Chips and processor hardware

Leak confirms CEO dumped Intel shares after Meltdown and Spectre processor flaw

Leaked document show that Intel’s CEO sold his shares the very day the company told hardware makers of its processor flaw Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Hours lost on patching Meltdown and Spectre flaw

IT administrators have already lost hours installing the processor patch from Intel, which causes PCs to lock up and systems to crash and slow down Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Intel recalls botched Spectre fix

The inventor of Linux, Linus Torvalds, vents his frustration and suggests Intel has no plans to fix Spectre flaw Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Will banking regulations create a new Big Bang?

In this week's Computer Weekly, we look at two important new financial services regulations, PSD2 and open banking, which promise to revolutionise the industry by opening up customer data. We ask security researchers to explain the Spectre and Meltdown processor flaws and how to tackle them. And we examine the NVMe protocol and its likely benefits for storage technologies. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Spectre: How reverse-engineering a microprocessor revealed a fundamental flaw

Researchers have published their work on Spectre, a flaw that affects every modern CPU. We find out what went wrong from one of the engineers. Continue Reading

Meltdown and Spectre: to patch or not to patch

As IT recoils from the Spectre and Meltdown chip exploits, companies face patches that are incompatible, leading to crashes, reduced performance and lock-ups Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

How to fix the Meltdown and Spectre chip flaws

In this week’s Computer Weekly, as CIOs come to terms with the Meltdown and Spectre processor flaws that make every computer a security risk, we examine how to protect your IT estate. We find out how Alexa-style voice recognition smart speakers can help with CRM strategies and open up new sources of customer data. And we look at how the public sector is implementing DevOps and the benefits being delivered. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Intel makes security-first pledge

As it scrambles to deal with the Meltdown and Spectre processor exploits, Intel has made a series of security commitments Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

F-Secure highlights another critical Intel security issue

As Intel scrambles to issue security updates to address the Meltdown and Spectre exploits, researchers have highlighted another, unrelated, critical security issue that could affect millions of corporate laptops Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Spectre: How reverse-engineering a microprocessor revealed a fundamental flaw

Researchers have published their work on Spectre, a flaw that affects every modern CPU. We find out what went wrong from one of the engineers Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Intel to set up new group to focus on hardware security

Chip maker is reportedly planning to form a new group to focus on hardware security as it scrambles to limit the impact of recently discovered security flaws in chip designs Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

As Meg Whitman steps down, HPE fleshes out hybrid ambitions

Hybrid IT represents a $100bn business, and is a segment HPE has set its sights on Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

HPE Superdome Flex in-memory supports Big Bang research

Stephen Hawkin’s Cosmos research group takes delivery of a Superdome HPC to enable it to test theoretical models of the Big Bang Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

How soon will we be driving fully autonomous cars?

Nvidia sets out vision for driverless cars as its new Pegasus processor promises to support “level 5” autonomy Continue Reading

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• Zach Emmanuel, Computer Weekly

Fiat joins BMW's autonomous car platform initiative

Car makers Fiat and BMW are working in collaboration with Intel and Mobileye to develop a scalable platform for self-driving vehicles Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Quantum computing drives the future for Volkswagen

In this week’s Computer Weekly, Volkswagen’s global CIO explains how the car giant is using quantum computing to drive the future of transport. We examine how to make data analytics programmes work and deliver business value. And SAP’s CEO reacts to controversy around the software supplier’s indirect licensing policies that led to recent high-profile court cases. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Racetrack Memory products in five years, says IBM fellow

Millennium Prize winner Stuart Parkin says flash and 2D methods of storage are fatally limited – Racetrack Memory offers 100x the capacity without flash’s wear issues Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Intel urges business to patch critical remote-execution flaw

Intel advises business customers to apply a security update for some versions of its administration firmware for vPro processors to fix a remote execution flaw Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Demo shows GPUs are more than simple accelerators

Graphics processor units have helped to accelerate a reservoir simulation program, showing that the technology could be applied to complex code Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Inside Diamond Light Source, the UK's synchrotron facility

Computer Weekly recently visited the particle accelerator facility, to see how cutting edge software and hardware engineering is supporting pioneering science Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

MWC 2017: 4G still has plenty of mileage, say mobile analysts

5G is likely to be a hot topic at this year’s Mobile World Congress, which kicks off at the end of February, but operators should be paying more attention to getting more out of their 4G networks Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Compute power pushes boundaries

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the ways chip engineers are looking beyond silicon to keep pushing the limits of Moore’s Law as datacentre power demands increase. We find out about serverless computing and how it could deliver what many firms really want from the cloud. And we look at the importance of culture change to digital transformation. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

