Demand for mainframe and high-performance Unix servers is falling, but a new wave of SPARC and IBM Power chips for the servers will be unwrapped at the Hot Chips conference in late August. IBM, Oracle and Fujitsu -- the main suppliers of ...
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New Windows PCs have always been the main attraction at Computex, the annual trade show in Taipei. But notable on the show floor this year is the growing presence of Google's Android OS, which is creeping into more and more tablets, ...
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A top Intel executive said the power and performance battle with ARM is over, because Intel's upcoming chips based on its Silvermont architecture are ahead on key metrics required to deliver strong performance and battery life on ...
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Acer is breaking Android out of its comfort zone and has installed the operating system on a 21.5-inch all-in-one desktop PC that is expected on sale in the U.S. later this year. The Acer N3-220 Android desktop on show at Computex ...
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Surging tablet sales and the muted response to Windows 8 have opened the door for Android at this year's Computex and exposed deeper cracks in the Wintel powerhouse of Windows software and Intel chips. Microsoft and Intel have dominated ...
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Intel is showing off what it called the "world's fastest thumb drive," which uses Thunderbolt technology to provide breakthrough data transfer speeds compared to flash drives that plug into USB ports. Intel's prototype Thunderbolt thumb ...
Microsoft is bringing its Outlook email program to Windows 8 RT in a bid to expand the availability of Windows tablets based on low-power ARM processors. Outlook will be included with version 8.1 of Windows RT, known previously as Windows ...
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Advanced Micro Devices has announced a new strategy that could lead to A games that A run in the future across PCs and games consoles like the Xbox and PlayStation. AMD's next-generation chip code-named Kaveri The company announced ...
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Intel expects tablets containing its upcoming Atom processor code-named Bay Trail will cost under $200, a company executive said Wednesday. "We believe we can push it well below the $199 price point," said Hermann Eul, vice president and ...
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At US$99, the mini PC developed by thin-client expert Young Song is meant to be affordable. In fact, the price is so low, most consumers won't hesitate to buy one, he said Wednesday. But unlike other mini PCs that run Windows, this one ...
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After years of Windows OS exclusivity, Advanced Micro Devices is opening the door to design chips to run Google's Android and Chrome OS in PCs and tablets. AMD is expanding OS options as it designs chips based on x86 and ARM architecture, ...
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Microsoft today confirmed what many analysts suspected, that it has cut prices of Windows 8 and Windows RT licenses to hardware partners building smaller-sized tablets as a way to drop device prices and juice sales. Analysts questioned ...
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The trusty old laptop is being kicked to the curb, with PC makers trying to spice up their offerings by pushing a variety of hybrids, tablets and smaller-screen devices at the Computex trade show in Taipei this week. Asustek Computer, ...
Qualcomm has announced a new processor and modem combination that will open the door for cheaper LTE smartphones. The chip maker has expanded its Snapdragon 400 family with the introduction of a quad-core processor with multimode 3G and ...
Samsung TVs will be able to play movies streamed directly from PCs running Intel's latest processors by the end of this year. Intel and Samsung announced a tie-up on Tuesday under which the chip maker's Wireless Display technology will be ...
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