He said he had been flabbergasted to learn that computer science was not taught as standard in UK schools, despite what he called the "fabulous initiative" in the 1980s when the BBC not only broadcast programmes for children about coding, but shipped over a million BBC Micro computers into schools and homes.
This new Age was born as micro-computers and associated innovations converged with high-speed Internet and associated applications.
Its decision to finally begin installing chips made by Advanced Micro Devices into its desktop computers should also lead to more competitive pricing.
Intel (15, INTC) has all but dispatched Advanced Micro Devices as a serious competitor in computers, and now with its Atom line of tiny, low-power-consumption chips based on the x86 architecture, is moving into netbook computers, mobile Internet devices and a wide range of other consumer gadgets.
But Cambridge, the birthplace of computers from the Edsac to the BBC Micro, has at least produced an attempt to address that problem with the Raspberry Pi, which aims to inspire a new generation of computer scientists.
Its decision to finally begin installing chips made by Advanced Micro Devices (nyse: AMD - news - people ) into its desktop computers should also lead to more competitive pricing.
Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD - news - people ) as a serious competitor in computers, and now with its Atom line of tiny, low-power-consumption chips based on the x86 architecture, is moving into netbook computers, mobile Internet devices and a wide range of other consumer gadgets.
Shares of Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices also rose on the news, which means investors are betting sales of servers and personal computers are rebounding, along with the economy, rather than just Intel.
In a statement, Cuomo said he is investigating whether Intel forced its customers to lock out Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices from the market for the so-called x86 processors that power the world's personal computers.
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