A guide to Alexa smart home integration

We look at how Amazon's voice service, Alexa, can be used to control smart home devices Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

IT spreads innovation at Unilever

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how consumer goods giant Unilever has changed its thinking about IT to support a global digital transformation programme. The UK boss of Hewlett Packard Enterprise assesses progress after the first year since HP split in two. And we examine how software development is changing in the enterprise. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

PC market in longest period of decline since records began, says Gartner

PC shipments across the globe enter an unprecedented period of decline, Gartner reveals Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Computer Weekly 50th anniversary special

It’s been 50 years since Computer Weekly's launch on 22 September 1966. To mark this achievement, we have compiled a special edition of the magazine to reflect on how much the British technology industry has contributed over that time – and, of course, to celebrate our role in keeping IT professionals in touch with those developments – week-in, week-out, for half a century. Read this 100-page anniversary special now. Continue Reading

Intel Developer Forum: Silicon Photonics boosts datacentre connectivity

Microsoft Azure datacentres increase connectivity to 100Gbps thanks to Silicon Photonics interconnect Continue Reading

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• Daniel Robinson

CW@50: The Great British chip invention

There is a link between the world’s first working computer and the world’s most successful chip: they are both British Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

My first IoT project: A guide for businesses

We’ve all had a good giggle about having our fridges hacked – but now it’s time to get real. What are the first steps enterprises should take when implementing their first internet of things project? Continue Reading

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• Rene Millman

The rise of machine intelligence

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at how machine intelligence is becoming increasingly commoditised and available to all – and what it means for enterprise IT. After Three’s takeover of rival mobile network O2 was blocked, we look at the future for the UK’s mobile operators. And we find out about attempts to address some of the fundamental design flaws of the internet. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

How 3D printing will disrupt industry worldwide

The technology is helping startups model prototypes and inventory suppliers lop millions from supply chain costs Continue Reading

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• Danny Bradbury

Nike and BMW pilot HP Inc's first 3D printer

HP Inc rolls out its first 3D printer, with hopes that it will revolutionise manufacturing Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

CW@50: How UK home brew gave computing to the masses

From batch processing to the graphical user interface, from desktop PCs to smartphones, from luggables to wearables, computing has come a long way since Computer Weekly was first published in 1966. We look at some of the personal computers that paved the way Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

IBM develops quantum as a service

IBM starts the ball rolling on what it would mean to program a universal quantum computer Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

How SNCF is using predictive analytics to keep trains running

The French rail operators has fitted internet sensors to its trains to improve maintenance and avoid breakdowns Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

BBC turns micro:bit computers into IoT devices

The BBC and Nominet demonstrate a new use case for the micro:bit computer and hope to turn Britain’s schoolchildren into internet of things pioneers Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

CW@50: From ICL to ITIL

Standardisation helps industries to grow. Here in the UK, a number of highly influential standards emerged that have become building blocks for the modern computer industry Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Virgin supplies Ethernet connectivity to Met Office supercomputer

The Met Office has awarded the contract to provide Ethernet connectivity for its next-generation supercomputer to Virgin Media Business Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Intel share price drops despite strong results

Despite growth in Intel's key datacentre and IoT businesses, investors remain concerned by falls in its core PC chip business amid market declines Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

How Taiwan is building the internet of things

In this week's Computer Weekly, we meet the Taiwanese companies that are developing the technology building blocks for the internet of things. Our latest buyer's guide looks at the skills needed for modern IT leadership. And we examine the technology options to take superfast broadband speeds even higher. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

The rise of general-purpose AI and its threat to humanity

Socially aware general-purpose artificial intelligence in the form of a dog could be the ideal form factor to take over the world Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Intel future showcase – The past, present and future of technology

In this photostory we explore the past, present and future of technology and how Moore's law has driven innovation across the technology sector since its creation 50 years ago. Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

The future of Moore's Law at 50

In this week's Computer Weekly, Moore's Law – the seminal forecast by Intel founder Gordon Moore that oversees technology development – is 50 years old. We look at its modern relevance and future implications. IT chiefs discuss whether Windows is still core to their strategy. And we look back at five years of government IT. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Juniper Networks goes after finance market with switch-integrated compute

Juniper launches a compact compute-integrated network switch to boost performance of sensitive applications for financial institutions Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

ARM unleashes internet of things potential with starter kit

Chip-maker ARM has collaborated with IBM to launch the mbed IoT Starter Kit, pitched at SMEs and application developers Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Wellcome Trust builds 1,728-core grid for DNA analysis

