January 25, 2011
Boutique system builder Digital Storm says you can throw overclocking caution to the wind with its new pint-sized Enix system built around Intel’s Sandy Bridge platform.
“By disregarding the common wisdom that bigger is better, the Enix’s small profile…
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January 24, 2011
A leaked slide of Nvidia’s upcoming Tegra 2 3D platform surfaced over the weekend, revealing a few details Nvidia reportedly plans to unveil at the Mobile World Congress in February, TechEye.net reports.
There are two versions of the processor being re…
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January 21, 2011
Custom system builder AVADirect this week announced new desktops and notebooks built around Intel’s recently released Sandy Bridge platform, paving the way for more affordable configurations with increased performance.
“We always knew the day would com…
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January 21, 2011
Overall one would have to say it was a fairly good year for AMD, who despite still trailing Intel for the performance crown, still managed to post $6.49 billion in revenue for the year ended December 25, 2010, the chip maker announced on Thursday. Reve…
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January 19, 2011
Intel’s chip plant in Kiryat Gat, Israel, is about to be upgraded to 22nm production capability, the chip maker said at a news conference. The upgrade will see the company invest around $2.7 billion, including a $210 million grant that was recentl…
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January 19, 2011
At some point, you have to think Acer will become a major player in the emerging tablet market, just as the company blitzed the netbook segment full force. But perhaps wisely, the PC maker has, for the most part, taken a wait-and-see approach.
In the c…
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January 14, 2011
There’s nothing sexy about single-core computing anymore, even if developers have yet to really fully embrace multi-core processors. We’re already up to six-core processors on the consumer desktop, so why are we still stuck at single-core chips in the …
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January 13, 2011
Intel is having a tough time convincing notebook vendors to adopt its Oak Trail platform for upcoming tablet PCs. As a result, the Santa Clara chip maker has begun pitching offers it hopes OEMs can’t refuse, DigiTimes says.
Acer, Asus, and Hewlett-Pack…
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