Published on Sunday, July 4, 2010 by admin Nokia and Intel have released the pre-alpha MeeGo mobile operating system to developers. The Linux-based merger of Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo is the successor to Symbian. Nokia is betting heavily on MeeGo to keep it the world's largest handset maker as Apple and Android move up. Nokia hopes to spur development of apps. Nokia is betting heavily on the MeeGo ...

Published on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 by admin While Nvidia developers see a 100x speed increase, Intel only sees 14x with some kernels using CUDA. ZoomA recent paper written by Intel and presented to the International Symposium on Computer Architecture in France claims that Nvidia's GeForce GTX 280 GPU is only 14x faster than its Core i7 960 processor. The paper attempts to debunk claims made by Nvidia dev...

Published on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 by admin Intel’s graphics offerings have traditionally been a little lackluster, but that could be about to change. Intel has reportedly informed its corporate partners that the new Sandy Bridge CPUs will be available by year’s end, and will pack a significant graphics performance increase. Intel is claiming as much as a doubling of performance. A “doubling...

Published on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 by admin Earlier today, Intel released more information with initial product demonstrations of their new CULV (Consumer Ultra Low Voltage) processors. On hand were Acer, ASUS, Gateway, Lenovo, and MSI laptops—likely with plenty more to follow. You can view the recorded Intel webcast—or you may find the PDF slides more your style—but we'll summarize the salient d...

Published on Saturday, May 22, 2010 by admin The long rumored Google TV that partners the internet company with Sony, Intel and Logitech has been debuted at the Google I/O Conference today. We have been hearing rumors of Google’s TV ambitions for awhile now, but we finally have some solid facts to go on. Today the curtain has been pulled back, and we have our first official glimpse at the Google TV, the fir...

Published on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 by admin If you wonder how tiny a PowerPC SoC (System on chip) could be, AppliedMicro has recently announced a new Power Architecture based processor that is claimed to be the world’s smallest form factor in the industry. Named as APM801xx, it consists of multiple SKUs clocking from 400MHz, 600MHz and 800MHz suitable for different applications ranging from WiFi access point,...

Published on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 by admin The worldwide leading innovator of audio, video, communications and IT products, Sony has announced the upcoming launch of its new updated, ultra-compact Sony VAIO P Series, which the company claims as its first laptop equipped with an integrated GPS, accelerometer sensor and Digital Compass. The new VAIO P full-featured notebook computer will incorporate Intel Atom C...

Published on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 by admin AMD today have launched five new processors, to replace current products, ranging from the budget Athlon II X2 260 to the Athlon II X4 610. New Processor Speed / Mhz Cores TDP Price Processor Replaced Athlon II X4 640 3000 4 95W $122 Athlon II X4 635 Athlon II X4 610e 2400 4 45W $143 Athlon II X4 605e Athlon II X3 445 3100 3 ...

Published on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 by admin Atom was designed to be a low-cost, low-power solution, but its value in the desktop space is debatable if you consider performance. We pit the cheapest Core i3 against Intel's Atom on a performance-per-dollar and a per-watt basis to see which is better. This is no apples to apples comparison here. The two products we're pitting against each other belong in differe...

Published on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 by admin The newest product to be thrusted into Intel's server arsenal will be called Westmere-EX, and is set to directly compete with AMD's Mangy-Cours server chip which features 12 cores, and AMD's future Bulldozer architecture. In a webcast speech, Stephen Smith, vice president/director of PC client operations and enabling at Intel, announced the upcoming Nehalem-EX refr...

Published on Monday, May 10, 2010 by admin Announcing high end products and 'Halo' type hardware is relatively easy for manufacturers - slap some snazzy artwork next to a few pictures, wring a few industry related endorsements, put the major selling points in big letters, write a website page for it, and maybe run a competition to let a couple of people win one.    For entry level boards, it's a different ma...

Published on Friday, May 7, 2010 by admin Intel’s second-gen Atom platform, Moorestown, positions the chip giant to have a killer smartphone and MID platform in 2010. The old Atom Z5xx drawbacks seem fixed. Why does Moorestown rock, and will it be enough to let Intel advance in this market? Imagine you’re running a 3DMark graphics demo at perfectly fluid frame rates. Then imagine you’re watching 72...

Published on Sunday, May 2, 2010 by admin A very smart man once told me that absolute performance doesn’t matter, it’s performance at a given price point that makes a product successful. While AMD hasn’t held the absolute performance crown for several years now, that doesn’t mean the company’s products haven’t been successful. During the days of the original Phenom, AMD started the trend of o...

Published on Friday, April 30, 2010 by admin Intel's most modern dual-core Pineview-based Atom processor isn't just aimed at energy-efficient netbooks. It can also be found in NAS servers from a variety of manufacturers. We tested two mid-range appliances in order to measure the CPU's capabilities. With the Atom processor's introduction, Intel triggered what could almost be called a small revolution. The proc...

Published on Thursday, January 7, 2010 by admin Intel on Thursday officially released its next-generation chips, which should improve the system performance and battery life of laptops. For the past year, the chip maker has talked about the chips as a giant upgrade over existing Core chips that go into laptops and desktops. The chips provide close to double the processing and graphics performance than their comp...