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Analysis: Pentium FDIV: The processor bug that shook the world
This week we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the FDIV bug, an error in the then-new Intel Pentium processor. It was discovered by Thomas Nicely, a professor of mathematics, on 19 October 1994 and...
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Autodesk to invest $100m in 3D printing startups
Just a few months after it announced its plans to produce and sell a 3D printer based on its own open-source 3D printing platform called Spark, Autodesk has revealed that it will be investing $100...
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Opinion: What a spreadsheet taught me about the future of 3D printing
This was supposed to be a hands-on of our first 3D printer here at TechRadar. Instead it turned out to be an eye-opener into how far away we are from user-friendly, plug-and-play 3D printers...
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Interview: Software-defined storage evolved: from scale-out architecture to SSDs
Introduction Software-defined storage (SDS) is stil a relatively new concept. While its definition varies among vendors it is centred around decoupling storage intelligence from the hardware that data...
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Interview: Is VDI in need of a health check-up?
Introduction Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) can help businesses in numerous ways. By deploying thin clients to end users and running desktops on virtual machines, rather than on PCs, they allow...
View ArticleIntel CEO vows to make Edison platform even smaller and run on 3V battery
Intel will launch a new version of Edison, one that is likely to be much smaller than the current version and may be unveiled by the end of next year. Speaking at the company’s "Make It Wearable...
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Toshiba expands its wearable device processor lineup
Toshiba subsidiary Toshiba America has expanded its lineup of application processors for wearable devices. The new processor, the TZ1021MBG, is an update of the TZ1001MBG, which Toshiba launched in...
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The new Raspberry Pi Model A+ is smaller and cheaper, but just as tasty
Raspberry Pi is getting predictable in its naming schemes, but we won’t complain about that when it results in the smaller and cheaper new Raspberry Pi Model A+. The A+ follows the Raspberry Pi Model...
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Now you can 3D print your own Raspberry Pi-powered laptop
Ever fancied building your own laptop? Following the launch of the world’s first 3D-printed laptop, which houses a Raspberry Pi micro-computer inside, that dream is now a reality. The crowd-funded...
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Interview: The future for NVMe technology, and how UNH-IOL advances its progress
Recent product announcements prove the NVMe (NVM Express) revolution is underway and is expected to continue with a wave of new products hitting the market in the coming months. Through its NVMe...
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Intel’s wearable CPU family to get shot in the arm
Anonymous sources have leaked what look like genuine roadmaps of Intel’s Quark product family on the popular Chinese social network Weibo’ these point out to an acceleration in the rate of...
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Amazon gets Intel to build custom Xeon CPU
Amazon revealed that Intel has built a custom, Haswell-based processor called the Xeon E5-2666 v3, one that will deliver compute-optimised EC2 instances called C4. The processor runs at a base clock...
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ARM scores big win in HPC market with Cray
The daddy of supercomputer manufacturers, Cray, has confirmed that it is exploring "alternative processor design points", before adding "the potential use of 64 bit ARM technologies" as well as "other...
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Qualcomm to enter ARM server chip market
Qualcomm’s CEO, Steve Mollenkopf, has identified the server market as a $15 billion opportunity and will deliver products to address that market. Mollenkopf, speaking at the company’s annual analyst...
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Lenovo joins Intel custom business with new Xeon CPU
Lenovo has announced that it partnered with Intel to produce its own Xeon, the E5-2698A v3. Oracle (the E7-8890 v2) and Amazon (E5-2666 v3) have already announced similar partnerships and it looks...
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Intel set to combine mobile and PC divisions
Intel could merge its mobile division and its PC division to create a Client Computing Group CCG that would be led by Kirk Skaugen, the current head of Intel’s PC division. The changes are likely to...
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NASA manufactures first 3D-printed object in space
3D printing has quite literally gone out-of-this-world following the news that NASA has manufactured the first 3D-printed object in space, which the space agency says will "pave the way to future...
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Industry voice: The hidden risks in consumer-grade storage components
Finding the most appropriate and balanced way to improve storage performance is a major focus for many organisations. But even once that hurdle has been overcome, there are more challenges to be...
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Epson introduces two new heavy-duty printers for small and medium businesses
Epson first introduced its "game-changing" WorkForce Pro printers in March, and today’s it’s added two new printers to the family: the WF-8590 and WF-8090. Aimed at small and medium businesses (SMBs),...
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3D printing: gimmick or small business opportunity?
Introduction and disruptive manufacturing In Makers: The New Industrial Revolution, Chris Anderson, author and former editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, writes: "The idea of a ‘factory’ is, in a word,...
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