Intel Forum preview: Moore’s Law expressed as fewer chips

Sep 13, 2009 1 Comment by admin

Intel is expressing Moore’s Law anew as packing functions into fewer chips. New “Clarksfield,” “Arrandale” and “Jasper Forest” processors, among others, will showcase this theme later this month at the Intel Developer Forum. Intel Vice President Steve Smith discussed the highlights of annual marquee Intel event that will kick off September 22 in San Francisco [...]

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AMD’s new VISION for PCs doesn’t go by the numbers

Sep 12, 2009 No Comments by admin

A new GPU architecture wasn’t the only thing that AMD launched Thursday at its event on the USS Hornet; the company also unveiled its latest rebranding, along with two new notebook platforms. Let’s take a look at both, in turn…

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AMD’s next-gen GPU powers Crysis on an iPhone

Sep 10, 2009 No Comments by admin

AMD unveiled its next-gen GPU, and secretive networked gaming company OTOY used it to power a demo of Crysis running on an iPhone. Believe it or not, it really worked.AMD unveiled its next-generation GPU architecture at an event today aboard the USS Hornet—2.5 teraFLOPS of floating-point power, or well over twice the company’s current high-end [...]

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