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• Microsemi denies existence of backdoor in its chips, researchers disagree

  By Lucian Constantin | 01 June, 2012 19:27

  Semiconductor company Microsemi has issued a statement denying that one of its products, a popular silicon chip called ProASIC3, has a backdoor built into it.

• New wave of ultrabooks to include 30 touchscreen models, Intel says

  By Agam Shah | 31 May, 2012 04:05

  A fresh crop of ultrabooks sporting Intel's latest "Ivy Bridge" Core processors will start to go on sale next month, including 30 models with touchscreens, Intel said Thursday.

• Intel reaches for China's high-end market with new Lenovo smartphone

  By Michael Kan | 31 May, 2012 02:49

  Intel announced on Wednesday the availability of another smartphone built around its processors, this time in China. But the high price of the new Lenovo LePhone K800 could make it a tough sell in the country, where many consumers are buying low-cost smartphones, according to an analyst.

• Windows 8, ultrabooks to get top billing at giant trade show

  By Michael Kan | 30 May, 2012 22:05

  Windows 8 and ultrabooks are expected to take center stage at the Computex trade show in Taipei next week, as industry giants Microsoft and Intel try to develop products that can compete better against Apple's iPad.

• Dell reaches for the cloud with new prototype ARM server

  By Agam Shah | 29 May, 2012 15:06

  Dell on Tuesday announced a prototype low-power server with ARM processors, following a growing demand by Web companies for custom-built servers that can scale performance while reducing financial overhead on data centers.

• Smartphones with quad-core chips and 4G LTE coming soon

  By Agam Shah | 24 May, 2012 19:23

  Quad-core processors have not yet been combined with 4G LTE in smartphones, but that could change soon.

• AMD aims for better graphics in casinos, hospitals with new chips

  By Agam Shah | 22 May, 2012 02:52

  Advanced Micro Devices aims to improve the quality of high-definition video and 3D graphics on equipment in casinos and hospitals with its new R-series processors, which the company announced on Monday.

• Intel launches third generation Core vPro processors

  By Sophie Curtis | 17 May, 2012 07:11

  Chip maker Intel has launched its third generation Intel Core vPro processors, codenamed Ivy Bridge, designed for use in business laptops, desktops and "intelligent systems".

• ARM CEO: PC market not our target

  By Agam Shah | 12 January, 2011 05:41

  Chip design firm ARM grabbed the spotlight at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week when Microsoft announced that its new Windows OS would work on the ARM architecture. ARM processors go into most of the world's smartphones and tablets, and with Windows support, the company can now focus on the wider market for PCs, where it has virtually no presence. Nvidia also announced that it was building its first ARM-based chip, code-named Denver, for PCs and servers.

• Is the Microsoft-Intel marriage finally over?

  By Robert X. Cringely | 08 January, 2011 09:25

  Cringely here, reporting from CES in Vegas, where rude beasts walk the earth (at least, the ones that don't crawl or slither), impeded in their forward progress only by hip-deep mounds of tablet PCs. Everyone appears to be tapping, swiping, and gesturing on some kind of sleek black touch-sensitive device, when they're not squinting at blurry 3D screens waiting for their turn with the polarized glasses.

• Ways to share spare CPU cycles

  By Ian Paul | 16 August, 2010 03:15

  A network of hundreds of thousands of home computer users recently discovered a rare celestial object by donating their computers' downtime to a worthy cause.

• Intel breaks mold, poised to fill 'compute continuum' gaps

  By John Mark V. Tuazon | 07 July, 2010 08:52

  Chip manufacturer Intel is defying conventions and moving out of its established space in personal computing systems, and spreading their territory to include tablets, mobile phones, and smart TVs, among others.

• MIT guitar combines acoustics and electronics

  By Nick Barber | 18 February, 2009 11:34

  A prototype guitar built by US student Amit Zoran combines the natural acoustics of wood with the power of electronic processing