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Nowadays, computing is essential to our society, but the resources needed to handle our needs might be greater than we think. In 2020, the energy required to feed datacenters is expected to be the same as the total energy needed for Canada. It's widely known that the aviation industry has …

Over the years, we have grown accustomed to CPUs being the driving force behind computing platforms and that trend remains true today. However, things may be very different in the future as this week, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) showed off the world's first memory-driven computing architecture, which puts memory at centre …

Microsoft has revealed that it won't lock outside developers from using its Azure Cloud technology, not even studios working on exclusive titles for competing platforms like the Wii U, PC or PlayStation 4. The comments specifically came from Phil Spencer, who has been heading The Xbox division since last year. …

IBM, once one of the most booming businesses in the world of tech, has fallen on tougher times in recent years. While still one of the world's biggest corporations, with over 400,000 employees and a net worth in excess of $120 billion, it's struggled to remain relevant as thee world …

Despite Microsoft pushing through a touch platform for the PC more than a decade ago, it took Apple's iPad for anyone to notice. The increase in touch based systems, automatically leads to an increase in cool/new touch apps. Eugene and Intel were on hand today to show off just what …

In what is a record breaking achievement, researchers at Stanford University have just leveraged a million cores from the Sequoia IBM Bluegene/Q supercomputer to simulate the amount of noise produced by an experimental jet engine – one that they hope will allow for much quieter jet propulsion technology. While there …