innovation
AMD CTO Quits!
Advanced Micro Devices announced on Wednesday that senior VP and chief technology officer Phil Hester has stepped down, becoming the third high-ranked executive to leave in less than a year.
A spokesman for the company revealed that Hester is looking to explore other opportunities but his future plans were not disclosed.
The blow for the chipmaker comes [...]
Seven Technologies That Will Transform Businesses
Gartner has identified seven technologies that will “completely transform” business over the next 25 years, including parallel programming, wireless power sources for mobile devices, automated speech translation, and computing interfaces that detect human gestures.
“Many of the emerging technologies that will be entering the market in 2033 are already known in some form in 2008,” Gartner [...]
My Life in a Video Game (Batteries Not Included)
Computer designers are working feverishly to develop almost magic by embedding the latest generation of chips in new places andgiving them new powers to animate the world. The goal is computers thatare practically invisible to people and more fully integrated intotheir lives.
Imagine an umbrella with a cellphone embedded in the handle. It coulddial up the [...]
