Hardware

RISC-V business: SiFive and CEVA join forces to enable the development AI-amenable, edge-oriented processors

System-on-a-chip IP partnership seeks to create more smart home, automobile, robotics, IoT, and industrial applications, among others

AI + ML08 Jan 2020 | 7

Yeah, says Google Project Zero, when you think about it, going public with exploit deets immediately after a patch is emitted isn't such a great idea

The Chocolate Factory's bug hunters revise 90-day disclosure rules

Security07 Jan 2020 | 17

Finally, a good use for AI: Machine-learning tool guesstimates how well your code will run on a CPU core

MIT eggheads devise a better way to predict application performance

AI + ML07 Jan 2020 | 4

EA boots Linux gamers out of multiplayer Battlefield V, Penguinistas respond by demanding crippling boycott

We're not sure if Electronic Arts has even noticed

OSes06 Jan 2020 | 112

ACLU sues America's border cops: Tell us everything about these secret search teams targeting travelers

FOIA lawsuit demands data on Tactical Terrorism Response Teams

Personal Tech19 Dec 2019 | 72

Americans should have strong privacy-protecting encryption ...that the Feds and cops can break, say senators

I don't care if it's mathematically impossible, make it happen nerds!

Security10 Dec 2019 | 109

Intel might want to reconsider the G part of SGX – because it's been plunderstruck

I was caught in the middle of a memory attack, and I knew there was no turning back

Security10 Dec 2019 | 16

If there's somethin' stored in a secure enclave, who ya gonna call? Membuster!

Boffins ride the memory bus past Intel's SGX to your data

Security05 Dec 2019 | 13

Gravitons, Neoverse... you'd be forgiven for thinking AWS's second-gen 64-core Arm server processor was a sci-fi

re:Invent Amazon cloud teases Graviton2 tech

On-Prem03 Dec 2019 | 11

From July, you better be Putin these Kremlin-approved apps on gadgets sold in Russia

New law calls for pre-in-Stalin nationally mandated code

Personal Tech23 Nov 2019 | 66

We're so, so, sorry you're not able to get PC chips, says Intel to everyone who hasn't gone with AMD yet

Epyc apology, Chipzilla

Personal Tech21 Nov 2019 | 62

Four go wild for wasm: Corporate quartet come together to build safe WebAssembly sandbox

Chipzilla, Mozilla, Fastly, and IBM's red-hatted stepchild plot browser-breakout

Software13 Nov 2019 | 14

Don't trust the Trusted Platform Module – it may leak your VPN server's private key (depending on your configuration)

You know what they say: Timing is... everything

Security12 Nov 2019 | 19

Intel insists Xeon vs Epyc benchmark fight was fair, amends speed test claims anyway

Chipzilla says it didn't intentionally mislead anyone

On-Prem07 Nov 2019 | 20

Sticks and stones may break your bones but robot taunts will hurt you – in games at least

Shade-throwing bot bedevils human opponents in boffins' strategy simulation

Science29 Oct 2019 | 18

Intel heralds record third quarter – despite being unable to meet customer demand for new chips

And tears wraps off yet another alleged Arm killer: this time, low-power x86 Tremont cores

On-Prem24 Oct 2019 | 9

Privacy pop-up exhibit shows people in The Glass Room shouldn't throw phones – though they may well want to

Feature Once they find out how much data their devices devour

Personal Tech17 Oct 2019 | 18

Hands off our phones, says Google: Radar-gesture-sensing Pixel 4 just $999 with a 3-year lifespan – great value!

Video You're probably holding it wrong already

Personal Tech15 Oct 2019 | 76

Father of Unix Ken Thompson checkmated: Old eight-char password is finally cracked

Aussie bod's AMD GPU smashes hash in just four days

Software09 Oct 2019 | 268

Apple blinks on iPhone repairs, touts parts program for independent tech mechanics... sort of

Planned obsolescence and big profits be damned, we're going to let you fix your kit

Personal Tech29 Aug 2019 | 51

A carbon-nanotube RISC-V CPU blinks into life. Boffins hold their breath awaiting first sign of life... 'Hello world!'

