Scratch that, the Lenovo ThinkPad X120e is on sale now

Feb 22, 2011 No Comments

We know, last week we told you that Lenovo’s ThinkPad X120e wasn’t going to be avilable until March 8th, but we guess you could call us liars, since the new AMD Zacate-powered, 11.6-inch laptop is up for sale right now on Lenovo’s site… Tweet This Post

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AMD Radeon HD 6970M reviewed: major leap from HD 5870M, not quite a GTX 485M

Feb 03, 2011 No Comments

What has 960 shaders, two gigabytes of dedicated GDDR5 memory with throughput of 115.2GBps, and the ability to churn 680 million polygons each and every second? Yes, the Radeon HD 6970M. AMD’s fastest mobile chip to date has been doing the review rounds recently and the response has been unsurprisingly positive… Tweet This Post

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AMD has a 5W Fusion APU to put in your future tablet of choice

Jan 31, 2011 No Comments

The same Singapore event that brought us our first look at AMD’s humongous Radeon HD 6990 has also served as the stage for the company’s first showing of a new, even lower-powered Fusion APU. The regular dual-core Ontario (C-50) variant requires a 9W power budget to operate, but AMD’s managed to shrink that down to [...]

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AMD Radeon HD 6990 shows up in its metallic flesh, looking larger than life

Jan 26, 2011 No Comments

What does the next great superpower of desktop graphics look like? Well, it shares an unmistakable family resemblance to the current champ, but its dimensions have somehow been made even larger. Yes, we’re talking about AMD’s Radeon HD 6990 — a dual-GPU monstrosity that’s set to serve as the company’s 2011 flagship — which has [...]

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Toshiba NB550D with AMD Ontario denied entry to the US

Jan 23, 2011 No Comments

So, this sort of sucks. Remember the AMD Fusion Toshiba NB550D with its Harman Kardon speakers? Well, according to Toshiba it won’t be landing in the US anytime soon. According to Liliputing, Tosh has no plans to release the Ontario-powered 10-inch laptop on this side of the pond… Tweet This Post

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Acer Aspire One 522 with AMD Ontario shows up on Amazon

Jan 22, 2011 1 Comment

Sure, we had known a few bits and pieces about Acer’s forthcoming AMD Fusion-powered netbook but you can always count on Amazon to dish out the spec and pricing details we’ve been waiting for. Unlike the Fusion HP Pavilion dm1 we just reviewed, which packs a higher-end AMD Zacate E-350 APU, the Aspire One 522 [...]

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AMD ships 1.3 million Fusion APUs, 35 million DirectX 11 GPUs, says it has ‘momentum’

Jan 22, 2011 No Comments

Hey, this interim CEO thing doesn’t seem to be too hard at all. Thomas Seifert, the temporary solution to the problem created by Dirk Meyer’s departure from AMD’s top spot, has had a pretty comfy ride reporting the company’s latest quarterly results… Tweet This Post

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Compulab fit-PC3 offers dual-core AMD power in a case less than an inch thick

Jan 19, 2011 No Comments

Think tablets will kill off the nettop like they’re doing with the netbook? Think again — well, for now, at least. Compulab has released details of its latest little powerhouse, and this one’s faster than ever despite being less than an inch thick and about six inches across… Tweet This Post

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Acer Iconia Windows 7 tablet hands-on

Jan 09, 2011 No Comments

Acer has made something very clear here at CES — it’s going to enter the tablet market much like it entered the netbook one, with lots of options. In addition to the Android tablets (it’s got 4.8-, 7-, and 10-inch versions) and the dual-screen Iconia, the company will be bringing its 10… Tweet This Post

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AMD’s E-350 Zacate APU finds a home in Zotac’s Zbox AD03 Blu-ray HTPC

Jan 07, 2011 No Comments

AMD’s Fusion APU has had its coming out party here at CES, and already companies are champing at the bit to offer updated systems with the E-350 embedded within. Zotac’s offering up a revised version of its Zbox HTPC this week, with the AD03 boasting an all-too-familiar exterior, a slot-loading Blu-ray drive and the aforesaid [...]

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Intel reveals next-generation Atom details

Dec 21, 2009 No Comments

Intel has revealed the launch specs for the first-ever line of x86 products that contain both a GPU and CPU on the same die. Pine Trail, the next-generation Atom platform, will pave the way for future integrated CPU/GPU parts from both Intel and AMD… Tweet This Post

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PC sales still sagging as market waits for Santa Claus

Sep 17, 2009 No Comments

IDC’s has released its market report for the second quarter of 2009, and it contains little in the way of good news for beleaguered PC vendors. Worldwide PC shipments are down 2.4 percent year-over-year, as businesses and consumers continued to hold off on upgrades and new purchases. Adding to the misery was serious margin compression—aggressive discounting [...]

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