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InternetNews July 8, 2005 David Needle |
Rambus Hikes Memory Speed Rambus, a leading developer of chip interfaces, updated its memory interface technology. This upgrade will speed up systems, including Sony's PlayStation 3, that use the technology. |
IEEE Spectrum January 2006 Samuel K. Moore |
Winner: Multimedia Monster Cell's nine processors make it a supercomputer on a chip. Cell, which is shorthand for Cell Broadband Engine Architecture, is a US $400 million joint effort of IBM, Sony, and Toshiba. |
AskMen.com Bernie Alexander |
5 Things You Didn't Know About PlayStation 3 At the moment, the secrets surrounding the release of PS3 are being more closely guarded than nuclear launch codes. Nonetheless, we've learned quite a bit about what we can expect of this new toy. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2006 David Kushner |
The Insomniacs Can a team of scrappy game programmers save Sony's monster chip? |
InternetNews February 7, 2005 Michael Singer |
IBM Debuts 'Cell' Chip The chip is expected to power applications in small consumer electronics devices, home entertainment systems and supercomputers. |
IEEE Spectrum January 2007 Samuel K. Moore |
Masters of Memory Swiss firm Innovative Silicon crams 5 megabytes of RAM into the space of one. Their chip is called called Z-RAM, and if it grabs even a little piece of the on-chip memory market, it will change the ground rules for microprocessor design and will quickly become a company to be reckoned with. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2009 Sally Adee |
Rambus Aims for New Ultralow-Power DRAM New mobile-memory initiative aimed at high-bandwidth, low-power smart phones. |
IEEE Spectrum May 2009 Guizzo & Santo |
The Runners-up: More Earthshaking Chips These 13 great little chips didn't make our list -- mainly because we ran out of space in print. And, well, one isn't even a chip |
IEEE Spectrum January 2011 Samuel K. Moore |
Multicore CPUs: Processor Proliferation Stanford professor Kunle Olukotun and his students designed the first general-purpose multicore CPU. This idea, more than any other in the past decade, is what has kept the semiconductor industry climbing the performance curve. |
PC Magazine November 28, 2007 Domingo & Cheng |
CPU Road Map 2008: Maxing Out Moore's Law 2007's big stories were Intel's move from dual-core to multicore processors and AMD's move to 65 nm. We look ahead to see what's next for the dueling chip manufacturers. |
PC Magazine August 16, 2006 Cade Metz & Case |
Why Microchips Matter (Again) This is the year the microchip makes a comeback... Fastest PCs on the planet... Graphic chips reloaded... New processors from Intel and AMD tackle virtualization, letting one PC behave like many PCs... |
IEEE Spectrum September 2010 Schow et al. |
Get on the Optical Bus IBM's light-powered links overcome the greatest speed bump in supercomputing: interconnect bandwidth |
InternetNews February 3, 2009 Andy Patrizio |
Rambus Unveils High-Performance Mobile Memory The litigious memory maker tries to bounce back with new memory aimed at high performance applications on mobile and handheld devices. |
PC Magazine August 1, 2007 Loyd Case |
The Essential Guide To PC Memory A starter guide that explains new memory technology and tells you how to save big bucks. |
InternetNews December 24, 2008 Andy Patrizio |
Sun's Unwired Motherboard Plans Sun Microsystems is researching ways to make massive supercomputers even faster, including wireless connections between CPU and memory. |
IEEE Spectrum October 2008 Monica Heger |
Flurry of Floating-Body Memory Research, but Still No Products Intel and Toshiba show off their competitors to Innovative Silicon's Z-RAM |
IEEE Spectrum January 2011 Willie D. Jones |
Chip Champs A sneak peak at the new top processors |
InternetNews November 25, 2009 |
A Different Kind of Cell Division at IBM IBM has confirmed the end of the road for its Cell Broadband Engine processor, the hybrid multicore processor used in Sony's PlayStation 3 console - and little else. |
BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 Steve Hamm |
IBM Discovers the Power of One Its focus on a single chip line makes it a contender in almost every market. |
IEEE Spectrum May 2009 Brian R. Santo |
25 Microchips That Shook the World A list of some of the most innovative, intriguing, and inspiring integrated circuits |
InternetNews December 10, 2008 Andy Patrizio |
We Can Compete in HPC, Say Chip Vendors Despite complaints that x86 chips can't scale properly for high performance computing, Intel and AMD say they have solutions in the works. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2011 Apte et al. |
Advanced Chip Packaging Satisfies Smartphone Needs Clever chip packaging means mobile devices can be smaller and smarter |
PC World January 2004 Tynan & Captain |
What's in Store for 2004 -- and Beyond How will the PC change during the coming year? The next five years? We consult the experts and come up with answers. |
Home Toys April 2006 |