MIT, Analog get into some RISC-y business

Science29 Aug 2019 | 27

Chips 'n fish: Globalfoundries casts patent net at rival TSMC

25 complaints target Taiwan-based chipmaker and its manufacturing customers

On-Prem26 Aug 2019 | 10

More on that monster Cerebras AI chip, Xilinx touts 'world's largest' FPGA, and more

Hot Chips Including another round of 10th-gen Intel Cores

AI + ML26 Aug 2019 | 31

Got a burning desire for a Hololens 2.0? Microsoft insists its math coprocessor won't be too hot for headgear

Hot Chips Ow, ow, my forehead is on fire

Science23 Aug 2019 | 9

Moore's Law isn't dead, chip boffin declares – we need it to keep chugging along for the sake of AI

Hot Chips If you want to train neural networks quickly, keep packing in the transistors

AI + ML21 Aug 2019 | 20

Rome wasn't built in a day, wasn't teased in a day, either: AMD's 7nm second-gen 64-core Epyc server chips finally land

Updated After what feels like months of drip-fed info, here comes some much needed competition in the data center world

On-Prem07 Aug 2019 | 32

Alibaba sketches world's 'fastest' 'open-source' RISC-V processor yet: 16 cores, 64-bit, 2.5GHz, 12nm, out-of-order exec

Analysis Coming to an FPGA near you, soon, maybe, hopefully?

On-Prem27 Jul 2019 | 78

Google nuked tech support ads to kill off scammers. OK. It also blew away legit repair shops. Not OK at all

Collateral damage: Web advert crackdown broke our fix-it businesses, sigh owners

Personal Tech16 Jul 2019 | 37

Facebook: The future is private! So private, we designed some handy new fingercams for y'all!

Updated Just when you thought things couldn't get more intrusive

Personal Tech11 Jul 2019 | 50

Hacking these medical pumps is as easy as copying a booby-trapped file over the network

Uncle Sam sounds alarm after Windows CE SMB left wide open on hospital equipment

Security13 Jun 2019 | 34

RAMBleed picks up Rowhammer, smashes DRAM until it leaks apps' crypto-keys, passwords, other secrets

Boffins blast boards to boost bits

Security11 Jun 2019 | 31

Apple strips clips of WWDC devs booing that $999 monitor stand from the web using copyright claims. Fear not, you can listen again here...

Updated YouTube happy to spare iGiant embarrassment but won't take down 'slur' vids

Personal Tech05 Jun 2019 | 210

Apple kills iTunes, preps pricey Mac Pro, gives iPad its own OS – plus: That $999 monitor stand

We sat through 150 minutes of WWDC keynote so you didn't have to suffer

OSes03 Jun 2019 | 251

Buy, buy this American PCIe, drove my PC on the Wi-Fi so the Wi-Fi would fly

This will be the PCIe 5.0, this will be the PCIe 5.0

On-Prem30 May 2019 | 46

Titan-ic disaster: Bluetooth blunder sinks Google's 2FA keys, free replacements offered

A pairing problem makes an account compromise possible, although improbable

Security15 May 2019 | 10

RIP Hyper-Threading? ChromeOS axes key Intel CPU feature over data-leak flaws – Microsoft, Apple suggest snub

Analysis Plug pulled on SMT tech as software makers put security ahead of performance

SaaS14 May 2019 | 71

Buffer the Intel flayer: Chipzilla, Microsoft, Linux world, etc emit fixes for yet more data-leaking processor flaws

Intel CPUs dating back a decade are vulnerable to latest cousin of Spectre

Security14 May 2019 | 55

Apple stock hits bottom ... as AirPod exits man's backside and still works after colonic travels

'I am the passenger / And I ride and I ride / I ride through the city's backsides'

Bootnotes06 May 2019 | 41

The A in AMD stands for 'Aaaaannnyway...' Q2 is gonna be good, chip biz vows, after dismal Q1

Roadmap laid out for 7nm 'Rome' Epyc, Navi GPUs

On-Prem30 Apr 2019 | 24

Self-taught Belgian bloke cracks crypto conundrum that was supposed to be uncrackable until 2034

'It was easy, for some definition of easy,' solver tells El Reg

Software30 Apr 2019 | 133

And in current affairs... Apple recalls three-prong AC adapters after some shocking behavior

Six incident reports prompt wall wart withdrawal

Personal Tech26 Apr 2019 | 76

Docker raises Arm to make itself handier for IoT edge data pushing

Container biz cuddles with chip whiz in quest for kismet

Edge + IoT24 Apr 2019 |

Open-source enterprise software slinger Red Hat bravely reveals that IT bosses love open-source enterprise software

Hold the front page

On-Prem17 Apr 2019 | 11

That's the way the Cook, he crumbles: Apple, Qualcomm settle patent nuclear war – as Intel quits 5G phone race

Updated iThings flogger, chip-licensing biz put differences aside, agree multi-year modem supply deal

