Tagged: Microprocessors
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ASML director highlights the need to drive semiconductor technology in Europe (video) News
19.06.2013 Dutch company ASML is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment, supplying well-known names in the semiconductor industry, such as Samsung and Intel.... -
#OI2Dublin – Intel CTO predicts next generation of PCs will challenge standalone tablets (video) News
21.05.2013 Intel’s chief technology officer Justin Rattner has predicted that the arrival of the next generation of PC devices that will run energy frugal processors like Intel’s...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Energy, Economy, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Intel names Brian Krzanich as its new CEO News
02.05.2013 The successor to Paul Otellini as CEO of Intel is Brian Krzanich, currently the company's chief operating officer. -
4,300 new jobs on cards as Intel gets planning permission to build US$4bn 14nm chip plant in Ireland News
24.01.2013 Ireland’s lead planning agency An Bord Pleanála has given chip giant Intel the go-ahead it needs to construct a massive US$4bn chip plant that will produce the next generation...Categories: Servers, Project Management, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Leadership & Management, Investments, Hardware, Digital Media, Development, Design, Computers -
Apple reportedly mulling move away from Intel processors in Macs News
06.11.2012 Apple is understood to be exploring ways to replace Intel processors in its Mac computers with the same chip technologies it uses in the iPhone and iPad platforms.Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Development, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Next computing wave - Intel unveils 22nm 3-D Tri-Gate chips News
23.04.2012 Intel has taken the wraps of its latest game-changing third generation of Intel Core processors developed on 22nm manufacturing process using 3-D tri-gate transistors. The new...Categories: Architecture, Design, Development, Digital Media, Games/Entertainment, Hardware, Internet, R&D, Security, Software, Wireless Communications -
Intel vice-president rides next wave of innovation News
10.11.2011 Rory McInerney is the Intel vice-president responsible for creating chips that power the world’s data centres, e-commerce sites and social networks.Categories: Web, Social Media, Servers, Research, R&D, Mobility, Leadership & Management, Internet, eCommerce, Development, Data Centre, Computers -
Movidius allies with Toshiba to develop 3D system for smartphones News
03.02.2012 Dublin mobile multimedia processor company Movidius has signed a major deal with Japanese consumer electronics giant Toshiba to develop a high-resolution 3D system for high-end... -
Intel Q4 below expectations – hit by disc drive shortages News
12.12.2011 Intel is warning that its Q4 financial results will be below expectations, primarily due to a hard-disc drive supply shortage caused by the recent flooding in Thailand. -
The microprocessor is 40 today News
15.11.2011 Today marks the 40th anniversary of the first commercially available microprocessor, the Intel 4004, which kickstarted the digital revolution. -
NVIDIA reveals world’s first quad-core mobile processor News
09.11.2011 NVIDIA has revealed the Tegra 3 processor, the world’s first quad core chip for mobile devices. It will power the world’s first quad-core tablet, the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Media -
IBM plans 3D silicon ‘skyscrapers’ to make chips 1,000 times faster News
07.09.2011 IBM says the future of smartphones and tablet computers will be more powerful due to a breakthrough in silicon ‘tower’ technology that will make it possible to build commercial...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Phones, Mobility, Hardware, Development, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Turning sand into silicon chips News
25.08.2011 The nations that produce tomorrow’s cutting edge technologies will be best positioned for economic growth, says Intel’s Eamonn Sinnott. He tells JOHN KENNEDY that advanced...Categories: Computers, Consumer Tech, Digital Business, Digital Media, Hardware, Investments, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, R&D, Wireless Communications -
Education is the engine of future prosperity – Intel Ireland boss News
26.05.2011 The head of Intel Ireland, which employs 4,000 people in Ireland and which has invested €25m in boosting technology in Irish schools, said that while the nation’s education... -
Moore’s Law safe into future as 3D ‘Ivy Bridge’ arrives News
06.05.2011 Moore’s Law, which says the number of transistors that can be placed on an IC doubles every two years is guaranteed long into the future, Intel senior management have told... -
Microprocessor revenues surge 25pc to US$40bn News
25.03.2011 Despite the threat posed by media tablet devices, the global microprocessor market snapped back smartly in 2010 following the recession of 2009. Revenue in 2010 surged 25pc to... -
Is Dell in talks to buy chip maker AMD? News
15.02.2011 Dell is rumoured to be pursuing a potential acquisition of microprocessor maker AMD. In what would turn the technology industry on its head, Dell would in effect become Intel’s... -
1m PCs are being shipped daily – Intel’s Otellini News
05.01.2011 LAS VEGAS – More than a million personal computers were shipped daily during 2010 and with the launch of its new 2nd Generation Intel Core Processor, chip giant Intel says it...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Internet, Hardware, Engineering, Computers