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Chip Shot: ‘Inside the Music’: Intel First to Go Behind the Scenes of Pandora Music Genome Project

Thursday, April 12, 2012 4:40

This morning Pandora announced the “Inside the Music” program, presented by Intel. The program highlights Intel-Inspired Ultrabook™  systems and goes behind-the-scenes of the Pandora Music Genome Project, giving listeners interactive, in-depth views of the music they love. The “Inside...

Nvidia Reportedly Prepping More Fermi Cards as 600-Series

Thursday, April 12, 2012 2:20

Rebadging old products with new names is a trend graphics cards buyers are used to.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Chip Shot: Renren Aims to Bring Safer Computing with Intel Identity Protection Technology

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 22:00

Intel, Chinese ISV Feitian and RenRen (China’s top social media networking site) announced today that in the future Ultrabook users will benefit from the security enhancements provided by Intel Identity Protection Technology. See the full press release for details,...

Chip Shot: Intel Offers Small Businesses a Technology Advantage

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 22:00

Small business owners should be free to focus on their businesses and not left worrying about the virus protection, security and software updates for their PCs. That’s why today, at IDF Beijing, Intel announced the availability of Intel® Small...

Intel Honors 21 Companies with Preferred Quality Supplier and Achievement Awards

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 22:00

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 11, 2012 – Intel Corporation today announced the 19 companies to receive the 2011 Intel Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award that recognizes commitment to quality and performance excellence. These companies distinguish themselves from the thousands...

Intel, Beijing Municipal Government and Chinese Academy Of Sciences Establish ‘Internet of Things’ Joint Research

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 8:40

INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, Beijing, April 11, 2012 – Intel Corporation announced today a joint agreement with the Beijing Municipal Government and Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences to establish “China Intel Internet of Things” (IoT) Joint Labs...

Intel Developer Forum: ‘Collaborative Innovation’ Key to Growth for Intel and Chinese Markets

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 8:40

New Technologies and Joint Lab Announcements to Advance More Secure, Connected Computing Experiences from Devices to the Cloud NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Intel® Core™ processors with Intel® Small Business Advantage (Intel® SBA) are now available, providing additional tools for PCs to help small...

Chip Shot: Intel® Studybook is a Rugged Window to the World

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 8:40

Today, Intel unveiled the Intel studybook – a purpose-built tablet designed to open the doors to education and provide a window on history, math, science, reading and more. Backed up by the Intel Learning Series (Intel® LS) software suite,...

Intel Officially Introduces 7-Inch "Studybook" Tablet

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 5:20

Now classrooms can use durable Atom-based tablets thanks to Intel’s Learning Series of devices.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Chip Shot: Intel Capital is Back in Brazil

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 19:20

Intel Capital has made its first Brazilian investment of 2012 in Minha Vida, the largest health and wellness portal in Brazil which provides Brazilians access to online fitness, diet, beauty, health and wellness programs and medical information. The investment...

Intel P67 Express Chipset Begins Product Discontinuance Cycle

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 17:40

On April 2nd, Intel quietly announced its P67 Express chipset has been discontinued just ahead of Ivy Bridge’s release.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Nvidia Tegra 4 Spec Leak Tips Quad-core A15 in 2013

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:20

It appears that first specs about Nvidia’s “Wayne” Tegra chip, the successor of Kal-El (Tegra 3) have been leaked.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Chip Shot: Intel 7-Series Chipset Debuts

Monday, April 9, 2012 23:20

The new Intel® 7-series Chipset family is now available and shipping in mobile and desktop OEM systems and motherboards worldwide.  These new chipsets provide the companion logic to the 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processors today and will support the...