Another One Bites the Dust Dual- and multi-core processors thrive on multithreading applications, and despite significant advancements made in increasing data storage access times, an entire network will slow down to a crawl if the performance gap issue is not resolved. |
IEEE Spectrum July 2012 Miguel Miranda |
The Threat of Semiconductor Variability As transistors shrink, the problem of chip variability grows |
IEEE Spectrum April 2012 Rachel Courtland |
Six Paths to Longer Battery Life These six technologies could save on smartphone power |
Entrepreneur May 2004 Mike Hogan |
The Fast Lane Greater speed and better performance, but who in your company really needs the new Pentium 4 PC? |
IEEE Spectrum February 2011 Peter Kogge |
Next-Generation Supercomputers Supercomputers are now running our search engines and social networks. But the heady days of stunning performance increases are over |
PC Magazine November 29, 2006 Jeremy A. Kaplan |
Technology Breakthroughs! Our awards for the best technology achievements of the year. Nintendo Wii... Philips Nexperia CSS 6100... nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX... Intel Core Architecture... Microsoft DirectX 10... Kodak Retina Dual-Lens Design... etc. |
BusinessWeek June 6, 2005 Otis Port |
Mighty Morphing Power Processors IBM and others are racing to create chameleon chips that change to suit the job. |
InternetNews December 8, 2008 Andy Patrizio |
Multi-Core a Drag on Some HPCs Turns out throwing more cores at certain high performance computing tasks can make the situation worse. |
IEEE Spectrum January 2009 Brian Santo & Sally Adee |
Winner: Multicore Made Simple Intel's Larrabee is a chip every designer already knows how to program |
PC Magazine November 10, 2008 Loyd Case |
Intel vs. AMD: The CPU Landscape in 2009 Intel's new Nehalem processor will be closely followed by AMD's 45nm CPUs. Here's how the CPU will further evolve in the coming year, and what choices you'll face. |
IEEE Spectrum January 2012 Rachel Courtland |
3-D Chips Grow Up In 2012, 3-D chips will help extend Moore's Law - and move beyond it. |
BusinessWeek December 4, 2006 Stephen H. Wildstrom |
PlayStation 3: It's Got Game PS3 is a gamer's dream, but it disappoints as a home-entertainment device. |
PC Magazine January 1, 2008 Loyd Case |
The 2009 CPU Forecast What AMD and Intel processors you can expect to see in new PCs this year. |
PC Magazine December 22, 2004 |
The 21st Annual Awards for Technical Excellence 2004 was a banner year for technical innovations. In this story, we honor the ones that most impressed us. |
PC World July 15, 2002 Joel Strauch |
NVidia Unveils NForce2 Dual DDR chip set promises better performance, greater options in graphics and connectivity. |
IEEE Spectrum July 2012 Rachel Courtland |
Power-Saving Clock Scheme in New PCs Resonant clocking recycles energy in new AMD processors |
PC World September 26, 2007 Robert Strohmeyer |
Your PC in 2008 and Beyond Blindingly fast chips, flexible displays, nanotube cooling, and more: Tomorrow's technologies will change everything about computing, whether you're at home, at work, or on the road. |
InternetNews August 24, 2009 |
Next-Gen Server Chips Emphasize Scalability The first generation of multi-core processors just stuck cores on a die. Now Intel and AMD are working to improve scalability within the chip. |
PC World October 19, 2001 Sumner Lemon & Martyn Williams |
Memory Prices Continue Freefall PC vendors, users stock up while prices are low. |
IEEE Spectrum January 2013 David Kushner |
The Sony PS4: Less Dazzle, More Social The big makers of game consoles will renew their rivalry, and Sony has a chip on its shoulder |
Wired September 2006 Frank Rose |
Can the PS3 Save Sony The company that created the transistor radio and the Walkman is at the precipice. If Sony's new $600 console doesn't blow gamers away, it may be time to say good-bye. |
InternetNews October 6, 2005 Clint Boulton |
More Than Fun And Games For 'Cell' Chip Systems maker Mercury uses the Sony-IBM-Toshiba Cell chip in new blades to power radar, sonar and X-rays machines. |
InternetNews June 1, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
IBM To Hold Cell Developer Conference IBM and The College of Computing at Georgia Tech will host the first developer conference for building applications using IBM's Cell Broadband Engine, the chip that powers Sony's PlayStation 3. |
InternetNews January 3, 2006 David Needle |
AMD Licenses Rambus Patent AMD has signed a five-year patent license covering technology owned by Los Altos, Calif.-based Rambus. |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2009 Eric Jhonsa |
How to Profit From the Wireless Device Boom These chipmakers stand to gain from the spread of versatile, Internet-connected wireless devices. |
InternetNews October 25, 2005 Jim Wagner |
IBM Makes Way Into Xbox Chip production is under way in the U.S. and abroad to get Microsoft's Xbox 360 in homes for the holiday season. |
InternetNews May 10, 2004 Michael Singer |
Rambus Completes Its Memory Circle The company takes a time out from its litigation schedule to fill in the blanks in its product line. |