Parallella: An ARM-powered "supercomputer" for the masses



Inspired by the Raspberry Pi and Arduino, the Adapteva team has set out to build an ARM-powered "supercomputer" for the masses in an attempt to democratize access to parallel computing.



Is Intel's Clover Trail SoC a "bloated nightmare?"



"Clover Trail is massive, so big that it is not economically viable in the markets [Intel] is fighting for."



Dissolvable electronics do their job, then disappear

Researchers have developed tiny electronic devices that can be used in medical implants and which melt right away when they're finished with.

Rockchip samples 28nm HKMG RK31xx processor

Rockchip is currently sampling a 28nm HKMG RK31xx processor, just months after shipping its RK3066 dual-core chip with a quad-core Mali-400 GPU.

FXI ships Android-powered Cotton Candy

FXI has begun shipping the Cotton Candy, a PC-on-a-stick that features an ARM Cortex-A9 processor paired with Mali 400 graphics. 


Report: Apple still wants ARM-powered MacBooks and iMacs



Apple's mobile iOS devices are currently powered by RISC-based ARM architecture. However, Cupertino's iMac and MacBook lineups are still powered by Intel x86 processors.

Droid Stick T10 ships with Android Jellybean



Kimdecent has launched a $72 PC-on-a-stick that ships pre-loaded with Android Jellybean.

A look inside the A6 chip powering the iPhone 5



Apple's indigenously designed A6 SoC apparently boasts "a very unique processor design," along with dual custom CPU cores and three graphics processor cores, most likely a PowerVR SGX 543MP3 running at 266MHz.

Android FEEL TV Box is port friendly



Chinese device maker Shenzhen Lanhai is poised to roll out a new Android-powered set-top-box powered by an AMlogic 8726 ARM Cortex-A9 processor paired with 1GB of RAM and 4GB of storage.

Game dev talks Wii CPU "weakness"


Akihiro Suzuki of the Dynasty Warriors franchise says the Wii U's CPU - which features three Power PC cores - poses certain "challenges" for developers. 



Globalfoundries is ready for next-gen mobile devices

Globalfoundries is preparing for the next generation of mobile devices with the introduction of advanced 14nm-XM technology based on three-dimensional "FinFET" transistor architecture. 



Raspberry Pi hits the 1GHz turbo mode afterburners



The folks over at the Raspberry Pi Foundation have thus far supported modders who overclocked and overvolted the uber-mini devices, at least in principle. 



3D printing comes to New York streets

3D printer manufacturer MakerBot is making its biggest effort yet to target the consumer market with the release of a new low-cost model and the opening of a New York store.

Intel reduces chip sipping with near-threshold voltage



Intel recently showcased a number of near-threshold voltage (NTV) techniques that promise to significantly increase processor energy efficiency by decreasing the supply voltage.

Intel eyes ARM's big.LITTLE architecture



Intel is apparently eyeing ARM's big.LITTLE architecture as a potential paradigm for placing different cores a single x86 die.

Z2C is a slick Android PC-on-a-stick

Zero Devices has introduced the Z2C, a slick Android PC-on-a-stick that features a Rockchip RK3066 ARM Cortex-A9 dual core processor, 1GB of memory, 8GB of storage and a microSD card slot.

DRAM market shifts away from PCs

Personal computers accounted for less than half of the DRAM market during the second quarter of 2012.



Confusion reigns over Apple's iPhone 5 processor

A new report is claiming that Apple's recently unveiled iPhone 5 is actually powered by a custom ARMv7 core, rather than a design based on ARM's Cortex-A15 architecture.



Analyst says Intel ultrabooks are priced too high



Analysts at ABI Research confirm Intel's ultrabook platform has yet to take off - despite an extensive marketing campaign by Santa Clara.



Analysts say PCs are at a tipping point



A prominent analyst at Citigroup has confirmed that intermediate-term prospects for PCs are less than stellar.