Intel’s updated server chip road map shows SoC delay, new Xeon D-1500
Intel refreshed its public processor roadmap just over a week ago and while it does not reveal anything fundamentally new, it does show that the follow up to its Atom server SoC, the C2000, has been...
View ArticleInterview: Flash flood: when smart storage teaches virtual machines to swim
You can’t accuse California-based Tintri of choosing an ill-fitting name: it literally translates to "lightning" in Irish Gaelic, which begins to make sense when you discover that the company sells a...
View ArticleInterview: How Tintri’s flash storage solution takes a smart approach to...
You can’t accuse California-based Tintri of choosing an ill-fitting name: it literally translates to "lightning" in Irish Gaelic, which begins to make sense when you discover that the company sells a...
View ArticleWorldwide 3D printing shipments to double over the next year
Analyst firm Gartner has predicted that shipments of 3D printers will double every year to reach 2.3 million in 2018. That may sound like a lot of zeroes, but the figure is just a small fraction of...
View ArticleGetting Ready for the Software-Defined Data Center
The Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) is at an early stage in its development but software and hardware vendors are already lining up to sell you SDDC products. EMC recently released its Federation...
View ArticleAnalysis: 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...
View ArticleAutodesk 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...
View ArticleOpinion: 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...
View ArticleInterview: 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...
View ArticleInterview: 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...
View ArticleToshiba 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleNow 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...
View ArticleInterview: 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...
View ArticleTech Bargains: TechRadar Deals: Apple iPad Air 32GB, JBL speakers, TVs and more!
TechRadar has a team of tech-savvy super-elves putting together our daily deals, and today we’ve got some great ideas for discounted Christmas presents. We’ve got Apple iPad Airs, bluetooth speakers,...
View ArticleTech Bargains: TechRadar Deals: Roku Streaming Stick, cheap Blu-ray movies +...
TechRadar Deals are put together each day to save you money, and today we’ve found some excellent deals you might find irresistible. Why don’t we kick off with a couple of superb deals on Blu-ray...
View ArticleIntel’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...
View ArticleAmazon 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...
View ArticleARM 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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