In the eighties, computer processors became faster and faster, while memory access times stagnated and hindered additional performance increases. Something had to be done to speed up memory access and ...

If you've ever been computer shopping, you'll undoubtedly have heard the term RAM thrown around willy-nilly. You might know a few things about RAM, such as that it's one of the most important parts in ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Memory helps us notice disruptions in familiar patterns.” This is such a simple yet unusual description of the ...

Computers are now essential to our daily lives, found both at work and at home. But what exactly makes them tick? And what will the computer of the future look like? A computer is a machine that ...

While you may have been distracted by Apple’s new product releases and interesting operating system enhancements, the company ...