Hardware Features

Google plans home entertainment system

Google's planninng to launch an own-brand home entertainment system, according to the Wall Street Journal.

2013 will be better for AMD

AMD has been in a flux as of late, with the company building an almost entirely new management team headed by CEO Rory Read, CTO Mark Papermaster, CSO Rajan Naik and Lisa Su as VP of the company's Global Business Unit.



Heat-based recording speeds hard drives

A new method of recording information to hard drives could increase their speed by hundreds of times.

CPU-GPU "collaboration" boosts processor performance


Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique that allows graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs) on a single chip to improve their level of collaboration.



Apple eyes ARM for Mac OS X

Mac OS X currently runs on Intel-based x86 systems. However, it seems as if Apple has seriously considered the possibility of porting the popular operating system to ARM chipsets.

The hype of a post-PC era

Many analysts and journalists believe the industry is poised to cross over into a brave new post-PC era, with the PC ultimately relegated to little more than niche market status.

Pedestrian-detector to come to Mercedes cars

Top-of-the-range Mercedes vehicles will soon come equipped with an artificial vision system designed to detect pedestrians.

Self-guided bullet hits target a mile away

Two Sandia National Laboratories engineers - and hunters - have developed a dart-like, self-guided bullet accurate over a distance of a mile.

Xbox 720 will have raw graphics horsepower

Microsoft's Xbox 720 - which could hit shelves in 2013 - is expected to boast impressive graphics horsepower that puts the current-gen 360 and Nintendo's upcoming Wii U console to shame.



Temperature sensors printed on plastic

A new, printed sensor can monitor the temperature of perishable goods such as food and pharmaceuticals.

Is TSMC having trouble with 28nm?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is reportedly experiencing difficulties with its 28nm manufacturing process technologies.

Rumor: Xbox 720 chip in production

A new report indicates that Microsoft has kicked off initial production of its Oban chip which is slated to power the next-gen Xbox (720/Next) game console.

Transparent car roof is light source at night

BASF and Philips have developed an OLED car roof that can flip between acting as a window and a light source, giving light when switched on but becoming transparent when turned off.

Intel offers overclockers insurance

There are a lot of people in the gaming and computer enthusiast worlds who love to build rigs with overclocked processors and video cards. 



$35 computer enters production

A British charity is about to start manufacturing a $35 Linux-based computer aimed at the education market, and is promising an even cheaper model later on.