Former Intel Employee Pleads Guilty to Data Theft

Monday, April 9, 2012 23:00

36-year Biswamohan Pani old has pleaded guilty of stealing chip design documents valued at several hundred million dollars from his former employer Intel.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Nvidia and AMD Sued Over Power Management in Chips

Monday, April 9, 2012 20:40

AMD as well as Nvidia are being sued by Power Management Solutions over one of the most basic power management functions in integrated circuits used today.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Intel’s Atom to Power the Nissan Cars of the Future

Monday, April 9, 2012 20:40

Intel and Nissan have formed a partnership ushering a new level of intelligence into cars.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

ARM Likes That Intel is Getting into Smartphone CPU Business

Monday, April 9, 2012 18:20

ARM is slowly but surely transitioning from a company that once few knew about into a player that is getting the attention of Intel.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Scientists Consider Magnets as Neural Network Processors

Monday, April 9, 2012 4:20

Researchers at the Imperial College in London believes that magnets could be used to develop future processors with far greater processing capacity than today’s CPUs.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

28nm Chips Remains in Short Supply at TSMC

Sunday, April 8, 2012 5:00

TSMC is reportedly still having problems ramping up its 28nm production capacity.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Lian Li Announces PC-V700, Its Smallest ATX Case

Saturday, April 7, 2012 12:40

Lian Li’s PC-V700 chassis offers PC builders a simplistic style and space saving design, without sacrificing standard ATX motherboard support and expandability.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

PS4 and Xbox 720 Graphics Specs Toe-to-Toe, Says Insider

Friday, April 6, 2012 20:20

The PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720 will be on par with each other on a graphics level.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Scientists Build a Quantum Computer Inside a Diamond

Friday, April 6, 2012 18:00

When you are looking for an engagement ring, you might be focusing on diamond that have few imperfections and inclusions (besides size, of course), which make it less attractive as a jewelry item.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Corsair Adds Headset, PC Case to Vengeance Gaming Line

Friday, April 6, 2012 15:40

Just in time for PAX East Gaming Event, Corsair announces two new additions to the Vengeance gaming line, the Vengeance 2000 Wireless 7.1 Gaming Headset and Vengeance C70 PC Gaming Case.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Details on Nvidia Kepler GK104-based GTX 670 Ti Surface

Friday, April 6, 2012 11:00

When something goes wrong during the manufacturing process, what are manufacturers to do? Do what many other have done, you turn the part into a new item with the defective part disabled!. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

AMD G-Series APUs Powering a Real-time Operating System

Friday, April 6, 2012 8:40

AMD Is Now Partenering With A Leader In RTOS Software. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Intel CEO Paul Otellini Earned $16.7 Million in 2011

Friday, April 6, 2012 1:40

Paul Otellini’s compensation for 2011 has grown in line with Intel’s gains in operating profit.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Intel Technology Selected for NISSAN Motor Company’s Next-Gen In-Vehicle Infotainment Systems

Thursday, April 5, 2012 22:40

Companies Collaborate to Bring New Features, User Experiences to the Car   NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Intel® Atom™ processor will power NISSAN Motor Company’s next-generation in-vehicle infotainment system for select production vehicles beginning in 2013. Intel and NISSAN are engaged in joint research and product...

IBM Explores Exascale Computer System For 2024

Thursday, April 5, 2012 18:40

IBM scored a contract to be exploring the feasibility of an exascale computer system that is powerful enough to collect and store the data generated by the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Intel Downplays the Tablet in Order to Promote the Ultrabook

Thursday, April 5, 2012 16:20

Is Intel flip-flopping on its tablet tune? I can still remember very well a concerned CEO Paul Otellini who promised that Intel would catch up on smartphones and especially tablets.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

The Top 5 Most Counterfeited Chip Types According to IHS

Thursday, April 5, 2012 16:20

Market research firm IHS has released a list of the most likely chips to be pirated.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Fractal Design Announces R2 Silent Fans

Thursday, April 5, 2012 14:00

Fractal Design has released seven new “silent” fans.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Nvidia CEO Hints at Kepler For Tegra Phones, Data Centers

Thursday, April 5, 2012 11:40

Nvidia has sparked some rumors that Kepler will be making its way into a future version of Tegra, possibly Tegra 4.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Exclusive in TH Labs: Gigabyte GTX 680 OC WindForce 3X

