After getting the world’s first microprocessor, the 4004, into silicon, Dr Federico Faggin set about his next task at Intel – designing the first 8-bit microprocessor – the 8008. “It was ...

Next time you get frustrated with your computer because it won’t obey your command in less than a second, you might want to remember just what exactly is going on behind that screen. Technology is so ...

IBM's processors replicate the system of synaptic connections found in the human brain IBM has developed a microprocessor which it claims comes closer than ever to replicating the human brain. The ...

One man has spent four years and £40,000 building a giant, room-sized computer that can be used to play Tetris. James Newman built the ‘megaprocessor’ in his living room in Cambridge, but with it ...