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Analysis: Pentium FDIV: The processor bug that shook the world

This week we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the FDIV bug, an error in the then-new Intel Pentium processor. It was discovered by Thomas Nicely, a professor of mathematics, on 19 October 1994 and...

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Autodesk to invest $100m in 3D printing startups

Just a few months after it announced its plans to produce and sell a 3D printer based on its own open-source 3D printing platform called Spark, Autodesk has revealed that it will be investing $100...

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Opinion: What a spreadsheet taught me about the future of 3D printing

This was supposed to be a hands-on of our first 3D printer here at TechRadar. Instead it turned out to be an eye-opener into how far away we are from user-friendly, plug-and-play 3D printers...

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Interview: Software-defined storage evolved: from scale-out architecture to SSDs

Introduction Software-defined storage (SDS) is stil a relatively new concept. While its definition varies among vendors it is centred around decoupling storage intelligence from the hardware that data...

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Interview: Is VDI in need of a health check-up?

Introduction Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) can help businesses in numerous ways. By deploying thin clients to end users and running desktops on virtual machines, rather than on PCs, they allow...

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Intel CEO vows to make Edison platform even smaller and run on 3V battery

Intel will launch a new version of Edison, one that is likely to be much smaller than the current version and may be unveiled by the end of next year. Speaking at the company’s "Make It Wearable...

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Toshiba expands its wearable device processor lineup

Toshiba subsidiary Toshiba America has expanded its lineup of application processors for wearable devices. The new processor, the TZ1021MBG, is an update of the TZ1001MBG, which Toshiba launched in...

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Now you can 3D print your own Raspberry Pi-powered laptop

Ever fancied building your own laptop? Following the launch of the world’s first 3D-printed laptop, which houses a Raspberry Pi micro-computer inside, that dream is now a reality. The crowd-funded...

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Intel’s wearable CPU family to get shot in the arm

Anonymous sources have leaked what look like genuine roadmaps of Intel’s Quark product family on the popular Chinese social network Weibo’ these point out to an acceleration in the rate of...

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Amazon gets Intel to build custom Xeon CPU

Amazon revealed that Intel has built a custom, Haswell-based processor called the Xeon E5-2666 v3, one that will deliver compute-optimised EC2 instances called C4. The processor runs at a base clock...

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ARM scores big win in HPC market with Cray

The daddy of supercomputer manufacturers, Cray, has confirmed that it is exploring "alternative processor design points", before adding "the potential use of 64 bit ARM technologies" as well as "other...

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Qualcomm to enter ARM server chip market

Qualcomm’s CEO, Steve Mollenkopf, has identified the server market as a $15 billion opportunity and will deliver products to address that market. Mollenkopf, speaking at the company’s annual analyst...

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Lenovo joins Intel custom business with new Xeon CPU

Lenovo has announced that it partnered with Intel to produce its own Xeon, the E5-2698A v3. Oracle (the E7-8890 v2) and Amazon (E5-2666 v3) have already announced similar partnerships and it looks...

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NASA manufactures first 3D-printed object in space

3D printing has quite literally gone out-of-this-world following the news that NASA has manufactured the first 3D-printed object in space, which the space agency says will "pave the way to future...

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Sponsored: Create better everything with LG’s new UltraWide QHD curved monitor

Technology can be a wonderful boon for creative professionals, but it can also get in the way of creativity, when the interface between you and the tools of your trade pales compared with real life....

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Lenovo cools the Thinkpad Helix with a tiny vapor chamber, no fans necessary

The second-generation Lenovo ThinkPad Helix is one of the first convertible ultrabooks to run Intel’s Core M processor, which allows it to do a pretty neat trick. Instead of building a few whirring...

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Industry voice: The hidden risks in consumer-grade storage components

Finding the most appropriate and balanced way to improve storage performance is a major focus for many organisations. But even once that hurdle has been overcome, there are more challenges to be...

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Epson introduces two new heavy-duty printers for small and medium businesses

Epson first introduced its "game-changing" WorkForce Pro printers in March, and today’s it’s added two new printers to the family: the WF-8590 and WF-8090. Aimed at small and medium businesses (SMBs),...

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HP boasts of boosted printing security and mobility for enterprise

HP today announced incoming updates to its JetAdvantage printing solutions portfolio that it says will "help enterprise organizations more easily and securely print from mobile devices." One such...

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Imagination launches affordable micro-computer to take on the Raspberry Pi

Imagination Technologies has launched the MIPS Creator CI20, a palm-sized micro-computer that runs Android 4.4 KitKat and various flavours of Linux. The £50 ($65) device has a 1.2GHz dual-core...

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