Can AMD increase APU power efficiency 25-fold by 2020?

The energy efficiency of AMD chips increased tenfold over the last six years, but AMD thinks it can do much better.

Utilizing Heterogeneous System Architecture on chips is the key to massive increases in the power efficiency of AMD’s processors, according to AMD’s CTO Mark Pap…

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Intel talks new strategy and expands Atom roadmap with SoFIA and Broxton

Intel executives said at an investor meeting Intel’s mobile GPU and CPU performance will dramatically increase, while the company shifts to meet new business challenges.

Brian Krzanich announced an expanded Atom roadmap and a change to Intel’s business model at his first analysts’ day as CEO of…

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Nanotechnology could solve looming transistor problem

The pursuit of smaller and smaller transistors is about to hit a major roadblock. Soon, they will reach their minimal operational size, but physicist Yoke Khin Yap may have stumbled upon a solution.

Transistors are like electronic switches: two conductors are separated by a gap, over which a…

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