Intel's Knights Mill mega-chip to take on GPUs in AI

From InfoWorld: Intel has pulled open the curtain on a secretly developed mega-chip called Knights Mill, a key component in its artificial-intelligence strategy.

The chip -- which belongs to the family of high-performance Xeon Phi processors -- gives Intel a legitimate opportunity to tackle machine...

Beast of the east: Huawei to build phones in India

From CNET: Peter Zhai, President of Huawei India Consumer Business Group, said on Thursday that the company will soon begin manufacturing phones in the country, The Economic Times reports.

For Huawei, the world's third largest smartphone brand according to IDC research, manufacturing devices in the...

AZIO MGK L80 (Kailh Blue) Review

I remember when I was young, my first step of learning how to use a computer was typing practice. I spent hundreds of hours adapting myself to typing without looking at the keyboard. At that time, my computer entrance level course was almost equivalent with the learning of how to use a typewriter, which sounds less exciting in a certain way. However, after much later, when I entered university and sat in the classroom of the first year...

ARM pact may help Intel woo Apple into new chip deal

From InfoWorld: The chances of Apple using Intel's factories to manufacture iPhone and iPad chips have just rocketed upward.

Intel yesterday expanded its custom manufacturing business so it can fabricate chips based on ARM architecture.

Apple's cutting-edge A-series chips, used in the iPhone and...

​Intel expects USB Type-C could help kill the 3.5mm audio jack

From CNET: One venerable computing technology, USB, could be about to help kill off an even older standard, the 3.5mm audio jack.

The 3.5mm audio jack was popularized as the way to plug headphones into Sony's portable Walkman tape player and got a new lease on life as a way to handle audio on...

Intel challenges Raspberry Pi 3 with tricked-out Joule board

From PC World: Intel has unleashed a new competitor to Raspberry Pi 3 with its new Joule development board, which packs in superior graphics and wireless connectivity.

The chipmaker has loaded the development board with technology found in regular PCs: a 64-bit quad-core Atom processor, 4K graphics...

Apple to boost investment in China, report says

From CNET: Apple is ramping up its investment in China, building a new facility in the country, according to reports concerning the tech-maker's plans for the region.

CEO Tim Cook is said to have revealed the plans -- which reportedly include building a research and development centre -- in a...

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