Quantum computing just got a little bit closer, after an Australian team of researchers unveiled a seven-atom transistor. Measuring just four billionths of a meter and embedded in a single silicon crystal, it acts as a switch on a ...READ»
Intel's just pulled the covers off its next-generation low-power Atom chips. They're smaller and more power efficient but not necessarily more powerful. Will they revitalize the netbook phenomenon? Nope. They're going in ...READ»
You probably haven't heard of Freescale--the company doesn't grab many headlines in the CPU world dominated by Intel. But the U.S. company recently announced big plans for netbooks: It wants to put its CPUs inside more of them, and ...READ»