Intel’s fight against ARM gets deeper with Rockchip deal
Why Intel's deal with Rockchip is the first salvo in a long war against ARM. (more…)
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Computex 2014: AMD ‘ambidextrous’ Skybridge awaiting Intel’s Skylake?
What will a market showdown between AMD's Skybridge and Intel's Skylake look like? (more…)
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IntelNews
Computex will show the desktop is alive and well
Computexes of past introduced us to ultrabooks and low-cost tablets. This year's Computex, however, will prove that the desktop is alive and well. (more…)
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Singapore universities finally back in supercomputing prowess
Singaporean teams proved they could hold their own at the recent ASC 2014 supercomputing competition in Guangzhou. (more…)
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IntelNewsProcessors
Intel Broadwell-EP Xeon E5 v4: Focus on more cores and reliability
With no expected delays in Intel’s server and workstation “tick tock” roadmap for the next several years, and a ARM replacing AMD as a chief competitor, what will Intel's flagship Xeon chip look like? (more…)
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IntelNewsProcessors
Haswell-EP and Broadwell-EP Xeons on time: Intel server CPU gravy train speeds further
What does the future hold for the mainstream Xeon processor line? Will it face the roadmap uncertainties of off-the-shelf desktop CPUs for the next year or two? (more…)
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Intel’s Xeon Phi Knights series expands in 2015
Breaking down Intel's upcoming Xeon Phi Knights series HPC platform. (more…)
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Ivy Bridge-EP: Xeon E5 gets its 2013 refresh
As widely expected, Intel finally officially announced the Ivy Bridge 22 nm refresh of its Xeon E5 family, the dual socket Xeon E5-26xx v2, this past week at the San Francisco IDF. While it took them longer than expected to get the new doritos out, Intel’s engineers used the extra
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Alcatel One Touch’s plan to conquer the mobile world
VR-Zone sits down with TCL Corporation's APAC marketing boss Albert Wong in the company's hometown of Huizhou, China to talk about the mobile maker's push for dominance. (more…)
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Ivy Bridge-E HEDT Core i7 is actual six-core Xeon die
The six-core HEDT Sandy Bridge-E Core i7 was in fact a large eight-core Sandy Bridge-EP Xeon E5 with two cores and outside QPI turned off. What about its upcoming Ivy Bridge-E follow on? (more…)
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Intel announces next gen server SoC to keep ARM down
Today at its data center event in San Francisco, Intel's Diane Bryant, who runs the company's enterprise CPU business, announced a couple of new upcoming products aimed at keeping Intel's dominance in the high margin server market. (more…)
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Haswell-X Xeon EP sighting …. In Penang!
During Intel’s ‘Design in Asia’ tour, we had chance to peep into the labs… (more…)
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AndroidReviewsSmartphones
TCL Alcatel One Touch Idol Smartphone – Superthin Budget Dual-SIM
TCL not only pushes UHD TVs and names the Hollywood Oscar’s venue, but also offers a line of smartphones under Alcatel branding. Here’s one new powerful yet budget model. (more…)
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Analysis: Intel wins the expected #1 supercomputer spot, right in the middle of Middle Kingdom
We told you all the juicy details about it months ago, down to the CPUs and accelerators used, and the expected total size when finished, but we didn't tell you it's World's No 1 even at the pilot stage. But there are buts and ifs here... (more…)
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Graphics CardsNewsProcessors
Haswell graphics – just in time for 4K UHD TV
While AMD Trinity was the first to technically allow it, Haswell seems to be the first CPU with integrated GPU to support proper 30 fps 4K for most of the video content. Here are the first impressions… (more…)
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NewsProcessors
Long live Haswell: With Broadwell only in 2015, a midterm refresh is on the cards
With near zero competition right now on the desktop front, why rush? Our sources say that, instead of Broadwell, the 2014 will see just a Haswell refresh first, likely a new CPU stepping combined with a new chipset. (more…)
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ProcessorsReviews
Intel Xeon 2013 update – A bit later, but a bit better too
Too bad that Intel is having no significant competition on the server/workstation front, so no need to rush either - the Ivy Bridge based Xeon E5 and E7 processors are finally rolling out towards the end this year, but with more cores than originally expected. Meanwhile, the Xeon Phi MIC/co-processor/accelerator
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AppleReviewsTablets and E-Readers
Apple iPad mini – a (re)view from a staunch PC user’s side
Did the tablets mature from a consumer fad to a serious device that can be used for serious purposes, even when small in size? Here’s a look at one of the most popular new entries, Apple iPad mini. (more…)
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AppleReviewsTablets and E-Readers
AutoCAD on iPad Mini: Tablet as the next 3-D content creation tool?
Tablets are usually considered as content viewing / playback devices, rather than content creation tools, which was the realm of PCs and workstations. However, in 3-D graphics apps such as CAD and 3-D visualization, they have a chance – here’s the first AutoCAD experience on the iPad Mini... (more…)
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ProcessorsReviews
PC CPUs in 2013 – Year of the Haswell
The ‘End of the World’ year came to an end, is the next one going to be the end of PC CPUs? Not yet! Although, there might not be many launches to speak of… (more…)
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