The Wellcome Trust Centre has deployed a high-performance computing cluster based on Fujitsu servers Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

UK's fastest supercomputer upgrades to 2Pflops and 5PB of tiered storage

The UK's fastest supercomputer upgrades to 4,920 nodes and 2 Petaflops performance with tiered storage including 5PB of direct-attached disk Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Price cuts and posturing in the public cloud war

The price battle among commodity cloud players is set to rage on, but how much impact is it really having for enterprise customers? Continue Reading

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• Jim Mortleman

Intel merges PC and mobile divisions

Intel plans to merge its profitable PC group with the loss-making division that sells chips for smartphones and tablets Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Amazon unveils Docker-friendly container service and EC2 instance

Amazon has launched its free, Docker-friendly EC2 container management service Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Airbus interview: research, innovation and the future of aviation

IT plays a substantial role in creating the aircraft of the future, with research and innovation at the core of the Airbus business strategy Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

The real story behind The Imitation Game film

The life of Alan Turing is being celebrated on the big screen this month. The Imitation Game from Studio Canal opens on November 14th 2014 and tells the story of the war hero who’s achievements until recently were largely unknown. Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Met Office supercomputer to increase weather forecast accuracy

Met Office buys £97m Cray supercomputer to help predict disruptive weather events with a far greater degree of accuracy Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Government replaces Becta education IT procurement framework

Government seeks up to 20 suppliers to form a £300m procurement framework for ICT services to public-sector education organisations Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Why Shell, BP and PwC teamed up to launch platform-neutral IT4IT Forum

Lack of IT integration and workload interoperability is pushing enterprises such as Royal Dutch Shell to collaborate with IT providers to develop standards Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

IBM operating income falls by 18% as it offloads semiconductor unit

IBM reported lower-than-expected earnings for the third quarter of 2014, with revenue down by 4% year-on-year Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Managing digital projects

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the project management challenges for IT teams that are building digital, agile systems. We look at the growing importance of user experience testing driven by mobile app development. We assess the main products in the scale-out NAS market for storage. And Intel’s CIO talks about managing IT at the world’s largest chip manufacturer. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Embedded SIMs key to unlocking internet of things

GSMA’s eUICC Embedded SIM Specification will help M2M communications and the IoT become mainstream, say analysts Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

The internet of things is coming: Is your datacentre ready?

Gartner estimates the IoT will see 26 billion units installed by 2020 – channelling huge volumes of data traffic into datacentres Continue Reading

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• Clive Longbottom

Intel unveils first 14nm processor aimed at mobile computing devices

Chipmaker's first processor based on 14nm micro-architecture will be thinner, cooler and aimed at tablet PCs Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Intel watches ARM as low-powered computing thrives

As the PC market continues to decline, ARM is proving that non-x86 chips have a long and prosperous future Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Will silicon photonics replace copper cabling in mainstream datacentres?

Silicon photonics can increase bandwidth in servers, improve data transfer speeds and reduce complexity. But are datacentres ready for it? Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Write-through, write-around, write-back: cache explained

Cache is vital for application deployment, but which one to choose – write-through, write-around or write-back cache? We examine the options Continue Reading

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• Chris Evans

TCG releases TPM 2 specification for improved security

The Trusted Computing Group has published an updated specification for the Trusted Platform Module Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Interview: Prepare for the end of the silicon era

IT breakthroughs are governed by the insights of Intel's Gordon Moore in 1965. IBM fellow Bernie Meyerson believes Moore’s law no longer holds true Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

UK IT spending will outpace rest of Europe in 2014

Computer Weekly research reveals the IT spending priorities for UK and European organisations in 2014. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Accenture: get ready for the smart tech revolution

Consumers are gravitating towards wearable devices like smart watches to complement their digital lifestyle, a new study from Accenture has found Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Nvidia delivers GPU grid to power Citrix virtual workstations

Nvidia has released vGPU grid technology for Citrix XenDeskop and Xenserver to support remote, hardware accelerated graphics processing. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Intel x86 and IBM Power CPUs: Which, when, why?

