processors
Computing

These Brand New AMD Processors Could Be Your Next Laptop’s Brain

Intel’s new 4th-gen chips may be on the horizon, but AMD is taking the opportunity to strike first and get out there with its new family of third-generation A-series processors ahead of time. Enter the “Temash”, “Kabini” and “Richland” processors that will make themselves at home in upcoming tablets, midrange notebooks and powerhouse ultrathins soon.

10 April 2013

Science

These Tiny Chiplets Could Coat Nearly Anything In Digital Intelligence

Imagine if silicon chips were smaller than a grain of sand and could be made using a laser printer: everything under the sun could be made unobtrusively smart. But that’s not science fiction, and you don’t have to imagine too hard — because researchers have already done it.

28 February 2013

Science

The World’s Smallest ARM Chip Is Going To Be Inside You

Manufactured by Freescale, this chunk of silicone claims to be the world’s smallest ARM-powered chip. Measuring just 2mm x 2mm x 0.5mm, it’s so small that it will likely end up inside… you.

20 February 2013

Mobile

Nvidia Tegra 4i: Quad-Core Processing And 4G For Mobile Awesome

Just over a month after announcing the Tegra 4 processor, Nvidia’s back with another mobile chipset, the Tegra 4i, which comes with an integrated LTE modem. It’s designed specifically for use with smartphones. Where the Tegra 4 is all about raw power for big phones and tablets, the Tegra 4i is a marvel of tiny efficient design.

19 February 2013

Computing

Windows 8 Buyers Guide: Which Specs Are Most Important?

You already know what size of Windows 8 PC you want, but what are you going to put in it? More RAM? A bigger processor? Solid state storage? We’re here to explain a few things for you to help you get the best Windows 8 device for your money.

6 February 2013

Computing

Intel’s New Chips: Everything You Need To Know

Intel is talking about its new stuff today at CES. Some of it is new, some of it we’ve heard before. But we’ll let you know everything important that goes down today.

24 January 2013

Computing

Intel To Stop Making Desktop Motherboards

It’s the end of an era: Intel has announced that, over the next three years, it will wind down production of desktop motherboards to zero.

23 January 2013

Computing

Intel Launches Budget Ivy Bridge Processors

Now that Intel has its efficient and expensive Ivy Bridge microarchitecture in tablets and computers everywhere, it’s decided to launch a budget-friendly line of processors which use the same 22nm manufacturing process.

22 January 2013

Computing

Next-Gen Processors: What Can We Expect?

CES 2013 was the exact point where processors became more than just geekdom. For decades, Intel has ruled the roost with a near-monopoly on processors. With the advent of smartphones and tablets, though, the field was blown wide open, and now there’s a whole bunch of companies competing to put a slice of their finest silicon into your lucky hands. Here’s what’s going to be powering 2013′s most lustworthy devices.

10 January 2013

Mobile

Samsung’s Eight-Core Exynos 5 Octa Processor: Your Next Phone Will Be Fast

Samsung’s Exynos processors have powered a lot of the faster devices out there, from the Galaxy S II, which was way ahead of everyone in terms of speed, to the newer Nexus 10. Now the Exynos 5 Octa Processor is here. Yes, octa. As in eight cores?

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