technologies will give the chip giant what it needs to extend the Intel architecture throughout mobile operator networks, helping the carriers upgrade hardware and roll out new services more quickly, according to Intel.
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Bringing brains to computers
For decades, scientists have fantasized about creating robots with brain-like intelligence. This year, researchers tempted by that dream made great progress on achieving what has been called the holy grail of computing.
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Six reasons you still need a desktop PC
Now that you've been liberated by the mobile age, you may be ready to consign your clunky desktop PC to the scrap heap. Not so fast. Though it's certainly past its prime, the desktop PC is far from useless. For some tasks, it's actually still the superior tool. Here are six compelling reasons to keep the old workhorse around.
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Samsung laying groundwork for server chips, analysts say
Samsung's recent licensing of 64-bit processor designs from ARM suggests that the chip maker may expand from smartphones and tablets into the server market, analysts said this week.