Thursday, April 5, 2012 7:00

A special package arrived at our Tom’s Hardware Germany arm — the world’s first look at the Gigabyte GTX 680 OC WindForce 3X.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Exclusive in TH Labs: Gigabyte GTX 680 OC Wind Force X3

Thursday, April 5, 2012 4:40

A special package arrived at our Tom’s Hardware Germany arm — the world’s first look at the Gigabyte GTX 680 OC Wind Force X3.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Nvidia Rebrands Two Graphics Cards as 600 Series for OEMs

Thursday, April 5, 2012 4:40

Nvidia apparently changed to 500-series OEM GPUs to entry-level 600-series versions.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Intel To Build 22nm Trigate Processors for Netronome

Thursday, April 5, 2012 0:00

Intel has found a new foundry customer. Netronome said that Intel has agreed to manufacture its flow processors using its 22 nm process.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Chip Shot: Intel’s Ultrabook Campaign Ushers in ‘A New Era of Computing’

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 23:20

Intel Corporation’s biggest marketing campaign in nearly a decade kicks off this week with television commercials, online experiences and print ads that the company is hailing as “cinematic and epic.” The multi-faceted global campaign, called “A New Era of...

Intel Ushers in ‘A New Era of Computing’ with Ultrabook Campaign

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 23:20

‘Cinematic and Epic’ Marketing Campaign is Company’s Largest Since 2003 NEWS HIGHLIGHTS New Ultrabook marketing campaign is Intel’s largest in nearly a decade. Global campaign is aimed at marketing the Ultrabook experience in exciting, innovative ways. Initial TV commercials are set in the...

Toshiba Celebrates Quarter-Century NAND Flash Anniversary

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 7:40

NAND flash turns 25-years-old this year, and Toshiba wants to celebrate.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

AMD Radeon HD 7990 Reference Board Pictured & Specs

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 22:20

Nvidia’s Kepler based Geforce GTX 680 hit the market late March and as expected, the AMD Radeon HD 7990 is to follow closely behind!. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Next Xbox Rumored to get Two GPUs, Hexacore CPU

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 17:40

Microsoft reportedly provided details of the next-generation Xbox to close partners.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Samsung Spins Off Display Unit; Spends $7B on Chip Plant

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 15:20

Samsung said that it is building a new factory to manufacture NAND flash chips to meet the growing demand that is especially created by mobile computing devices.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Another Long-time Graphics Leader Leaves AMD

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 6:00

Another former ATI employee has left the nation’s second-largest CPU giant, AMD.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Qualcomm Producing Quad-Core S4 for New Laptop Class

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 3:40

Qualcomm plans to take on Intel’s Ultrabook and AMD’s “Ultra Thin” with a new quad-core S4 chip packed into a new notebook form factor.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Intel’s 8008 CPU Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Monday, April 2, 2012 18:20

Intel’s second microprocessor, the 8008, celebrated its 40th birthday on April 1.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

More Leaked Benchmarks from Intel’s Ivy Bridge

Monday, April 2, 2012 11:20

Ivy Bridge sets Super Pi 1M record @ 5.187 seconds (unofficially).. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Booting Ubuntu on an 8-bit Chip: the Lowest-end Linux PC

Monday, April 2, 2012 6:40

Developer Dmitry Grinberg may have come close to the minimum requirements of booting the Ubuntu Linux shell.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

PNY Adds 2133MHz and 1866MHz XLR8 Memory

Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:00

PNY is expanding its XLR8-branded memory series with 2133 MHz and 1866 MHz versions that are sold as 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) and 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) kits.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

AMD Catalyst 12.3 Update: Bug Fixes, Supports 7000 Series

Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:40

An update to freshen your driver set.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...

Awesome Battlefield 3 Case Mod Also Keeps Your Soda Cool

Saturday, March 31, 2012 10:20

Battlefield 3 case mod is equipped with a chain gun and mini-fridge.. Read the rest at tomshardware.co.uk. ...