Most computer security focuses on software, but computer processors are vulnerable to hackers, too. An experimental secure processor changes its underlying structure before hackers can figure it out.
The chips are most definitely down.
Konstantin Savusia
Howard Yu, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
This will not happen under the watch of Xi Jingping.
Liang Hua, CEO of Huawei poses during a stay in Paris in December 2019. The smartphone giant could well lose many European markets because of American sanctions.
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Sanctions against Huawei by the US Commerce department have been followed by other countries. How can the company’s business thrive with so few avenues left?
Howard Yu, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Silicon Valley’s chip supplier de choix scored a massive own goal with smartphones. If it has got driverless cars wrong too, it could be goodnight Santa Clara.
Are microchips as secure as you think they should be?
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As the microchip industry celebrates the 50th anniversary of chipmaker Intel’s founding, engineers and researchers call for a complete rethinking of computer architecture.
The rate of growth in computing power predicted by Gordon Moore (pictured) could be slowing.
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The rapid advancement of computing power has followed an unusual law that was first mooted a half century ago. But are there signs things could be slowing down?