News: CPU
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Intel Unveils Low-Power, High-Performance Silvermont Microarchitecture
Silvermont will be the foundation for Intel's range of innovative products that are beginning to come to market later this year, and will also be manufactured using the company's 22nm Tri-Gate SoC manufacturing process, which brings significant performance increases and improved energy efficiency.
Thursday, 2 May 2013
Intel Teases Haswell Graphics Performance
Intel has released a series of graphics performance charts of its new Haswell processors, which will be launched on June 4. If the charts are anything to go by, Haswell could finally deliver performance equivalent to discrete graphics cards.
Monday, 29 Apr 2013
NVIDIA APAC Media Day: Day 2 - HP's New Workstations Powered by NVIDIA Technology
HP's partnership with NVIDIA provides its workstations with the power needed to calculate and design complex designs and challenges.
Friday, 26 Apr 2013
Intel Announces Arrival of 4th Generation Intel Core Processor
Intel has just announced the arrival of the 4th Generation Intel Core processor on its Facebook page. More details inside!
Wednesday, 10 Apr 2013
Intel Reiterates Mobile Processor Offerings at Annual Developer Forum
Intel highlighted its new Atom processor series that have made inroads into data center servers and mobile devices. One of the keynote addresses touched on the new standard features of Haswell-based Ultrabooks, complete with gaming demonstrations.
Overheard: Next Xbox to Feature AMD Samara Mobile APU
Bloomberg reports that Microsoft has signed a deal with AMD to have the former's next generation Xbox feature AMD's Samara mobile APU.
Monday, 8 Apr 2013
Intel Begins Shipping Next-Gen 'Haswell' CPUs to PC Manufacturers
According to CNET, Intel has shipped its fourth-generation 'Haswell' Intel Core CPUs to PC manufacturers. The new CPU is also said to be launched later in this quarter.
Tuesday, 2 Apr 2013
NVIDIA CEO Approached by Intel as Possible CEO Replacement
According to TechEye.net, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has been approached by headhunters who were looking to replace Paul Otellini as Intel's next CEO. Although this report warrants some doubt, it is not unthinkable as we reported last month that Intel was seriously considering outside candidates for its top job.
Monday, 1 Apr 2013
IBM's Roadrunner Supercomputer Declared Obsolete, Will Be Dismantled
The world's former fastest supercomputer, which was also the first computer to break the petaflop barrier of performance, has been declared obsolete and will be taken offline.
Tuesday, 26 Mar 2013
Caltech Researchers Unveil Self-Healing, Self-Monitoring Microchip
Researchers at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) recently revealed a self-healing microchip that also has the ability to monitor its own status. If the chip is damaged, it reconfigures itself with the help of a secondary chip in order to come up with new ways to continue to perform its tasks.