The University of Edinburgh has been selected by Intel to become an Intel Parallel Computing Centre (IPCC).  EPCC is the supercomputing centre at Edinburgh and it will be working with Intel. The university has announced: EPCC … has been designated an Intel Parallel Computing Centre (IPCC), through a prestigious grant from Intel – a distinction currently held by only a handful of ...

We wrote back in January that Bristol University had been selected by Intel to become an Intel Parallel Computing Centre (IPCC). Now, the University of Edinburgh joins the ranks. EPCC is the supercomputing centre at Edinburgh and it will be working with Intel. The university has announced: EPCC … has been designated an Intel Parallel Computing Centre (IPCC), through a prestigious ...

First cargo, now crew – the uber-modern “space taxi” known as the Dragon V2 is ready for passengers. At an unveiling ceremony yesterday, complete with smoke effects and coloured lights, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave the world its first glimpse of the upgraded Dragon spacecraft. NASA is already using an unpiloted version of Dragon to send cargo to the International Space ...

“Saburo Shiroyama, the famous author of business novels, says that the business executive should have the characteristics of an explorer, a soldier, a judge and an artist,” writes Tsuyoshi Kawanishi, former CEO of Toshiba Semiconductor, in his book Chip Management.

Professor Sir John Pendry FRS, known for his work on the ‘invisibility cloak’,  has been awarded the 2014 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience. The theoretical physicist receives the prize in honour of his contributions to nano-optics, which explores how light behaves on a scale of one billionth of a metre, and to the field of metamaterials – man-made materials with unusual ...

Professor Sir John Pendry FRS known for his work on the ‘invisibility cloak’ and the perfect lens has been awarded the 2014 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience. The theoretical physicist receives the prize in honour of his contributions to nano-optics, which explores how light behaves on a scale of one billionth of a metre, and to the field of metamaterials – ...

TSMC is to spend $1.8 billion on R&D this year. Last year it spent $1.6 billion.

TSMC is to spend $1.8 billion on R&D this year. Last year it spent $1.6 billion.

Thank to reader Mike M for highlighting this one – a functional circuit art tribute to Bob Pease, the analogue integrated circuit design expert who died in 2011.

The University of Birmingham is developing a portable optical atomic clock that could be used as a gravity sensor as well as for navigation and timing, writes Steve Bush in UK plc reveals quantum 2.0 science, having visited the National Physical Laboratory. Usually lab-sized, the Birmingham clock is already down to 1m across, and the aim is to reduce this to the ...