Category: Computers

Computers

  • AMD Pulls the Plug on SeaMicro

    One-third of a billion dollars doesn’t go as far as it used to. AMD acquired SeaMicro in 2012 for $334 million, hoping to jump into…

  • Intel Altera Deal Off?

    Multiple financial news sources are reporting today that talks between Intel and Altera have ended. According to multiple sources, Altera declined Intel’s offer and the…

  • Intel Buying Altera? We Totally Called It.

    Rumors abound today that Intel is in negotiations to buy Altera – a deal that could be worth over ten billion. If so, it would…

  • Reviewing the $10,000 Ethernet Cable

    AudioQuest sells a $10,000 Ethernet cable. The people who buy this cable know why they need it, and it’s well worth the extra investment. “Sure,”…

  • Raspberry Pi: The next generation

    The phenomenon that is Raspberry Pi has moved up a gear. On Monday (2nd February) the next generation of the credit card computer was announced.…

  • World’s Smallest Chess Program

    Chess is tough, right? It’s a complicated game. Just explaining the rules can take hours, or hundreds of pages, and that’s before you get into…

  • Job Openings at AMD

    Looking for new career opportunities in management? You might try AMD. The big chipmaker just whacked three of its top executives: the General Manager of…

  • A Microphone for Gestures and Canines

    A while back, when looking at Elliptic Labs ultrasonic gesture recognition, we mentioned that they were able to do this based on the fact that…

  • Is the IoT Secure?

    A new report has said that the emerging standards for the Internet of Things (see IoT Standards: Is the Time Right to Calm the Chaos?…

  • Intersil Re-emerges

    When you’re musing over Silicon Valley comings and goings over a beer, it’s not unreasonable to hear the question, “Whatever happened to [place company name…