What happens when multiple-core processors are no longer sufficient for our demands? Stuart Andrews looks at the future of CPUs.

Intel unloaded a swag of new Penryn-class CPUs at CES today. Zara Baxter explores the new platform and what it means for your PC.

Although the future for polymer electronics looks bright, theres inevitably a cloud on the horizon. Its to do with size. While there would be some definite advantages in making computer chips out of p

Developers see the future of the Terraflop server processor with 20MB of memory and frickkin’ silicon lasers.

Israel is renowned for pilgrimages but one of its better kept secrets is its booming high-tech industry. James Morris finds out more. If you were asked to pick the world's leading

Unlike a silicon CPU, the brain isnt a synchronous device that needs regular clock pulses to keep its operations in step, but we can get a sense of its effective clock speed by seeing how long it take

No matter how much we tell ourselves that we are rational, scientific human beings a Friday 13th still sends a tremor up some spines.

What job involves acid baths, robots and space suits? Read about the fascinating world of computer chip fabrication, with PC Authority’s exclusive imagery and insights.

Although it may be hard to tell from the explosion in chip speeds in the past year, an end to Moores Law is in sight. Manufacturing chips economically at 0.1 microns and below is going to be a challen

To step back to a more personal level, consider the trend in artificial pets discussed earlier. Doubtless these plastic and chrome beasties are going to get more and more interesting from an AI perspe

Israel could become a technology tour de force but it has many obstacles to overcome first - the greatest being the tense relations with its neighbouring countries and the insecurity this engenders on

Leigh Dyer looks at Sun’s attempts to keep Solaris relevant in a Linux world.

In many ways Itanium represents a change for Intel. Having dominated the desktop PC processor market, the company hopes that its 64-bit silicon will become the de facto choice in the next generation o

Battery capacity has proven to be a serious barrier to true mobile computing. Tim Dean looks at how the technology is evolving.

Squeeze that extra bit of power out of your existing hardware. Tim Dean looks at the principles of overclocking and examines the potential performance increase.

Intel's new CEO, Paul Otellini, envisions a quad core processor in every handheld device

David Kidd is master and commander, holding on to the past so hard it has become his future.

David Field attends the motion picture industry’s biennial forum to see what the professionals are talking about.

Does this bring us any closer to those sci-fi visions of brain-dumps and memory implants? Well, yes and no. Bionic systems to provide sight and hearing or to operate an artificial limb directly by tho

Weve all heard of artificial intelligence, but how much like a PC is your brain? Jack Weber investigates. Doug Quaid wanted a holiday on Mars. A holiday hed always remember. In the film T