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IBM Power7-based computer hits 10 million transactions per minute

Shane McGlaun, Sep 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

IBM is really big in the enterprise computing environment .The company makes some of the fastest supercomputers on the market and has some of the faster enterprise level server systems as well. IBM has announced that a Power7-based computer using IBM DB2 database software has reached a milestone in performance. Read The Full Story

IBM z196 5.2GHz CPU Breaks Records, Could Cost Hundreds of Thousands

Evan Selleck, Aug 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

When it comes to processors, it may be hard to get excited anymore. Speeds are generally the same from one chip to another, from one device to the next. But, that doesn't mean records still can't be broken, and minds blown. At the Hot Chips 2010 conference, IBM took some time out of their day to talk about their upcoming z196 CPU, which breaks records as well as hearts attached to pocket-books. Read The Full Story

IBM installs supercomputer in Zurich cooled by hot water

Shane McGlaun, Jul 5th 2010 Discuss [1]

IBM announced late last week that it had installed a new supercomputer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. The new hot water cooled computer is dubbed Aquasar and claims to consume 40% less energy than a comparable air-cooled system. The hot water comes from the use of waste heat produced at the university to provide heat to the buildings. Read The Full Story

Simmtronics Simmbook Heading to Emerging Markets Thanks to IBM and Canonical

Evan Selleck, Mar 31st 2010 Discuss [0]

The Simmtronics Simmbook is one of those devices that needs to be in emerging markets. There is plenty of competition in markets like the United States, Japan, and Europe, so a netbook of this caliber just makes more sense where less money, means more of an opportunity. The Simmbook is being helped along by a partnership from its parent company, with IBM and Canonical, all in hopes to bring the little netbook to markets for less than its current $190 price tag. Read The Full Story

Silicon nanophotonics makes for faster, more power efficient devices [Video]

Paul Fang, Mar 4th 2010 Discuss [0]

IBM researchers have announced a momentous step towards replacing the electrical signals that communicate via copper wires between computer chips with silicon-based circuits that communicate using light pulses, or what they call nanophotonic avalanche photodetectors. Read The Full Story

IBM scientists show off world’s fastest graphene transistor

Shane McGlaun, Feb 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

Moore's law says that the number of transistors that can be placed on an integrated circuit doubles about every two years. Scientists and researchers are finding today that in a few years Moore's law will be broken if we are still using conventional building materials for transistors for several reasons. One of the materials that are being eyed for building the transistors and microprocessors of the future is a substance called graphene. Read The Full Story

Sony PS3 Slim gets new, faster 45nm Cell CPU

Chris Davies, Aug 20th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sony's latest PS3 may be slimmer, smaller and quieter than its predecessor, but its real surprise may be lurking inside. The company has apparently updated their Cell processor built on 45nm processes rather than the previous 65nm chip; that not only makes for cheaper production, helping Sony bring down the PS3 Slim's price to $299.99, but it also brings with it increased performance. Read The Full Story

IBM and partners show off 28nm chip

Brenda Stokes, Apr 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

IBM and several of their partners such as Infineon, Samsung, STMicroelectronics and Chartered Semiconductor are working together to create a 28-nm chip that requires less power and features a high-k metal gate bulk complementary metal oxide, so says an announcement released yesterday. This new chip would be mostly used in portable devices like MIDs. What's really great about these new chips is that they will use 20% less power yet gain 40% in performance when compared to the current 45nm chips. What's particularly useful about this is that those using 32nm chips will be able to transition to the 28nm ones easily, without a complete overhaul of the system. Production is expected to begin sometime next year.

Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds get reviewed, bulky but powerful

Daniel Lim, Dec 31st 2008 Discuss [0]

The groundbreaking dual-screen Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds is no doubt a creative and one-of-the-kind laptop replacement we’ve seen to date. Sized at 10.6-inch, the slide-out secondary screen is essentially a 2nd notebook built-in, and so does the weight and price. With retail tips over $4000, interested buyer might want to check out a few reviews before shelling out the hard dollars. Folks over at laptormag have jumped at the opportunity to get their hands on the ThinkPad, the full review is up, not wowed but managed to came away with the Editor Choice. Read The Full Story

IBM USB ZTIC targets identify thieves

Brenda Stokes, Nov 5th 2008 Discuss [0]

Identity theft is no doubt a problem, but IBM is looking to help prevent some of it. In fact, the IBM Zurich lab has just come out with something called the Zone Trusted Information Channel (or ZTIC for short) that could help put a stop to identity theft in many cases, especially when it comes to bank transactions. Read The Full Story

Commodore Netbook is a Commodore in name only

Brenda Stokes, Sep 2nd 2008 Discuss [0]

While it may not have anything to do with the Commodore brand from back in the day, this Commodore Netbook is sure to catch attention based on its name alone. Jumping into the netbook market, the Commodore UMMD 8010/F made its debut at IFA 2008 and mostly skimmed under the radar. Read The Full Story