Tilera sees sense in the server wars, puts just 36 cores in its newest processor

Jan 30, 2012 No Comments

While Tilera’s forthcoming 100-core processors threaten to set off fire alarms around the world, the company has finally brought out its more sensible 36-core variant. The 1.2GHz Tile-GX36 sips just 24 watts and is designed to be especially handy with short and sharp jobs like processing internet transactions… Tweet This Post

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Notion Ink explains OMAP over Tegra decision for the Adam II

Jan 29, 2012 No Comments

While which chip ends up in a particular device will significantly affect its performance and access to future upgrades, it’s not often that we get to peek behind the curtain and find out why those decisions were made… Tweet This Post

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Samsung looks to borrow $1 billion to expand production capacity in Austin, Texas

Jan 16, 2012 No Comments

When you’re producing chips for the iPad and iPhone, you need a serious facility to meet those demands. And evidently, Samsung’s not foreseeing its legal battles with Apple to cause any wrinkles in said plans… Tweet This Post

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Fuzhou Rockchip hypes RK2918 chip for bargain ICS phones and tablets

Jan 11, 2012 No Comments

Could Fuzhou Rockchip’s new RK2918 be the the next go-to processor for a budget Android 4.0 experience? We already spotted this fleck of silicon running in the company’s PAD prototype (shown above) and now we’re told it’ll also power a China-targeted ICS smartphone made by AirTouch, as well as an ‘eHome Cloud Solution’ that’ll somehow [...]

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Quanta sues AMD, claims it sold defective products

Jan 04, 2012 No Comments

Yikes. Quanta — also known as the planet’s largest contract maker of laptops — has just slapped a nasty lawsuit on the world’s second-largest chipmaker. According to Bloomberg, Quanta is alleging that AMD and ATI sold chips that “didn’t meet heat tolerances and were unfit for particular purposes… Tweet This Post

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Intel starts shipping Atom N2600, N2800 processors for netbooks, ten hours of battery life promised

Dec 28, 2011 No Comments

We’ve already seen a few benchmarks and other hints that they’d soon be shipping, and Intel has now officially announced that its new Cedar Trail Atom processors are finally available, with the first systems using them set to roll out early next year… Tweet This Post

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VT nears completion of HokieSpeed, world’s 96th most powerful supercomputer

Dec 23, 2011 No Comments

If basking in the presence of a powerful supercomputer is on your list of “must-haves” when selecting a proper university, then you may wish to fire off an admissions application to the Hokies at Virginia Tech… Tweet This Post

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Acer announces Iconia Tab A200 packing Tegra 2 CPU, Ice Cream Sandwich on the way

Dec 02, 2011 No Comments

We’ve already seen it pass through the FCC and pop-up in a family-friendly video, but today, Acer’s Iconia Tab A200 has finally received official status, courtesy of an announcement obtained by Netbook News… Tweet This Post

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Verizon purportedly readying new LTE tablets, Xyboard gets namedropped

Dec 02, 2011 No Comments

Are there two Droid tablets on Verizon’s horizon? It certainly seems like it, now that CNET has outed the Motorola Mobility Droid Xyboard. According to the news outlet, Verizon is gearing up to release two different versions of the 4G LTE-equipped tablet — an eight-inch model and a ten-incher, both slated for launch later this [...]

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Fuzhou Rockchip teases Android 4.0 PAD, brings Ice Cream Sandwich to the big screen (video)

Nov 28, 2011 No Comments

A tablet running Ice Cream Sandwich? That’s what China’s Fuzhou Rockchip has apparently produced with the Android 4.0 PAD, as seen by our brethren over at Engadget China. According to the manufacturer, this slate is the very first to run Android 4… Tweet This Post

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Nvidia aims to knock Intel out of supercomputers with ARM CPUs and graphics chips

Nov 14, 2011 No Comments

Nvidia is forging ahead with its plans to revolutionize supercomputers and workstations with a number of announcements today. Among them, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center will be the first in the world to adopt a solution that combines Nvidia’s low-power ARM-based Tegra central processing units (CPUs) with Nvidia’s graphics processing units (GPUs)… Tweet This Post

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Maingear brings Intel i7-3960X Extreme Edition chip, Epic Audio Engine to desktops, extreme gamers

Nov 14, 2011 No Comments

Looking to add a dash of extremity to your gaming existence? Maingear’s got you covered, now that it’s added a second generation Intel Core i7 CPU to a handful of its desktop offerings. Today, the company announced yet another upgrade to its SHIFT, Quantum SHIFT and F131 desktops, with the addition of the Intel Core [...]

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