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Intel lines up 14 Ivy Bridge processors

(Phys.org) -- A new lineup of 14 Ivy Bridge processors are out of the bag from Intel. Thursday’s announcement by Intel involves new processors for mobile computers and desktops, but special attention ...

Electronics / Hardware

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Quantum computers will be able to simulate particle collisions (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Quantum computers are still years away, but a trio of theorists has already figured out at least one talent they may have. According to the theorists, including one from the National Institute of Standards and ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Nvidia says Kai platform will turn price tide for tablets

(Phys.org) -- In March, Nvidia gave some signs that they were working to lower the cost of their Tegra 3 processors and they suggested consumers might see prices for Android tablets as low as $199. Connect ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Intel introduces first batch of Ivy Bridge processors

(Phys.org) -- Intel officially launched its 22-nanometer Ivy Bridge family of processors on Monday -- well, sort of. A sea of news headlines using the words rollout and release can be measured with the fact ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Multi-purpose photonic chip paves the way to programmable quantum processors

The fundamental resource that drives a quantum computer is entanglement—the connection between two distant particles which Einstein famously called 'spooky action at a distance'. The Bristol researchers ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (24) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Ping-pong robots debut in China (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week some oohs and ahhs were in order as two ping-pong playing robots made their debut at Zhejiang University in China. The two robots played against each other and with humans. True, ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 15, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 10 | with audio podcast weblog

Optimus LTE 2: LG unveils new smartphone to revive business

South Korea's LG Electronics on Thursday unveiled a new version of its Optimus smartphone with greater memory and a more powerful battery, in an attempt to catch up with its rivals.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nvidia says Kal-El chip will have five cores

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nvidia says its upcoming Kal-El chip (Tegra 3) will have five cores, not four. The news appeared this week when the Santa Clara company announced a white paper describing the architecture of this system-on-a-chip for mobile computing. ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Touchscreen table computer SUR40 starts pre-orders

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft and Samsung have announced the Microsoft Surface computer, called SUR40, as available for preorder, through the Samsung website, in 23 countries. The unique multi-touch screen is ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

The quantum computer is growing up: Repetitive error correction in a quantum processor

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists at the University of Innsbruck, led by Philipp Schindler and Rainer Blatt, has been the first to demonstrate a crucial element for a future functioning quantum computer: ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Increasing processor efficiency by 'shutting off the lights'

There was a time when a laptop could weigh 10 pounds and still sell—a time when a cell phone was larger than a pocket—and a time when an iPod only played music.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

ARM deals efficiency ace with big.LITTLE and Cortex-A7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel has been slow playing catch-up to ARM in the mobile area, but, based on the latest announcement from ARM, Intel will need to work all the harder to upstage a show of innovation in the ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Intel unveils Knights Corner - 1 teraflop chip

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rajeeb Hazra, Intel’s general manger of technical computing, surprised a group attending this year’s SC11 conference, at a steak house in Seattle this past week, by holding up ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 24 | with audio podcast report

Computers Faster Only for 75 More Years? Physicists determine nature's limit to making faster processors

With the speed of computers so regularly seeing dramatic increases in their processing speed, it seems that it shouldn't be too long before the machines become infinitely fast -- except they can't.

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (27) | comments 32

US gets chance to catch up on credit card security

The next time you swipe your credit card at check-out, consider this: It's a ritual the rest of the world deems outdated and unsafe.

Technology / Other

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 17