Personal Tech16 Apr 2019 | 26

Dutch chip equipment maker denies trade secrets theft was Chinese espionage

The first rule of China Club is don't blame China

On-Prem12 Apr 2019 | 9

Qualcomm serves up trio of new chips garnished with lavish ladles of AI gravy

AI Day First AI chip for cloud computing

AI + ML09 Apr 2019 | 2

Apple redesigns wireless AirPower charger to be world's smallest, thinnest, lightest, cheapest, invisible... OK, it doesn't exist anymore

Gizmo axed because it wasn't good enough, ran too hot

Personal Tech30 Mar 2019 | 89

TP-Link 'smart' router proves to be anything but smart – just like its maker: Zero-day vuln dropped after silence

Google security engineer emits SR20 PoC exploit after manufacturer fails to respond

Security28 Mar 2019 | 24

Meet YouTube-linked games-streaming Stadia, yet another thing Google will axe in two years (unless it kills Twitch)

Now, witness the power of this eventually operational game star

SaaS19 Mar 2019 | 75

Bombs Huawei... Smartphone exploded in my daughter's pocket, seriously burning her, claims dad in lawsuit

Yet another legal brouhaha for Chinese giant, this time nothing to do with equipment bans

Personal Tech15 Mar 2019 | 48

What do sexy selfies, search warrants, tax files have in common? They've all been found on resold USB sticks

You do know just dragging stuff to the delete folder doesn't wipe stuff, right? Apparently not

Security14 Mar 2019 | 78

From hard drive to over-heard drive: Boffins convert spinning rust into eavesdropping mic

GOOD ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE MUSIC VIA SHAZAM IF YOU TURN IT UP TO 11

Storage07 Mar 2019 | 69

SPOILER alert, literally: Intel CPUs afflicted with simple data-spewing spec-exec vulnerability

Updated 'Leakage ... is visible in all Intel generations starting from first-gen Core CPUs'

Security05 Mar 2019 | 151

When the bits hit the FAN: US military accused of knackering Russian trolls, news org's IT gear amid midterm elections

Despite fried RAID and deleted hard drives, Federal News Agency calls US Cyber Command attack a failure

Security01 Mar 2019 | 44

Ready for another fright? Spectre flaws in today's computer chips can be exploited to hide, run stealthy malware

Honey, I've shrunk the spyware and concealed it with speculative execution

Security27 Feb 2019 | 24

Thunder, thunder, thunder... Thunderclap: Feel the magic, hear the roar, macOS, Windows pwnage tools are loose

Analysis Open memory defenses allow mischief from connected kit

Security26 Feb 2019 | 32

Linus Torvalds pulls pin, tosses in grenade: x86 won, forget about Arm in server CPUs, says Linux kernel supremo

Processor designer says he's right about one thing: The need for end-to-end dev platforms

Systems23 Feb 2019 | 174

Now you've read about the bonkers world of Elizabeth Holmes, own some Theranos history: Upstart's IT gear for sale

Hard drives not included, for obvious reasons

Science22 Feb 2019 | 61

Data-spewing Spectre chip flaws can't be killed by software alone, Google boffins conclude

While browsers have got their act together, any other apps interpreting user-supplied code need to be aware of this

Security18 Feb 2019 | 82

Intel SGX 'safe' room easily trashed by white-hat hacking marauders: Enclave malware demo'd

Updated Handy for smuggling expensive zero-days onto targets and executing them, without antivirus realizing

Security12 Feb 2019 | 36

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RISC-V business: SiFive and CEVA join forces to enable the development AI-amenable, edge-oriented processors

Yeah, says Google Project Zero, when you think about it, going public with exploit deets immediately after a patch is emitted isn't such a great idea

Finally, a good use for AI: Machine-learning tool guesstimates how well your code will run on a CPU core

EA boots Linux gamers out of multiplayer Battlefield V, Penguinistas respond by demanding crippling boycott

ACLU sues America's border cops: Tell us everything about these secret search teams targeting travelers

Americans should have strong privacy-protecting encryption ...that the Feds and cops can break, say senators

Intel might want to reconsider the G part of SGX – because it's been plunderstruck

If there's somethin' stored in a secure enclave, who ya gonna call? Membuster!

Gravitons, Neoverse... you'd be forgiven for thinking AWS's second-gen 64-core Arm server processor was a sci-fi

From July, you better be Putin these Kremlin-approved apps on gadgets sold in Russia

We're so, so, sorry you're not able to get PC chips, says Intel to everyone who hasn't gone with AMD yet

Four go wild for wasm: Corporate quartet come together to build safe WebAssembly sandbox

Don't trust the Trusted Platform Module – it may leak your VPN server's private key (depending on your configuration)

Intel insists Xeon vs Epyc benchmark fight was fair, amends speed test claims anyway

Sticks and stones may break your bones but robot taunts will hurt you – in games at least

Intel heralds record third quarter – despite being unable to meet customer demand for new chips

Privacy pop-up exhibit shows people in The Glass Room shouldn't throw phones – though they may well want to

Hands off our phones, says Google: Radar-gesture-sensing Pixel 4 just $999 with a 3-year lifespan – great value!

Father of Unix Ken Thompson checkmated: Old eight-char password is finally cracked

Apple blinks on iPhone repairs, touts parts program for independent tech mechanics... sort of

A carbon-nanotube RISC-V CPU blinks into life. Boffins hold their breath awaiting first sign of life... 'Hello world!'

Chips 'n fish: Globalfoundries casts patent net at rival TSMC

More on that monster Cerebras AI chip, Xilinx touts 'world's largest' FPGA, and more

Got a burning desire for a Hololens 2.0? Microsoft insists its math coprocessor won't be too hot for headgear

Moore's Law isn't dead, chip boffin declares – we need it to keep chugging along for the sake of AI

Rome wasn't built in a day, wasn't teased in a day, either: AMD's 7nm second-gen 64-core Epyc server chips finally land

Alibaba sketches world's 'fastest' 'open-source' RISC-V processor yet: 16 cores, 64-bit, 2.5GHz, 12nm, out-of-order exec

Google nuked tech support ads to kill off scammers. OK. It also blew away legit repair shops. Not OK at all

Facebook: The future is private! So private, we designed some handy new fingercams for y'all!

Hacking these medical pumps is as easy as copying a booby-trapped file over the network

RAMBleed picks up Rowhammer, smashes DRAM until it leaks apps' crypto-keys, passwords, other secrets

Apple strips clips of WWDC devs booing that $999 monitor stand from the web using copyright claims. Fear not, you can listen again here...

Apple kills iTunes, preps pricey Mac Pro, gives iPad its own OS – plus: That $999 monitor stand

Buy, buy this American PCIe, drove my PC on the Wi-Fi so the Wi-Fi would fly

Titan-ic disaster: Bluetooth blunder sinks Google's 2FA keys, free replacements offered

RIP Hyper-Threading? ChromeOS axes key Intel CPU feature over data-leak flaws – Microsoft, Apple suggest snub

Buffer the Intel flayer: Chipzilla, Microsoft, Linux world, etc emit fixes for yet more data-leaking processor flaws

Apple stock hits bottom ... as AirPod exits man's backside and still works after colonic travels

The A in AMD stands for 'Aaaaannnyway...' Q2 is gonna be good, chip biz vows, after dismal Q1

Self-taught Belgian bloke cracks crypto conundrum that was supposed to be uncrackable until 2034

And in current affairs... Apple recalls three-prong AC adapters after some shocking behavior

Docker raises Arm to make itself handier for IoT edge data pushing

Open-source enterprise software slinger Red Hat bravely reveals that IT bosses love open-source enterprise software

That's the way the Cook, he crumbles: Apple, Qualcomm settle patent nuclear war – as Intel quits 5G phone race

Dutch chip equipment maker denies trade secrets theft was Chinese espionage

Qualcomm serves up trio of new chips garnished with lavish ladles of AI gravy

Apple redesigns wireless AirPower charger to be world's smallest, thinnest, lightest, cheapest, invisible... OK, it doesn't exist anymore

TP-Link 'smart' router proves to be anything but smart – just like its maker: Zero-day vuln dropped after silence

Meet YouTube-linked games-streaming Stadia, yet another thing Google will axe in two years (unless it kills Twitch)

Bombs Huawei... Smartphone exploded in my daughter's pocket, seriously burning her, claims dad in lawsuit

What do sexy selfies, search warrants, tax files have in common? They've all been found on resold USB sticks

From hard drive to over-heard drive: Boffins convert spinning rust into eavesdropping mic

SPOILER alert, literally: Intel CPUs afflicted with simple data-spewing spec-exec vulnerability

When the bits hit the FAN: US military accused of knackering Russian trolls, news org's IT gear amid midterm elections

Ready for another fright? Spectre flaws in today's computer chips can be exploited to hide, run stealthy malware

Thunder, thunder, thunder... Thunderclap: Feel the magic, hear the roar, macOS, Windows pwnage tools are loose

Linus Torvalds pulls pin, tosses in grenade: x86 won, forget about Arm in server CPUs, says Linux kernel supremo

Now you've read about the bonkers world of Elizabeth Holmes, own some Theranos history: Upstart's IT gear for sale

Data-spewing Spectre chip flaws can't be killed by software alone, Google boffins conclude

Intel SGX 'safe' room easily trashed by white-hat hacking marauders: Enclave malware demo'd

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