Chips, the Universe and Everything

A word from our sponsor: Intel showed off its new Core 2 Duo Extreme chips in these fetching perspex and neon boxes running various games. It's not Intel's fault that most of the journalists considered smashing fundamental particles into each other at extreme speeds in order to rip the secrets of the universe from the glittering remains a far better game. A special prize, however, goes to the German journalist who asked 'Why can't CERN just run the experiment in simulation?' We'll leave the answer to that one as an exercise for the reader.