Microsoft’s Azure Quantum service opened to the public on Monday, bringing the radically different computing technology to the world’s second-biggest cloud computing service. Azure Quantum includes quantum computers made by Honeywell and IonQ. These machines use a design called an ion trap that employs electrically charged atoms as qubits, the fundamental element used by quantum …
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The engineers are back in charge at Intel. After just two years in the role, Intel‘s chief executive and former chief financial officer Bob Swan will step down effective Feb. 15, the company said in a press release on Wednesday. Pat Gelsinger, a chip engineer who spent 30 years at Intel but the last eight years at software company VMware, …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Most PC makers show up for CES with a concept device or two. Asus, on the other hand, arrives with laptops that are beyond what others are doing — and they’re ready to ship. The ZenBook Duo is a perfect example. …
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Qualcomm is betting big on a company designing powerful but power-efficient chips for data centers — $1.4 billion big. The company on Wednesday said it has reached a deal to acquire Nuvia, a two-year-old startup run by former Apple chip executives. But Qualcomm won’t just be aiming its newly acquired technology at servers. Instead, it plans to use Nuvia CPUs …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. For years, computer makers have tried to sell PCs built on Arm processors, a power-efficient family that powers smartphones. Compared with models running on x86 chips from Intel and AMD, though, Arm-based PCs have suffered from performance and software compatibility shortcomings. …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. When it comes to CES 2021 laptop announcements, it’s starting to look like a repeat of 2020 with the bulk of new PCs aimed at commercial and creative users. That’s certainly the case for HP, which has kicked off its announcements …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. AMD announced its Ryzen 5000 series mobile processors on Tuesday, with Chief Executive Lisa Su taking to the virtual stage for her CES 2021 keynote. The new line includes a 35 watt version intended for a new generation of thin-and-light gaming …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. As part of PC and component maker Asus’ CES 2021 gaming announcements, the company unveiled a special edition of its dual-screen gaming laptop. The Zephyrus Duo 15 SE features a new 15.6-inch main display, next-gen components from AMD and Nvidia and …
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Intel demonstrated its next-generation flagship laptop chip Monday at CES 2021, a chip code-named Alder Lake that should be faster when you need performance and more power-efficient when you need better battery life. The processor will arrive in the second half of 2021. The brief demonstration, in an online press conference hosted by Intel’s consumer chip leader Greg Bryant, showed …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Intel’s flipping its mobile gaming processor equation for CES 2021: This year’s target is “ultraportable gaming,” otherwise known as systems that prioritize portability and workday-long battery life over raw performance from behemoths that never leave your desk. But never fear, Intel …
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