There are only three processors left in the market for mission-critical applications. Which should you chose ? Continue Reading

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• Terry Keene

CW Special Report on Dell

This 11 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on Dell, its strategy in 2013, products and services and financial performance. Continue Reading

Technology Industry Survey 2014

From CTOs to software developers, architects to entrepreneurs, this report captures the opinions of people at the forefront of shaping our industry. Continue Reading

Samsung reports record Q3 profits of £4.8bn

Samsung has reported record third quarter profits of £4.8bn driven mainly by revenues from memory chips Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Raspberry Pi Foundation ships millionth Pi manufactured in the UK

Raspberry Pi Foundation ships millionth Pi manufactured in the UK. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Case study: Coca-Cola embarks on green IT strategy

Coca-Cola is aiming to reduce the carbon footprint of its IT. Kevin Sirjuesingh, director of IT strategic initiatives, discusses the plan Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Humans are the ultimate mobile platform – pictures from Intel Developer Forum 2013

"How can computers change the world?" asks the chip giant, Intel at its annual Developer Forum in San Francisco. Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Businesses hit digital roadblock due to paper processes

A survey of business and IT leaders has found that paper-based processes are creating inefficiencies Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

British Airways unveils its new Airbus A380

The new addition to the BA fleet - the Airbus A380 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

The Future Is Here: A New Industrial Revolution

London’s Design Museum is housing an exhibition on the future of manufacturing Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Intel Q2 profits down, but in line with expectations

Chip maker Intel reported a second quarter profit of $2bn, down 29% from a year ago, roughly in line with analysts’ estimates Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

CW Buyer's Guide: Client Computing

Computer Weekly looks at Windows 8 and the complexities of mobile working, the benefits to the business of an enhanced user experience and the shift from the 9-to-5 office desk to IT delivered over a variety of devices, anytime, anywhere. Continue Reading

AMD launches low-power server processors to rival Intel's Atom

AMD has launched Opteron X-Series low-power server processors that it claims “beat the top-performing Intel Atom processor” Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Rare Apple 1 computer goes under the hammer

A rare and original Apple 1 Computer from 1976 will be auctioned off this month. Less than 50 are estimated to still be in circulation, with only six fully functional. The first computer to offer a complete motherboard was a revolution to home computing and changed the way people interacted with the technology forever. Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Microsoft to bring back the Start button in Windows 8?

Amid lacklustre take-up of Windows 8 and a declining PC industry, Microsoft may be set to reintroduce the much-loved Start button in Windows 8 Continue Reading

Mega vendors: Quarterly results Q1 2013

A number of the larger IT suppliers reported their quarterly financial results for the first quarter of 2013. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

ARM CEO Warren East steps down

Warren East, CEO of semiconductor firm ARM, is retiring from the company after almost 12 years in the leadership role Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

UKtech50 winner: Warren East, CEO of ARM

ARM CEO and UKtech50 winner Warren East talks to Computer Weekly about fostering the market innovation necessary for the digital age Continue Reading

World’s oldest digital computer is back in action

Built in 1951 the WITCH computer has been brought back to life thanks to The National Museum of Computing. Continue Reading

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• Kayleigh Bateman, Computer Weekly

Intel sales and profits fall in third quarter

Computer chip maker Intel has reported falls in both sales and profits in the third quarter due to the "tough economic environment” Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

The future of computing at IBM Zurich research labs

Chips powered by the sun and cooled by water are just some of the long-term research projects at IBM's Zurich labs Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

IBM acquires Texas Memory Systems

IBM buys flash storage specialist Texas Memory Systems for an undisclosed sum and promises to invest in further product development Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Interview: Warren East, CEO of chip designer ARM

ARM chief discusses the growth of machine to machine technology,  patent wars and why he hopes the company will stay independent Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Broadcom touts ‘5G Wi-Fi’ mobile chip

Semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom announces the first mobile chip based on the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard, set to launch in early 2013 Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Intel warns of slowdown amid falling PC sales

Chip maker Intel warned of a slowdown over the next quarter as it announced its sales and profit for its latest three-month period. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

High-performance computing drives high-performance F1 cars to success

Jennifer Scott investigates how Formula 1 team Marussia uses a supercomputer to design and test its cars on a budget Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

KPMG 2012 Global Technology Innovation Survey

China and the US are most likely to come up with disruptive technology breakthroughs over the next four years, but Europe lags behind Continue Reading

Cambridge University turns to computer games to unlock secrets of the universe

Cambridge University is turning to technology developed for computer gaming to help it solve some of the fundamental problems of science Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Q&A: Why do we need exascale computers ?

Europe, the US, Japan and China are racing to develop the next generation of supercomputer – exascale machines - capable of a million trillion calculations a second. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Asian scientists call for government action on supercomputers

Scientists in India, China, Japan, Korea and India have called on their governments to collaborate on supercomputer technology Continue Reading

The cloud will move supercomputers into the mainstream

Cloud computing will move supercomputers out of the research labs into mainstream business, says Amazon Continue Reading

Cisco UCS blade servers integrate Fusion-io PCIe flash cards

Cisco UCS signs an OEM deal with Fusion-io to incorporate PCIe flash cards directly into Cisco servers Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget