Company outlines upcoming chips and platforms due to be unveiled at IDF.

AMD says it has reached a new top speed for graphics processing, with new ATI graphics cards reaching processor speeds of up to 1ghz, a new top mark for a factory-produced air-cooled graphics card..

2D cards target low-power, multi-screen setups.

New platform guns for enthusiast users with four graphics cards.

New Radeons optimised for Vista and HD video.

The GPU acceleration platform hits new milestone, using the parallel processing abilities of graphics chips to shoulder some of the processing load from the CPU.

Big Blue promises faster high-end processors.

AMD is looking to expand its Stream project, which uses graphics chip processing cores to perform computing tasks normally sent to the CPU, a process known as General Purpose computing on Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU)..

All the data on AMD's new Radeon lineup, including the 4870 X2 which clocks in at 2.4 teraflops.

Intel is revealing new details on its forthcoming Larrabee chip. The new graphics processor is Intel's foray into the high-end graphics market currently dominated by nVidia and ATI..

GPUs 'not just for gaming and movies'.

Big Blue begins mass production of 65nm version of Cell processor.

Companies go to court over nVidia's ability to produce chipsets for Intel's Nehalem platform.

This week we examine a few of those true 'killer apps,' and what they have meant to computing

Java Standard Edition 6 Update 10 released.

New player offers improved web app performance.

Wii and DS consoles continue US market dominance.

New systems feature remote repairs and better battery life.

Sex chatters flock to teen-friendly site.

Company shifts focus to printers.